Outstanding Ph.D. Student: Recognized as an Outstanding Ph.D. Student of ComSens Lab, headed by Prof. Nadeem Javaid, Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad.

Highly Cited Paper: Muhammad Umar Javed, Mubariz Rehman, Nadeem Javaid, Abdulaziz Aldegheishem, Nabil Alrajeh, Muhammad Tahir, "Blockchain-based secure data storage for distributed vehicular networks." Applied Sciences 10, no. 6 (2020): 2011.  Available at: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/6/2011.

HEC Indigenous Scholarship: 5-year scholarship received for MS and PhD (2016 - 2021)

National ICT R&D Fund: Funding received for BS Final Year Project (2014)