Achievements
Featured four times on the webpage of the School of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Guwahati
Scored high marks in an e-assessment conducted in One week online International Faculty Development Program (FDP) on "Artificial Intelligence and IoT-Heuristic Transdisciplinary Perspectives," organized by CIRCID, Holy Cross College (Autonomous), held during 4th-10th July 2020.
Awarded the best interactor in One week online International Faculty Development Programme on "Artificial Intelligence and IoT-Heuristic Transdisciplinary Perspectives," organized by CIRCID, Holy Cross College (Autonomous), held during 4th-10th July 2020.
Conferred with prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF) for Doctoral Studies | Ministry of Education, Government of India: July 2018 - July 2023
Qualified, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE-2018) with 92.47 percentile in Biotechnology (BT) and received interview call letters for direct Ph.D. admission from top technical research institutions such as IIT Madras, IISc Bangalore, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, etc.
Qualified, Joint Entrance Examination for Biology and Interdisciplinary Life Science (JGEEBILS-2017) for Ph. D. admission in Biology and received interview call letters for direct Ph. D. admission from top fundamental research institutions such as TIFR Mumbai, NCBS Bangalore, NBRC Manesar, IISER Pune, etc.
Qualified, Nationwide Joint Entrance Examination- MAIN (JEE-Mains 2014) for admission to an institute of national importance.
Qualified, Super 30 entrance examination and got enrolled in batch of 2013-14.
First rank in college and was in the top 1 percent of students who appeared on the 12th board in the science stream conducted by Bihar School Examination Board Patna.
First rank in school with distinction and secured rank in the district in 10th board conducted by Bihar School Examination Board Patna.
Academic awards
BEST PAPER AWARD at VII- International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges (VII-SEEC) held at IIT BHU during December 16-18, 2022.
BEST KEYNOTE SPEAKER AWARD at 3rd International Conference on Biofuel and Biomass 2022 held in Singapore during December 8-9, 2022
SPRINGER BEST PAPER AWARD for the research paper entitled, "Mechanistic aspects of enhanced kinetics in sonoenzymatic processes using three simultaneous approaches" at the North-East Research Conclave 2022 organized by IIT Guwahati during May 20-22, 2022.
FIRST PRIZE (Consolation) in Essay Competition (Theme: Renewable Energy Production; Category VI) on the topic entitled, "Enhancing the production of renewable fuels with application of tools and strategies from Systems metabolic engineering" conducted by CSIR- Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, Tamilnadu under Swachhata Pakhwada (March 15, 2022).
BEST YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD for the talk as an honorable speaker on the paper entitled, "In-silico approach to enhance the production of alcoholic biofuels in solventogenic Clostridia: Recent progress in reconstruction of genome-scale metabolic models" at the 2nd International webinar on Biofuel & Biomass which was held during January 24-25, 2022.
BEST ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD in XVIII Annual Convention of the Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI) International Conference on Biotechnology for Resource Efficiency, Energy, Environment, Chemicals, and Health (BREEECH-2021) for the paper entitled “Comparative genomic analysis and Constraint-based analysis of available genome-scale metabolic models of the solventogenic clostridia", held at CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum Dehradun (December 01-04, 2021).
BEST PROJECT PRESENTATION AWARD in an international online competition to team Genomics-II for the paper entitled “Transcriptomic dysregulations associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in human nasopharyngeal and peripheral blood mononuclear cell samples", organized by HackBio virtual internship program, September 05, 2020.
BEST STUDENT AWARD with citation and certificate by regional newspaper group "Dainik Bhaskar" and "Hindustan" in Bhagalpur region for distinction in 10th board.
Scholarships/Fellowship (Awarded/Nominated)
Recommended candidate, SERB-ITS under young scientist category to attend AlgalBBB - 2023 at Hawaii, USA (Approx. 3000 USD)
Recommended candidate, DBT-CTEP international travel grant to attend ISMB - 2022 at Wisconsin, USA (Approx. 1500 USD)
Awarded PMRF international travel grant to attend AOSS-4 at Nanjing University, China (Approx. 2000 USD)
Prime Minster's Research Fellowship for doctoral studies at IIT Guwahati. (Approx. 66560 USD)
Post-Matric Scholarship 2017-18 | District Welfare Office, Govt. of Bihar. (Approx. 1000 USD)
CREC- Silver Jubilee Endorsement Trust Scholarship - 2017-18 | NIT Calicut. (Approx. 200 USD)
Post-Matric Scholarship 2016-17 | District Welfare Office, Govt. of Bihar. (Approx. 1000 USD)
Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR)- Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Summer Training Fellowship, 2017 (Approx. 400 USD)
CREC- Silver Jubilee Endorsement Trust Scholarship - 2016-17| NIT Calicut. (Approx. 200 USD)
Post-Matric Scholarship 2015-16 | District Welfare Office, Govt. of Bihar. (Approx. 1000 USD)
CREC- Silver Jubilee Endorsement Trust Scholarship- 2015-16 | NIT Calicut. (Approx. 200 USD)
DST- Inspire Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) | (Nominated, Approx. 5000 USD)
Activities before joining Ph.D.
Addressed Seminar on the topic "To Identify the Molecular Targets of Small Molecules Using Drug Affinity Responsive Target Stability (DARTS) " at School of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India on March 15, 2018.
Participated in TEQIP II Sponsored TWO Days National workshop on "Algal technology and Its Applications" organized by Dept. of Mechanical, Chemical and School of Biotechnology of National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India during March 17-18, 2017.
First International Conference on Energy & Environment: Global Challenges (ICEE 2018) held at Dept. of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India during March 9-10, 2018.
Karan Kumar, Anveshika Manoj and Kausar Mahmood Ansari, "A Review on Food Additives Toxicity (khaady yojakon kee vishaaktata par ek sameeksha)", Vishvigyan Sandesh, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India vol. 30, pp. 11-14, 2018-19, ISBN: 0972-1746.
Karan Kumar, Darpan Raghav, and Rathinasamy Krishnan, "Recent advances in carbon-based nanostructured materials (CBNs) and their biomedical applications", in First International Conference on Energy and Environment: Global Challenges (ICEE-2018), Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India (abstract published).
Participated in the TEQIP II Sponsored Two Days National Seminar on "Advances in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering" organized by Dept. of Chemistry and School of Nano Science and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India from October 17-18, 2016.