Recipient of  the Outstanding Visiting Assistant Professor award during the academic year 2022-2023,  Department of Mathematics, UC Riverside, 2021.

Comments from the award committee: Sayan was nominated by three graduate students for his dedication to teaching, which extends to how he engages with the students and TAs in his courses, as well as to the support, advice, and mathematical insights he offers to PhD students. His evaluations are consistently high and student comments are full of praises for his understanding, passion, enthusiasm, and overall high quality instruction

Recipient of  the Outstanding Visiting Assistant Professor award during the academic year 2020-2021,  Department of Mathematics, UC Riverside, 2021.

Comments from the award committee:  They (Sayan Das, Scott Atkinson, Alessandra Costantini, Mahesh Sunkula) are all enthusiastic and well-organized teachers and have had excellent teaching performance at UCR. Students particularly praised their efforts to help them transit into online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this difficult transition, they all remained caring, well-organized and effective teachers. They also have excellent service and research record.

Recipient of Chair’s award for outstanding research, teaching, and service by a visiting faculty member, The University of Iowa, December 2019.

I received recognition from the graduating class of 2023 at the University of Iowa as a faculty member who made a positive difference to their lives during their time at the University of Iowa.

I was on the Scientific advisory committee of the 7th Midwest Women in Mathematics Symposium at The University of Iowa, 2019. I helped organize the special session on Functional Analysis.

I was a Panelist in the Panel on Teaching at UC Riverside, Sep 13, 2021. This panel was part of the Teaching Workshop held at UC Riverside before the commencement of Fall 2021 Quarter, and aimed at providing key information, suggestions and strategies for effective teaching at UC Riverside. The panel was geared towards faculty and Visiting Assistant Professors new to teaching at UC Riverside.

Member of Math Assessment and Retention group at ERAU, Prescott ( August 2023-present). The aim of this this group is to develop and share documents relevant to assessment and retention in early mathematics courses at ERAU, Prescott.

Refereed articles for Math Z, BLMS, JMAA.

Provided a quick referee report on an article for the journal Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly.