Awards and recognition

  • 2018

    Best Poster Award in Photochemistry

    Award Recipient

    14th International DAE-BRNS Biennial Conference on Radiation and Photochemistry, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

    Awarded for a poster presented at the biennial national conference on radiation and photochemistry, held in January 2018.

  • 2021

    Journal cover selection, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

    Recognition

    American Chemical Society

    "Adsorbed Water Structure on Acrylate-Based Biocompatible Polymer Surface" was selected for the cover of volume 12, issue 38.

  • 2023

    Front cover selection, Journal of Physical Chemistry A

    Recognition

    American Chemical Society

    The single-author article "Charge-Shifted Weak Noncovalent Interactions in the Atmospherically Important OCS Microhydrates" was selected as the front cover of volume 127, issue 15, and published as part of the journal's "Early-Career and Emerging Researchers in Physical Chemistry" special issue.

Scholarships and national examinations

  • 2013

    Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)

    National examination Recipient

    Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institute of Science

    Qualified in the national postgraduate entrance examination.

  • 2012–2013

    CSIR–UGC National Eligibility Test

    National examination Recipient

    Council of Scientific and Industrial Research / University Grants Commission

    Ranked 74 in the December 2012 examination and 81 in the June 2013 examination, qualifying for national research fellowship eligibility.

  • 2011

    Joint Admission Test for MSc (JAM)

    National examination Recipient

    Indian Institutes of Technology

    Ranked 73 nationally, leading to admission to IIT Bombay.

  • 2008

    INSPIRE Scholarship

    Scholarship Recipient

    Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

    Awarded by the Government of India for performance in the Class 12 examination, supporting undergraduate study in the natural sciences.

Cover art

Journal cover selections

Cover of The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, volume 12, issue 38 (2021), featuring cover art for the adsorbed-water structure article.

American Chemical Society · 2021 · Cover selection

Journal cover selection, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

"Adsorbed Water Structure on Acrylate-Based Biocompatible Polymer Surface" was selected for the cover of volume 12, issue 38.

Front cover of The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, volume 127, issue 15 (2023), featuring cover art for the charge-shifted OCS article.

American Chemical Society · 2023 · Front cover

Front cover selection, Journal of Physical Chemistry A

The single-author article "Charge-Shifted Weak Noncovalent Interactions in the Atmospherically Important OCS Microhydrates" was selected as the front cover of volume 127, issue 15, and published as part of the journal's "Early-Career and Emerging Researchers in Physical Chemistry" special issue.

On grants The research described on this site was supported by institutional funding held by the centres and groups where I worked — including National Research Foundation of Korea and Institute for Basic Science awards acknowledged in the Korea University publications. Those are not listed here as personal grants, because the supplied records name the centre and its directors as the award holders rather than me.