[47] Research Spotlight Feature, IIT Kharagpur (2026): Selected and interviewed by the Students' Branding and Relations Cell (SBRC) for the "Spotlight Series," a feature reserved for showcasing faculty/alumni with demonstrated research excellence.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/FoL4Xl795zc , read here: https://medium.com/@iitkgpbarc/spotlight-mr-sabyasachi-mukhopadhyay-74fa0b92ecd8
Note: The original interview was taken on 1st November, 2025, and it was made available online on May 19, 2026.
[46] Recipient of the Fall 2025 Richard E. Marwin Award, IEEE Computer Society.
[45] Recipient of the ACM India Anveshan Setu Fellowship 2024 in 2024.
[44] Awarded the prestigious CHANAKYA PhD Fellowship 2024 in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems, granted under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), and administered by the IIT KHARAGPUR AI4ICPS I HUB FOUNDATION.
[43] Selected for full support to attend the ACM India PhD Clinic in the ACM India annual event and the 18th Academic Research and Careers for Students (ARCS) Symposium 2024, to be held in IIT and NISER, Bhubaneswar, during February 8 - 10, 2024.
[42] Recipient of the ACM India Anveshan Setu Fellowship 2023 in 2023.
[41] Recipient of the honor ‘Champion Innovator: Cloud AI/ML’ by Google in 2021.
[40] Recipient of the ‘Best Supporting Lead 2021’ by Facebook for creating global impact through tech leadership in 2021.
[39] Recipient of the ‘Master Hacker Award’ by Facebook in 2021.
[38] Recipient of the ‘Most Inspiring Facebook Developer Circle Lead 2020’ by Facebook for creating global impact through tech leadership in 2020.
[37] Received a Rs 3 lakh INR grant from AICTE and ISTE to conduct a Refresher Course on ‘Business Analytics on Management Research’ at BIMS Kolkata.
[36] Recognized as a ‘Top 2019 Innovator’ by Intel in March 2020.
[35] Alumni Award 2020 by IISER Kolkata.
[34] Recipient of ‘Most Inspiring Developer Circle Lead’ by Facebook for creating global impact through tech community leadership in 2019.
[33] Recipient of Facebook scholarship on Udacity Nanodegree for Deep Learning in September 2019.
[32] Selected to be an ‘Ambassador & Co-Organizer’, Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) Kolkata Chapter from August 2019.
[31] Honored to be a ‘Distinguished Speaker’ of ‘Society for Data Science’ in June 2019.
[30] Honored to be a ‘Google Developer Expert in Machine Learning’ in June 2019.
[29] Recipient of the ‘Udacity Facebook Secure & Private AI Scholarship’ in May 2019.
[28] Honored to be an ‘Intel Software Innovator’ in April 2019.
[27] Honored with the ‘Distinguished Lifetime Membership Award’ by the Society For Data Science in 2019.
[26] Selected for a Facebook scholarship on the DataCamp Machine Learning Track for advanced courses in 2019.
[25] Facebook had special coverage on me for being India’s leading innovator in its book named ‘Limitless’ in 2018.
[24] Our healthcare startup, Twelit, was selected under the Nasscom 10000 Startups Program in 2018.
[23] Selected to be a Facilitator at Google Machine Learning CC (MLCC) in 2018.
[22] Awarded a Travel Grant and Accommodation by Facebook to participate in the Facebook APAC DevC Leads Summit 2018 in Singapore from August 13 to August 14, 2018.
[21] Our automation venture, Roovx, under the flagship of Rootalpha, was ranked as a ‘Top 400 Startup’ by Govt. of India and IIM Kolkata at the Smart Fifty Programme.
[20] Our healthcare venture, Twelit MedTech Pvt. Ltd., was ranked as a ‘Top 400 Startup’ by the Government of India and IIM Kolkata at the Smart Fifty Programme.
[19] Selected as the ‘Top 50 Indian Innovator’ for the innovation of Roovx Smart Lighting, a product by Rootalpha in 2017.
[18] Runner Up - IMT X-Prize Global Competition-2017: Dr.Barmak Heshmat, Research Scientist, at MIT was one of the organizers of the IMT X-Prize global competition. The panel was composed of eminent scientists and artists from MIT, NASA, and Blizzard Entertainment. The competition theme was to produce futuristic ideas for 'AI for Good'.
[17] HOT 100 Technology Award 2017: Being a part of IoT-based disruptive innovation team Roovx Smart Lighting, a product by Rootalpha, winner of the 'HOT 100 Technology' award in the consumer electronics section.
[16] Awarded Microsoft BizSpark Startup as a team for disruptive innovation venture Rootalpha [Applicant: P. Das], Microsoft, 2015.
[15] Awarded travel grant & accommodation for participating in the Indo-US workshop on Time Series Analysis from May 25-30, 2015, at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune.
[14] Rank-1 (Topper in each of the 4 semesters) among MS by Research students of IISERK with a CGPA of 8.96/10.
[13] Awarded the prestigious SPIE Optics & Photonics Education Scholarship 2014 worth $2000. (Worldwide only 144 students and 19 students from Asia were awarded.)
[12] Awarded SPIE student international conference support travel grant of 540 Euro for attending and presenting research work in SPIE Photonics Europe, Brussels, Belgium, 2014.
[11] Awarded an IISERK travel grant of Rs. 1 lakh for attending and presenting research work at SPIE Photonics Europe, Brussels, Belgium, 2014.
[10] Awarded Institute (IISERK) Fellowship for pursuing a Master’s degree in Physical Sciences from 2013 to 2015.
[9] Awarded CEMK Gold Medal for outstanding research activity in B.Tech. career, 2012.
[8] Received full travel support and accommodation for participating in the “Reliability Theory and Survival Analysis” workshop organized by the Applied Statistics Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, November 2011, India.
[7] Earned the distinction of Best Research Paper Award at the national level (All India Paper Competition) Academic meet-2011 in collaboration with West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT) & Forum of Scientists, Engineers, & Technologists (FOSET) in March 2011.
[6] Ranked 2nd place in the District basis Essay Competition on "Matrivasha Dibos (International Mother Language Day -A Day in Honor of Bengali Language)" in 2007 from the Government of West Bengal.
[5] Ranked 2nd place in the Central Howrah Extempore Competition in 2006 from "THE ALL BENGAL TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION" (A.B.T.A.).
[4] Awarded a Gold Medal for the 10th standard of excellence from the "SOCIETY FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED" in 2006.
[3] Merit Scholarship holder from the Government of West Bengal, India, from 2006 to 2008 due to Academic Excellence in the 10th standard.
[2] Ranked 64th in the 10th standard examination by scoring 90% marks in the state among a million examinees under the WBBSE Board in 2006.
[1] Awarded a Merit Scholarship for 8th Standard Excellence from "Sahapathi Sangastha" of Baje Shibpur B.K. Paul's Institution in 2004.