Award/Prizes/Certificate/Fellowship/Recognition
- Research Excellence Award of Delhi Technological University for the year 2020, received on Feburary 15, 2021
- Listed in top 2% Scientists of the world in Optoelectronics and Photonics based on a publication authored by a faculty of Stanford University, USA for the year 2019, 2020 and 2021.
- Gold Skoch Award 2020 for the technology development and its commercialization for Defence Sector on “NVG Compatible Helicopter Visual Landing Aid Solutions for Indian Naval Ships Enabling Night Operations during Critical Missions” on January 11, 2020.
- CSIR-Technology Award (Ceritificate of Merit) for Technology development and Commercialization on “Avoinic Head Up Display Test Validation Plateform” in Physical Sciences and Engineering, as a member of team, by CSIR on September 26, 2018.
- Fellow of SPIE (The International Society for Optics and Photonics) for achievement of distinguished research on Photonic Crystal Fiber and devices, 2015.
- Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship 2013 from United States of India Education Foundation for serving as International Educational Administrator and visit of over dozen universities and higher educational institutions in USA.
- Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)-Biman Behari Sen Memorial award for “Outstanding Research on characterization of specialty optical fibers and optical waveguides for telecom and sensing applications leading to establishment of advanced R&D center with strong institute-industrial linkages” for the year 2012.
- Emerging Optoelectronics Technology Award {IETE-CEOT(94)} in “Recognition of distinguished contribution foroutstanding research in the area of Nano-Photonicsleading to establishment of TIFAC-Center of Relevance and Excellence in Fiber Optics and Optical Communication” at DCE Delhi for the year 2006 by the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India.
- IETE Best Research Paper Award – “S. K. Mitra Memorial Award” from Institutionof Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering for apaper “Nanostructure Electron Waveguide Devices” appeared in the journal of IETETechnical Review for the year 2002. Award received on September 27, 2004 in the Annual Technical ConventionofIETE at Ahmadabad.
- Coauthored research paper is selected for “Swarna Jayanti Puruskar (Gold Medal Award)” for best research paper in the category of Physical Sciences in seventy first symposium of National Academy of Science held at Allahabad in 2001 on “Switching Characteristics of Voltage Controlled Electron Waveguides”.
- Coauthored research paper is selected for “Best Research Paper Award” in International conference ICOP-2009 International Conference on Optics and Photonics held at Chandigarh, India during 30th October to 1st November, 2009 for the research paper entitled “Slow Light Devices in Silicon-on-Insulator Photonic Crystal”.
- Coauthored research paper entitled “Blue light emission through second harmonic generation in Left-handed Plasmonic Nano-antenna” is selected for “Sterlite Technology Innovation Award” in International conference in Fiber Optics and Photonics -PHOTONICS-2010, at IIT Guwahati during December 11-15, 2010.
- Coauthored research paper in the area of super continuum generation in Photonic Crystal Fiber is selected for “SPIE Best Presentation Award” andOSI second Best Poster Presentation award” in the area of Plasmonics, in International conference on Lasers (ICOL) at IRDE Dehradun during March 3-7, 2014.
- Keynote Speaker in International Conference (NOPT-2010) in Singapore during February 26-28, 2010.
- National Science Council, Taiwan and NTHU Taiwan Invited Fellowship during December 05-December 16, 2009.
- EPFL Switzerland Invited Fellowship for joint research during September 29-October 13, 2009.
- Royal Academy of Engineering, UK Invitation for participation in workshop on “Solar Energy Research in India”, at Royal Society London in September 2009.
- Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship to carry out joint R&D projects at Glasgow University, UK during June/July -2008.
- British Council’s Project Formulation Grant to Visit Seven Universities in UK including Cambridge University, Southampton University and Glasgow University in May 2007.
- Invited JSPS Fellowship to visit Japan and carry out research for short term during winter vacation in 2007.
- Travel Support from TIFAC-CORE Project at DCE to visit MIT, Harvard and Boston University in October 2005.
- Visited Stanford University, USA in 2002 and present research paper in SPIE Conference at San Jose, CA, USA with the support of Govt. of Delhi.
- Fellowship from ICTP and Travel Grant from TELEBRAS-UNICAMP, BRAZIL, 1995.
- Fellowship from ICTP and Travel Grant from IROST-Tehran, IRAN in 1992.
- Fellowship and Travel Grant from ICTP-Trieste, ITALY in 1991.
- Research Associate ship, Electronics & Communication Engineering Dept., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during 1991-1992.
- Japanese Government Scholarship from Ministry of Education, Govt. of Japan during 1989-1991.
- JRF & SRF (Junior Research Fellowship & Senior Research Fellowship) from CSIR, Govt. of India during January 1985 to July 1989.