Academic Awards and Accolades
TTU Open Access Publication Initiative Award in 2022 by the TTU Office of Research and Innovation (ORI) and Office of the Vice President of Research (VPR).
Recognized for publishing a top-cited paper as the lead author in the AGU Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. Cited more than 24 times in one year. AGU Hallmark Certificate.
Nominated for Nancy J. Bell Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Award to recognize those mentors who have gone above and beyond in mentoring graduate students.
Nominated for The College of Arts & Sciences Excellence in Research Award by the Chair of the Department (Dr. Callum Hetherington) in 2021.
Spring Faculty Conference Travel Grant by the Office of Research & Innovation of TTU to attend an International Conference (102nd AMS Annual Meeting) in Houston, Texas,USA. 2021.
TTU Open Access Publication Initiative Award in 2020 by the TTU Office of Research and Innovation (ORI) and Office of the Vice President of Research (VPR).
Certificate of Recognition being potential member of the team of recipients of the NASA Group Achievement Award 2020, Citation: “For Exceptional Scientific Achievements of the ACT- America Earth Venture Suborbital Mission”. NASA Langley Honor Awards Ceremony.
Spring Faculty Conference Travel Grant by the Office of Research & Innovation of TTU to attend an International Conference in Houston (ACPC 2020).
Recognized reviewer of Royal Meteorological Society Journal Meteorological Applications awarded by Cristina Charlton-Perez and Dino Zardi (Editor in Chief).
Open Access Award for Publications by the Faculty Research Committee at the Texas Tech University Libraries. Link
Certificate of Recognition: Recognized reviewer of Royal Meteorological Society Journal Meteorological Applications.
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Young Scientist Award in 7th COPS workshop, Strassbourg, France, 2008, awarded by COPS International Scientific Steering Committee (ISSC of COPS) for outstanding performance in COPS project.
Best Poster Award in DACH conference, Hamburg, Germany, 2007, organized by German Meteorological Society (DMG) for presenting four posters in a row on four different topics during a single session.
New Hot Paper in the field of Geosciences: Co-authored a paper published a high-impact journal (Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society) on the results obtained from COPS Field Campaign in 2007 in Europe.
Recognized reviewer of the Elsevier journal Urban Climate: May 2015: Awarded by The Editors of Urban Climate, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Visiting Scientist Medal, Pune, India, 2010: Awarded by the Director of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.
Certificate for attending UGC (University Grant Commission, India) sponsored seminar (Renewable Energy) in St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College, University of Calcutta, India, 2010. Awarded by Dr. M. K. Chakravorty, Principal St. Paul’s College.
Funding awarded to pursue Ph.D. in Stuttgart, Germany, 2004 by University of Hohenheim and the Ministry of Environment and Transport of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Certificate for an excellent oral presentation in PRL, Ahmedabad, India: 2003: Received from the organizing committee of the 4th Planex workshop, Physical Research Laboratory, India.
Recognized reviewer of the Elsevier journal Luminescence: June 2015: Awarded by The Editors of Urban Climate, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
National Scholarship, India, 1995, by the Ministry of Education, Government of India for securing high rank in the board exam in the state level.
