Awards & Recognitions

• Life Member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE ).
• Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association.
• Life Member, Association of Separation Scientists and Technologists (ASSET)
• Life Member, The Society for Polymer Science, India

• IEI Young Engineers Award for the year 2012-2013
• Awarded best Ph.D thesis (Prof. Shymal Kanti Sanyal Memorial Award 2018) in the Area of Membranes Research with Significant Commercial Potential by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) to Dr. R. Vinoth Kumar, a doctoral student who worked under my supervision.
• Awarded best Ph.D thesis (Prof. Shymal Kanti Sanyal Memorial Award 2022) in the Area of Membranes Research with Significant Commercial Potential by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) to Dr. Kakali Priyam Goswami, a doctoral student who worked under my supervision.
• Awarded best M.Tech thesis (Ambujas Young Researchers Award 2008) by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) to Mr. Balakrusna Sahu, a M.Tech project student who worked under my supervision.
• Awarded best M.Tech thesis (Ambujas Young Researchers Award 2010) by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) to Mr. Sama Vijaya Krishna, a M.Tech project student who worked under my supervision
• Awarded best M.Tech thesis (Ambujas Young Researchers Award 2008) by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) to Ms. Vibhu Sharma, a M.Tech project student who worked under my supervision..
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Environmental Nanotechnology (ISSN (Print):2279-07 48; ISSN (Online):2319-5541); Journal of Materials Science and Surface Engineering (ISSN (Online):  2348-8956); Scientific Journals International (ISBN: 1556-6757)
• Best Paper award for the research paper entitled, "Synthesis and Characterization of Polystyrene/Layered Double Hydroxide Nanocomposites" presented at International Seminar on Frontiers in Polymer Science and Technology (POLY-2007), 1-3 November 2007, Guwahati, India
• Best Paper award for the research paper entitled, "Treatment of local dairy industry wastewater using novel low cost tubular ceramic membrane", presented at The annual Chemical Engineering symposium - Reflux 2016, 25-27 March 2016, IIT Guwahati, India
• Best Paper award for the research paper entitled, Synthesis of nanoflakes-assembled MgO nanoflowers by facile template-free solvothermal method and evaluation of their structural, optical, and antimicrobial characteristics presented at International Online Conference on Materials Science and Technology (ICMT 2021), 12th - 14th November 2021, Mahatma Gandhi Univesity, Kerala, India
• Best Paper award for the research  paper entitled, Evaluating the influence of sonication on the thermal properties of polyhydroxybutyrate/boron nitride nanocomposite films presented at International Conference on Nanotechnology for Sustainable Living and Environment (ICONNSLE 2022), 14-16 April 2022, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.