Fellowships/ Awards/ Grants

Fellowships

1. Ramanujan Fellow: DST-SERB, New Delhi, India (Awarded: Mar. 2018)

2. JSPS Fellowship (Standard) by Govt. of Japan (for 2 year & 1 month): (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) International Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan (Awarded: Dec. 2017) 

3. FAPESP Fellowship (for 1.5 year): (São Paulo Research Foundation Fellowship, FAPESP) Postdoctoral Distinguished Research Fellowship, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Awarded: Sept. 2017)

4. ITMO Fellowship (for 2 year): Saint Petersburg, Russia (Awarded: Aug. 2015) (Not availed)

5. CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) Postdoctoral Fellowship: Sao Paulo, Brazil 

6. Brain Korea-21 PLUS Fellowship (BK21 PLUS) (for 1 year): Research Professor Fellowship, Ministry of Science and Education, South Korea (Awarded: June 2014) 

7. Senior Research Fellowship (Extended) (for 1 year): by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India 

8. Senior Research Fellowship (for 2 year): by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India (Awarded: Apr. 2010)

9. Department of Science and Technology (DST) Research Fellowship: New Delhi, India

Awards/ Achievements

Listed (third time) among the “Worldwide Top 2% Scientist” (Rank: 22885). List prepared by Stanford University, USA, Elsevier BV, 2023 (link) 

Listed (second time) among the “Worldwide Top 2% Scientist” (Rank: 36561). List prepared by Stanford University, USA, Elsevier BV, 2022 (link) 

The Winner of “Top Papers Award” in 2021 (as the first author) from Nano Research. "Rajesh Kumar* et. al. A Review on Synthesis of Graphene, h-BN and MoS2 for Energy Storage Applications: Recent Progress and Perspectives; Nano Research 2019, 12(11): 2655–2694." (Link).  

Listed (first time) among the “Worldwide Top 2% Scientist” (Rank: 49523). List prepared by Stanford University, USA, Elsevier BV, 2021 (link)

Science Dialogue Award: (awarded by JSPS): Delivered excellent lecture in Kawagoe High School, Mei Prefecture, Jan 21, 2020 (organized by JSPS officials), Japan 

Science Dialogue Award: (awarded by JSPS): Delivered excellent lecture in Tokai University Shizuoka, Dec. 15, 2018 (organized by JSPS officials), Japan 

Young Researcher Award: International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology- Sept 21-23, 2017; Organized by BBA Central University - Lucknow, India 

Research work “Interconnected Network of Faceted Fe3O4/rGO Hybrids” Highlighted in Brazilian Materials Research Society, Brazil as Featured Paper: 2017 “Nanosheets and nanoparticles interconnected for wearable electronics”http://sbpmat.org.br/en/artigo-em-destaque-nanofolhas-e-nanoparticulas-interconectadas-para-a-eletronica-vestivel/

GATE-2005: Certificate Awarded for Qualifying  Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), India. (All India rank 495)

Research Grants

3. Ramanujan Research Grant, DST/SERB, India 

       Link 

2. JSPS Research Grant (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, KAKENHI), Japan

     Project/Area Number: 18F18063 (Link)

1. FAPESP Research Grant (State of São Paulo Research Foundation), Sao Paulo, Brazil

      Project/Process No.: 17 / 22186-0 (Link)