ACHIVEMENTS
Award of Seed Money to Young Scientists for Research (SMYSR) grant of Rs.5.0 Lakhs from Vision Group of Science and Technology, Department of IT, BT & Science & Technology, Govt of Karnataka, 2013.
Awarded International Travel Grant to Japan from Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, 2009
First prize awarded in the area of Food Engineering for poster presentation at IFCON 2008, Mysore
Awarded CSIR Senior Research Fellowship, 2006.
Consolation prize in the area of Food Engineering for poster presentation at ICFOST 2004, Mysore.
Professional Bodies Membership in International/National Societies
Member of International Society of Food Engineering (ISFE), UK
Life Member of Association of Food Scientists and Technologist (AFST), Mysore, India
Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Kolkota, India
Member of Institute of Engineers- India (IEI), India
Professional Bodies Membership in International/National Societies
Member of International Society of Food Engineering (ISFE), UK
Life Member of Association of Food Scientists and Technologist (AFST), Mysore, India
Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Kolkota, India
Member of Institute of Engineers- India (IEI), India
Invited Talk/Guest Lectures
2010 Invited talk on " Garcinia indica Choisy: Potential source of natural Colorant " for 26th National Convention of Chemical Engineers, New Frontiers in Food Engineering, The Institute of Engineers (India), Karnataka State Centre, Bangalore , 22- 23rd October 2010
2011 Invited talk on " Identification, extraction, membrane concentration and microencapsulation of anthocyanin from Garcinia indica Choisy " 3rd National Seminar on Kokum at Goa University on 6-7th May 2011, Goa
2011 Invited talk on “ Wind Energy” in VTU-VGST Faculty Development Programme on "Fuels of the future", Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology Bannur Road,Alanahalli Mysore on 23-25th Feb 2011
2015 Invited Talk “Forward Membrane Process” for 33th Faculty Development program at Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka 2015
2020 Invited talk “Food Sustainability” on the occasion of “World Food Day” at Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Food Science, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangaluru invited talk on 16th October, 2020.
2021 Invited Talk AICTE sponsored Online Short Term Training Program “Functional Metagenomics and Bioprocessing of Therapeutic Enzymes” key note lecture entitled “Aqueous two phase extraction” conducted by SVCE, Chennai on 23rd April 2021 .
2023 Invited Online Webinar “Significance of steam and its uses in Food Industry” at Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Food Science, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangaluru on 20th Februvary 2023.
2023 Invited talk “Hands-on Workshop on Process Modelling and Simulation ” on the occasion of “Faculty Development Program in Chemical Engineering” at Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka 7-9 August 2023
2023 Invited Online Webinar talk “Tips for effective scientific writing” on the occasion of “Faculty Development Program in Food Science and Technology” at Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Food Science, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangaluru on 16 August 2023.
2024 Invited Online Webinar on “Food Safety Matters ” as a part of curriculum for the course 'Oils and Food Technology' Deparatment at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru during 9th Januvary 2024.
2024 Invited talks“Introduction to MATLAB software for Chemical Engineers ” on the occasion of Tools used in the field of Chemical Engineering in Chemical Engineering deparatment at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru during 5th to 10th Februvary 2024.
Invited Mentoring:
2020 Letter of Appreciation for contribution of mentoring students for CSIR-Summer Research Training Program June to Aug 2020 coordinated by CSIR NEIST Jorhat.