Awards / Achievements
2024-2025
- Prof. Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal received the Best Institute Faculty Award (Research) in 2025, sponsored by IIT Tirupati, in recognition of his outstanding research contributions.
2023-2024
- Allabakshi S.M received the “best poster award" for “Non-invasive diagnostic of nonthermal hybrid plasmas applied for water treatment applications" in Conference on Plasma Theory and Simulations (PTS 23), September 2023, JNU Delhi.
- Allabakshi S.M. received the “best poster award” from the Centre of Excellence at Conference on Desalination, Brine management, and Water Recycling held on 21-22nd July 2023, at IIT Bombay.
- S.V. Naga Jyothi received the “best presentation award” for the oral presentation at the '14t h International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications (ICEEA 2024) on 24th-26th April 2024 at “Universidad Politecnica de Madrid”, Spain.
- Manuj Sharma (CE20D503) received 3000 euros as travel grant for presenting research work in European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 14-19th April 2024.
- Manuj Sharma (CE20D503) received a travel grant for presenting research work in 20th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, 30th July- 4th August 2023 in Singapore.
- M. Allabakshi received the “best oral presentation award” for presenting the thesis work from 1st institute level research scholar's symposium conducted by IIT Tirupati on May 2023, at IIT Tirupati (Supervisors: Dr S.M. Maliyekkal & Dr G. Reetesh).
- M. Allabakshi received the “first prize” in the “best paper award” category from the Indo-Canadian Symposium on Water Management: Sustainability & Impact of Climate Change, organized by Dalhousie University, Canada, and IIT Tirupati, held on March 6th7th, 2023, at IIT Tirupati (Supervisors: Dr S.M. Maliyekkal & Dr G. Reetesh).
- M. Maliyekkal and R.K. Gangwar's project “The “Nonthermal-Atmospheric-Photo-Plasma (NAP) reactor: wastewater to liquid fertilizer” was selected for the prestigious IIT R&D Fair 2024 (one of the selected projects from India's top 100 ranking institutes under the theme of Agriculture and Food Processing).
- Uthradevi received the “First Dean's prize” for the best Ph.D. thesis entitled “A resource-efficient and wastefree point-of-use disinfection system” during 5th convocation held on 22nd February 2024 at IIT Tirupati.
2022-2023
- M. Allabakshi (PhD scholar) received the “Best paper award” from the International Society of Energy, Environment and Sustainability (ISEES) at the 7th Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges (VIISEEC) conference held on December 16th-18th, 2022, at IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
- M. Allabakshi (PhD scholar) received the first prize in “Best paper award category” from the Indo-Canadian Symposium on “Water Management: Sustainability & Impact of Climate Change” organized by Dalhousie University, Canada, and IIT Tirupati, India held on March 6th - 7th, 2023, at IIT Tirupati.
- Vajitha received the “Best Poster award” from the 35th Kerala Science Congress held at Mar Baselios Christian College of Engineering and Technology, Kerala, India, from 12th to 14th February 2023.
- Gowri Asaithambi received the “Best Paper Award” under Road Safety Theme: S. Venkateshappa, G. Asaithambi, V. Kanagaraj, “An Approach to Identify Lateral Shift and its Duration under Disordered Traffic Conditions”, Recent Advances in Traffic Engineering (RATE) Conference, November 2022, NIT Surat.
- Gowri Asaithambi became the Independent Director of Tinna Rubber & Infrastructure Limited, India.
- Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri became Adjunct Professor at the School of Sustainable Engineering & the Built Environment, Arizona State University, USA.
- Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri was chosen as the Asphalt Rubber Ambassador for the Republic of India by the Rubber Pavements Association and RAR2022 Conference Chairmen, Spain in June 2022.
- Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri became the Director on the Board of the Rubberized Asphalt Foundation, USA.
- Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri became the External Faculty Member of the Graduate Research Committee, Purdue University, USA.
- Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri became the Member (R&D Institutions) of the Working Group on Transport, Kerala State Planning Board (2022-27).
- Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri has been selected as one of the world's top 2% scientists, Elsevier BV, Stanford University. (https://elsevier.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3)
2021-2022
- Dr. Prasanna Kumar Behera - Outstanding Ph.D. thesis award in Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, Best Ph.D. thesis, 28th December 2021
- Dr. Shihabhudeen M Maliyekkal - The article titled “A comprehensive review on antimicrobial face masks: an emerging weapon in fighting pandemics” has been included in the RSC Advances 10th Anniversary collection focusing on Chemistry in the battle against infections.
- Dr. Shihabhudeen M Maliyekkal - The project titled “Bio-derived sealant (Eco-Nanoseal) for the repair of micro-cracks in concrete” has been selected for the IIT R&D fair. This is one of the six projects selected from 23 IITs under the theme “Cities” Infrastructure (including smart mobility).
- Dr. Shihabhudeen M Maliyekkal - The project titled “Capacitive Deionization (CDI) for clean drinking water” has been selected for the IIT R & D fair. This is one of the five projects selected from 23 IITs under the theme & Environment and Sustainability (including air, water, and rivers)
- Dr. Shihabhudeen M Maliyekkal - Awarded Indian patent titled “A method for the preparation of Immobilized graphene-based composite from asphalt,” Patent Grant No.: 393415; Granting Date: 29-03-2022.
- Dr. Shihabhudeen M Maliyekkal - Awarded Indian design patent titled “Integrated design for automated Capacitive Deionization (CDI) System,” Design No.: 349450-001, Granting Date: 24-11-2021.
- Dr. Shihabhudeen M Maliyekkal - Awarded Indian Patent titled “Metal oxyhydroxide mediated anoxic ammonia removal from aqueous solutions” Patent No.: Patent No.: 360373; Granting Date: 05-03-2021.
- Dr. Shihabhudeen M Maliyekkal - Incubated a company at IIT Tirupati, NGEN Water Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Registered on: October 2021.
2020-2021
- P. Biligiri: Conducting a Session on Sustainability and Resilience Aspects of Roadway Infrastructure, in Goverment of India Vaibhav Summit through Champion Institute IIT Tirupati, October 2020
- P. Biligiri: Organized a session on Sustainability and Resilience Aspects of Roadway Infrastructure, in Vaishwik Bharatiya Vaigyanik Summit, Government of India, October 2020.
- P. Biligiri: ESF College of Expert Reviewers, nominated by European Science Foundation, France (April 2021- Present), November 2020.
- P. Biligiri: Lead Guest Editor, Special Issue in MDPI Journal, infrastructures, Switzerland, June 2020 – Present.
- P. Biligiri:Associate Editor, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Elsevier, UK, January 2021 – Present.
- P. Biligiri: Member, Committee AKM30, Standing Committee on Asphalt Materials Selection and Mix Design, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC., USA, 2020 – 2023.
2019-2020
- Ganguli: Best Paper Award in Research & Development, jointly sponsored by Indian Society of Nondestructive Testing and M/S Industrial X-Ray & Allied Radiographers (I) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India, ISNTNDEConference and Exhibition, Bengaluru, INDIA, 2019.
- P. Biligiri: Associate, Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), Purdue University, USA, September 2019.
- P. Biligiri: Faculty Affiliate, National Center of Excellence for SMART Innovations, Arizona State University, USA, September 2019.
- P. Biligiri: International Member, Standing Committees, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Engineering, USA(2019-22).
- P. Biligiri: 2019 Excellence in Review Awards, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Elsevier, December 2019.
- P. Biligiri: Recognized Reviewer, Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier, May 2019.
- S. M. Maliyekkal: The paper “Solar Mediated Reduction of Graphene Oxide, RSC Adv., 2017.7, 957-963” is selected for Editors' collection (Editor Pablo Denis) on Graphene in the Royal Chemical Society Journal, RSCAdvances, May, 2019.
2018-2019
- C. Kumar, M.S. Scholar, Civil Engineering, received the Icon SWM-Excellence Paper Award 2018, for the paper "A Review of Studies on Environmental Performance Analysis of Construction and Demolition Waste Management Using Life Cycle Assessment" presented at the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management, at Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, AP, India.
- P. Biligiri: Nominated as Asphalt Rubber Ambassador for the Republic of India by Rubber Pavements Association and RAR-2018 Conference Chairmen, South Africa, for a period of three years, May 2018.
- P. Biligiri: International Member, Standing Committees, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Engineering, USA, for a period of four years, 2018.
- Jain: Received the best oral-presentation award for his co-authored paper titled, “Impact of Transportation Demand Management Policies on the Modal Share and Air Quality in Cities: Causes, Consequences and Effectiveness of Policy Options” at the International Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics in Highly Polluted Environments (CIAAS-2019), held at IIT Delhi, 22-24 March, 2019.
- M. Maliyekkal: As one of CO-PI received Project Award from the Hon'ble Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Co-PIs Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan for the project WATER-IC for SUTRAM of EASY WATER at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 25 January 2019.
- S. M. Maliyekkal: Research Excellence Award under the subcategory “Teaching Faculty” at the Institution of Engineers (India) and Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology (IEI- FCRIT) Excellence Award, Mumbai, January 2019.
2017-2018
- K. P. Biligiri: Lead Guest Editor, Special Issue in Journal of Testing and Evaluation, American Society for Testing and Materials International, USA, October 2017 – Present.