Fellowships and Funding
Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) awardee, 2024
SSF Catalyst grant awardee (2023), Competitive Seed funding for pursuing collaborative projects
Schmidt Science Fellowship, 2020 (deferred to 2021), Among 22 fellows selected from world-wide .
Bio-X Bowes family fellowship. Awarded to 20 Stanford Students each year.
Stanford Graduate Fellowship (declined). Awarded for standing first in the department qualifying examinations.
Pfizer Inc. Endowed Scholarship, Marine Biological Laboratory- Physiology Course Funding: Full tuition fee support for attending the Marine Biological Labaratory’s Physiology Course.
HHMI Visiting Scientist grant: Partial financial support for carrying out post-course research or 3 weeks at the HHMI, Janelia Farm, research campus
JNCASR Senior Research Fellowship, Government of India: Awarded full-tuition fee support and stipend for my Master’s degree at JNCASR.
DST Travel fellowship, Government of India: Travel award to attend international conferences
CSIR Travel fellowship, Government of India: Travel award to attend international conferences
SSF Catalyst grant awardee (2023), Competitive Seed funding for pursuing collaborative projects
Schmidt Science Fellowship, 2020 (deferred to 2021), Among 22 fellows selected from world-wide .
Bio-X Bowes family fellowship. Awarded to 20 Stanford Students each year.
Stanford Graduate Fellowship (declined). Awarded for standing first in the department qualifying examinations.
Pfizer Inc. Endowed Scholarship, Marine Biological Laboratory- Physiology Course Funding: Full tuition fee support for attending the Marine Biological Labaratory’s Physiology Course.
HHMI Visiting Scientist grant: Partial financial support for carrying out post-course research or 3 weeks at the HHMI, Janelia Farm, research campus
JNCASR Senior Research Fellowship, Government of India: Awarded full-tuition fee support and stipend for my Master’s degree at JNCASR.
DST Travel fellowship, Government of India: Travel award to attend international conferences
CSIR Travel fellowship, Government of India: Travel award to attend international conferences
Awards & Honors
Best Lightning Talk, Microscale Ocean Biophysics meeting, Whistler, BC, Canada 2018
Rowland Junior Fellowship Finalist, Harvard University 2018
Best Poster Award across categories, at the Mechanical Engineering Conference, Stanford University, 2016.
Roddam family award for Best MS thesis at JNCASR in December 2014
All India Rank – 4 in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2012 in Engineering Sciences category.
Ranjit Singh Chauhan Award for Excellence in undergraduate research by BITS-Pilani in 2011.·
Research Productivity Award for research contributions at Simon Fraser University, Canada.
MITACS Globalink Scholar 2010 - awarded a scholarship to carry out 3 months of research in Canada.
Best Student Project, APOGEE Annual Technical Festival, BITS-Pilani
BITS-Pilani Merit scholarship
Rowland Junior Fellowship Finalist, Harvard University 2018
Best Poster Award across categories, at the Mechanical Engineering Conference, Stanford University, 2016.
Roddam family award for Best MS thesis at JNCASR in December 2014
All India Rank – 4 in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2012 in Engineering Sciences category.
Ranjit Singh Chauhan Award for Excellence in undergraduate research by BITS-Pilani in 2011.·
Research Productivity Award for research contributions at Simon Fraser University, Canada.
MITACS Globalink Scholar 2010 - awarded a scholarship to carry out 3 months of research in Canada.
Best Student Project, APOGEE Annual Technical Festival, BITS-Pilani
BITS-Pilani Merit scholarship
