Awards

1.  In the recent global survey (2020, 2021 and 2022) conducted by Stanford University, USA, Dr. Chittaranjan Patra’s name has been highlighted in 2020, 2021 and 2022 as ‘World Top 2% most cited Scientists” in the area of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

2. Elected as 'Fellow of Telangana Academy of Sciences',  Telangana Academy of Sciences, Hyderabad.

3. Received  prestigious 'CRS Silver Medal Award' from Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha (CRS), 2023.

4.  Received recognition of ‘FLAME OF SCIENCE’ for lifetime contribution and excellence for the Noble Cause of Science. World Science Congress (WSC), Jadavpur University Campus, Kolkata, December 16, 2014.

5.   Received prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship (2010-2015) from DST, New Delhi, Govt. of India.

6.   Received prestigious Dr. D.S Bhakuni Award (2017) from Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata.

7.  Received Dr. Mrigendranath Ghosh Gold Medal for being 1st Class 1st in B.Sc. Chem. Hons. From The University of Burdwan, India.

8.   Received CSIR Fellowship (5 years: 1998-2003) from CSIR, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

9.   Visiting Scientist (May 2-17, 2011) for Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

10.   Received Young Investigator Award (2008) from 3rd Mayo Clinic Angiogenesis Symposium.

11.   Received Michael A. O’Connor Travel Award (2010) from 4th Mayo Clinic Angiogenesis Symposium.

12.  Received CSIR-IICT-Best QRS (Scientist) Award (2015) in CSIR-IICT (on Foundation day, Aug.5-2015).

13.  Invited Speaker’ at ‘Novel Therapeutics in Vascular Disorders’, Aston University, UK from DST-India & Royal Society-UK (December 10-12, 2014)

14. Committee Member in Materials Sciences & Nanotechnology, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)-COMSTECH Research Grants Committee (Since 2017).

15. Invited Guest Speaker/ Resource Person (2014) from UGC short-term course on ‘Drug Delivery through Nanotechnology’, at JNTU-Hyderabad

16.  Invited Guest Speaker/ Resource Person (2015) from UGC short-term course on Bionanotechnology at JNTU-Hyderabad (March 3-4, 2015)

17. Invited Guest Speaker/ Resource Person (2019) in 74th Orientation Programme to be organized by the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Jadavpur University (September 4,2019)

18. Invited Guest Speaker/ Resource Person (2021) for one-Week Short Term Course on “Principles, Synthesis and Characterization of Nanotechnology–Current and Future Approaches” organized by UGC-HRDC, JNTUH November 22-27.

19.  Mentor for Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG)-BIRAC Grantees (2014) in DBT at C-CAMP, Bangalore held on September 27, 2014

20.  Ph.D.Thesis Examiner, invited as external Examiner for doctoral defense in IISER, NIPER, CSIR, BITs Pilani, Amrita Medical Institute, Goa University, Chettinad Medical Institute, and other Universities and Institutes.

21.  Invited as External Examiner for M.Tech. Dissertation defense in Nanotechnology (2014) in Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad, India.

22. ‘Chair Person’ for 3rd session, “Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota 4th Annual Biomedical Nanotechnology Workshop”,7th November 2008, Rochester, MN 55905.

23.   AcSIR Teacher for course work in ‘Nanotechnology and its biomedical application’(2013) at AcSIR, at CSIR-IICT.

24.  Thesis Supervision Committee Member (2018) at AcSIR (at CSIR-IICT).

25. ‘Invited Talk’/Key Note Speaker/Plenary Lecture: 46/2 /1 (since 2006) in National and International Conferences/ R& D research Institutes /Universities (Total: 49)

26.   Invited reviewer (> 50 Different types of International Journals) since 2008.

27.  Few of them are: Chem.Soc. Review, Adv. Mater., Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev., Cellular & Molecular Immunology (NPG),) Biomaterials, ChemComm., Langmuir, Organic Letters, Nanoscale, ACS Appl. Mater Interfaces, ACS Neuroscience, ACS Biomaterials Sci. & Engg., Biomedical Materials, Nanobiotechnology, Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology, J. Biomed.Nanotechnol., Nanomedicine (Future Medicine & Elsvier), PlosOne, Crystal Growth & Design, J. Microencapulation, J. Mater Chem. B, Current Science, RSC Adv, J. Phys.D, Environmental Toxicology, Int. J. Nanomedicine, Ind. Eng.Chem. Res., Int. J. Mol.Sci., Integrative Biology, Biotechnology Reports, Mater. Sci. Eng. C., Chemistry Select., J. Chem.Sci., Bull. Mater. Sci., Sci.Total Environ., etc.

28.   Reviewer of Grant Proposal (2007) in Israeli-Taiwanese Scientific Research Cooperation.

29.  Reviewer of Grant Proposal (2015), National Science Center, Poland; Funding scheme SONATA (April-2015)

30.  Reviewer of Grant Proposal (2015), National Science Center, Poland; Funding scheme NCN-PRELUDIUM (Oct. 2015)

31.  Reviewer of Grant Proposal, -, CSIR, DST, DBT, SERB, Proposals funded by IIT

32.  Book Reviewers, 2017, Elsevier Publisher, Editorial Board Member, Biomedical Materials (IOP Publisher)

33. Editorial Board Member of  MedComm (Wiley Publisher), Nanoscience and Technology (Scientific and Academic Publishing), Gene Therapy and Molecular Biology and J. Nano medicine & Nanotechnology.

34.  Invited Special Issue Editors (2021), Special Issue Biomedical Materials on ‘Biomedical Materials Research in India’.

35.  One of the Invited Editors for Elsevier Book ( 2021), Book title on “Biogenic Nanomaterials for Cancer Theranostics” (1st Edition 2021), Elsevier.

36.  Question Paper Setter on ‘Nanobiology’ and ‘Characterization of Nanomaterials’ in M.Sc (2016-

2018), A Reputed University in Mysore, India.

37. Organizing Committee member: (a) International Conference on Chemical Biology (ICCB): Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutics (ICCB-2014). February 6-8, 2014 at CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad (b) International Conference on Advances in Chemical Biology and Biologics (ICAB-2019), Feb. 28-Mar.2014 at CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad.

38.  The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)-COMSTECH Research Grants Committee, (2017-

2018), Committee Member in Materials Sciences & Nanotechnology and reviewed 16 grant proposals.