Awards & Honours
- Prithi. J. A, Senior Research Fellow from Centre for Fuel Cell Technology won ‘Best Paper Award’ for the paper on ‘Nitrogen Doped Mesoporous Carbon Support for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells’ at 11th International Symposium on Advances in Electrochemical Science and Technology (iSAEST-11) held during 8th -10th Dec 2016, Chennai, India.
- Ms S. Pradheebha (Dr. R. Subasri) received the 'Best Paper Award' for the paper on "Effect of Texturing on Surface Wetabbility of Sol-Gel Nanocomposite Coatings" at the 'National Conference on Advances in Micro and Nano Electronics (NCAMNE'2016)' held at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore on April 23, 2016.
- Ms S. Pradheebha (Dr. R. Subasri) received the 'Alumni sponsored V.SRIRAM Award' for Best M.Tech project in Nanoscience and Technology at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore for the project work on "Effect of Texturing on Surface Wetabbility of Sol-Gel Nanocomposite Coatings" carried out at ARCI, Hyderabad on June 11, 2016.
- Dr. Sanjay Bhardwaj received 1st prize in ‘Quiz on Intellectual Property' conducted during ‘Workshop on Managing Innovation & Intellectual Property' at the ‘3rd International Conference on Management of Intellectual Property and Strategy (MIPS) 2016' held at Mumbai during July 14, 2016.
- Dr Sanjay Bhardwaj's doctoral research work on "Developing a Commercialization Model for the Advanced Materials Technology Sector in the Indian Context" was ‘Highly Commended Winner in the 2015 Emerald/European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards'. He received the Award from Mr. Biju Ganesan, Vice President - South Asia, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (EGPL) at the EGPL's India office, New Delhi on August 27, 2016.
- Dr. Manjusha Battabyal received 'Elsevier Reviewer Recognition Award' from Elsevier during September 2016.
- Ms. E. Anusha, (Dr. S.M. Shariff) received the 'Best Paper Award' for the paper on "Investigation on Effect of Laser Pulsing Parameters on Surface Hardening of Bearing Steel" at the ‘National Symposium of Mechanical Engineering Research Scholars' held at NIT Warangal on October 07, 2016.
- Dr. L.Rama Krishna received the Distinguished Alumni Professional Achievement Award' from NIT- Warangal on November 06, 2016.
- Dr. Manjusha Battabyal received 'Highly Cited Researcher Award' from 'Scopus' during November 2016.
- Dr. R. Gopalan was elected as 'the Fellow of Academy of Science' at Chennai on November 29, 2016.
- Dr. R. Gopalan was selected as the editorial board member for the 'Journal of Materials Science and Engineering A' and 'Journal of Materials Science and Engineering B'.
- Dr. R. Gopalan was selected as 'the International Advisory Committee Member' for Rare Earth Permanent Magnets an International Conference.
- Dr Sanjay Bhardwaj was elected as 'the Honorary Regional Joint Secretary', Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Hyderabad Regional Centre (IIChE-HRC) and 'Co-Chairman of Industrial Visit Committee', IIChE-HRC for the year 2016-17.
- Dr.R.Balaji received the 'Outstanding Scientist Award' in the field of "Hydrogen Energy Technology" from Venus International Foundation, at Chennai on December 03, 2016.
- Dr. S M Shariff, received the 'Distinguished Scientist Award' in the field of "Laser Based Manufacturing" from Venus International Foundation, at Chennai on December 03, 2016.
- Ms.J.A.Prithi (Dr.N.Rajalakshmi) received the ‘Best Oral Presentation Award' for the paper on" Nitrogen doped Mesoporous Carbon Support for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in PEMFC" at the 'Eleventh International Symposium on Advances in Electrochemical Sciences and Technology', Chennai during December 08-10, 2016.
- Dr.P.K.Jain received the 'Best Scientist Award in Physics' by PEARL Foundation Educational Excellence Awards at Madurai, Tamilnadu on December 10, 2016.
- Dr.N.Rajalalskhmi received the 'Second Prize in Hydrogen Quiz' held during the ‘5th International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Conference' held at Hyderabad during December 11-13, 2016.
- Ms. Papiya Biswas was awarded the 'Dr. R. L. Thakur Memorial Award -2016' for outstanding contribution in the field of "Advanced Ceramic Science and Technology" by the Indian Ceramic Society at the ‘International Conference on Ceramics, Glass and Refractories – Emerging Innovations' held at Hyderabad during December 12-15, 2016.
- Mr. V. V. N. Phanikumar (Dr. R. Prakash) received the 'Best Poster Award' for the poster on "Effect of Polyvinyl Alcohol and Sodium Alginate Binders on Lithium Titanium Oxide Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries" at the 'National Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences and Technologies (FCST)' held at NIT-Warangal during January 28-29, 2016.
- Dr. Sanjay R. Dhage received the 'Elsevier Reviewer Recognition Award' from Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells - Journal (Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) during March 2016.
- Ms. A. Yamini (Dr. Neha Hebalkar) received the 'Best Poster Award' for the poster on "Titania Microspheres for Self Cleaning Textile Applications: One More Step towards Make-in-India" at the '8th Bangalore Nano Conference' held at Bengaluru during March 03-04, 2016.
- ARCI received 'Best Exhibitor Award' in the category of 'Creative Design' at the '8th Bangalore Nano Conference' held at Bengaluru during March 03-04, 2016.