Honours and Awards
Honours and Awards
2024: Awarded Prestigious Research Fellowship by Alexander von Humboldt foundation for Post Doctoral Research at Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Germany
2023: Awarded Prestigious Research Fellowship by Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Max Planck Society) for Post Doctoral Research at Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Germany
2022: Article titled “Accelerated Design of Multicomponent Metallic Glasses using Machine Learning” selected as Journal Cover for Volume 37, Issue 15 of Journal of Materials Research.
2022: Won Best Poster award on Research Scholar Day 2022 of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India.
2022: Won Best Oral Presentation in Students’ Research Convention 2022 conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and IEEE.
2021: Article titled “Conducting Graphene Synthesis from Electronic Waste” featured as Journal Cover for Volume 9, Number 42 of ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering.
2021: Won Two Best Poster awards under the Energy-Environment & Waste Utilization and Advances in Material Science & Technology themes in the Indian Institute of Metals 75th Annual Technical Meeting.
2020: Article titled “A Green Route for Beneficiation of Metallic Materials from Electronic Waste for Selective Reduction of CO2” featured as Journal Cover for Volume 8, Number 32 of ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering.
2016: Recipient of the highly prestigious MHRD Fellowship provided by the Government of India to pursue doctoral studies.
2016: Secured All India Rank 129 in Graduate Aptitude Technical Examination (GATE) conducted by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India for post-graduation studies.
2015: Received Certificate of Appreciation for volunteer work with the National Service Scheme (NSS), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Government of India at the institute level.
2011: Secured 98.5 percentile in the Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) and 98.1 Percentile in the All-India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE).
2010: Qualified for the prestigious Special Class Railway Apprentice Examination (2010) conducted by Union Public Service Commission, Government of India (was among the top 250 candidates out of around 200,000 candidates to qualify for the examination).
2007: Secured All India Rank 67 in the International Mathematics Olympiad organized by the International Mathematics Olympiad Foundation.
2005: Secured All India Rank 326 in the National Science Talent Search Examination organized by the Unified Council.
Active Reviewer
Nature Communications Engineering
Materials Characterization
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Extra-curricular Positions/Responsibilities
Full-time Mentor to two Masters’ students for their M.Tech thesis during the academic sessions 2019-2021 and 2020-2022. One of my mentees, Bejjipurapu Akhil won the Gold Medal for Best M.Tech thesis on “Designing Hexagonal Close Packed High Entropy Alloys using Machine Learning.”
Served as a core member of the organizing committee for the International Workshop on High Entropy Materials (IWHEM) 2020, organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
Served as a member of Student Counselling Service, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, for the year 2017.
Served as a Teaching Assistant in the following courses:
Structure and Characterization of Materials (2019-2020, 1st Semester)
Process Engineering Laboratory (2018-2019, 2nd Semester)
Mechanical Behaviour Laboratory (2018-2019, 1st Semester)
Thermodynamics of Materials (2017-2018, 2nd Semester)
Manufacturing Processes Laboratory (2016-2017, 1st Semester and 2017-2018, 1st Semester)
Thin Films and Device Fabrication (2016-2017, 2nd Semester)
Served as a Volunteer for the National Service Scheme (NSS), a public service program conducted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Government of India from July 2011 to June 2015.
Served as an active member of the Music Club, Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh, 2011-2015.
Served as a member of the organizing team of PECFest 2011 (the Annual Cultural Festival of Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh, India).
Member of Cricket and Badminton teams of Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh, India, from 2011-2015, and represented the institute at the university-level sports competitions.
Members of Professional Societies/Bodies
Life Member, Aleaxabder von Humboldt foundation
Life Member, Indian Institute of Metals
Life Member, Materials Advantage