Year |
Name of the Award/Activity |
Program/Agency |
2007 |
Proposal6 submitted by me selected as Semi Finalist winner in the Grant Proposal Competition |
Quantum Sphere Inc. CA, USA |
Special Article published about my research contributions and activities in the CERC news letter |
Clean Energy Research Center, College of Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA |
Memento Awarded for the invited presentation1 |
94th Indian Science Congress (GENESIS), Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India |
Invited for the professional Biography in Science and Engineering Database |
Marquis Who’s Who, NJ, USA |
2006 |
Awarded financial support to attend Workshop |
International Center for Materials Research, University of San Diego, CA, USA |
2001 |
FAPESP Post Doctoral Fellowship2 |
University of Sao Carlos, Brazil |
Post Doctoral Fellowship3 |
SPIC Energy Science Foundation, Chennai, India |
2000 – 2001 |
Senior Research Fellowship (Extended) |
Council for Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR), India |
1996 – 1999 |
Senior Research Fellowship |
Council for Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR), India |
1998 |
Young Scientist Award |
International Union of Crystallography, (IACS) India |
1997 |
Invited for the professional Biography in Science and Engineering Database |
Marquis Who’s Who, NJ, USA |
1996 |
Best Researcher Award |
Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India |
1993 |
Gold Medalist Award4 |
AVVMSP College, Thanjavur, (Affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Trichy, India) |
1992 – 1993 |
Proficiency in Physics Certificate5 |
AVVMSP College, Thanjavur, (Affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Trichy, India) |
1991 – 1993 |
Merit Scholarship |
S.J. Jindal Educational Trust, Bangalore, India |
Merit Scholarship |
Laxmi Charities, Chennai, India |
1Presentation Topic: Clean Energy and Environment for the Sustainable Earth
2The fellowship was not accepted by me due to the similar offer received from University of Hawaii
3The fellowship was not accepted by me due to pending PhD viva-voce process
4First Rank Position secured in Master of Science courses among 43 students
5College has waived off my tuition fees for the whole semester
6Proposal Title: QSI Nanocatalyst Doped Complex Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage |
Membership |
Professional Association |
Member |
US Chapter of Indian Physics Association, India |
Associate Member |
International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE), USA |
Member |
Materials Research Society (MRS), USA |
Member |
The Metals, Minerals and Metallurgical Society (TMS), USA |
Member |
American Chemical Engineers Society (AIChE), USA |
Member |
American Chemical Society (ACS), USA |
(Past) Member |
New York Academy of Sciences, USA |
Life Member |
Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), India |
Member |
Indian National Crystallographic Association, India |
Planning Committee Member |
Tamil Sneham (Community of Tamil Indian Friends) of Tampa Bay, Florida, USA |
