Distinctions

TOP 1% most cited author in Royal Society of Chemistry Journals (2021).

TOP 2% Scientist in all academic disciplines in 2020 (Elsevier, 10.17632/btchxktzyw.3)

Editorial Board Member and Topic Editor for the journal - Energies (2021-)

Hybrid Challenger, Falling walls, Berlin (2021)

Outstanding reviewer in 2020 award from Green Energy & Environment

TOP 2% Scientist in all academic disciplines in 2019 (https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/2)

International Advisory Board: International Conference on Soft Materials (ICSM)

Member of GDCh (German Chemical Society); ACS (American Chemical Society); RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry); Max Planck Society

Fellow of the center of excellence, UniSysCat, Berlin (2019-present)

Reviewer recognitions for ACS, RSC, Wiley-VCH, Elsevier, MDPI

Scientific Associate with Chemical Invention Factory for start-ups in Berlin, Centre for Entrepreneurship TU-Berlin as well Chemiewende Berlin (2018-present)

Finalist -Falling Wall Labs (competition for innovators), Berlin (2019)

Project leader for Project Mangan, Germany (2015-2019)

Felicitation for achievements in Chemistry, DBC, India (2018)

1 of 10 chosen from global participants for the innovation in sustainable chemistry by United Nations (2017)

The Best Poster Awards (2005, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019)

Award for excellence in chemistry, Mangalore University, India (2016)

Project Supervisor, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Light 2 Hydrogen, TU-Berlin, Germany (2012‑2015)

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Post-Doctoral Fellowship, TU-Munich, Germany (2010-2012)

Max Planck Post-Doctoral Fellow, Max Planck Society, Germany (2009-2010)

Max Planck Ph.D. Fellowship, Max Planck Society, Germany (2005-2009)

Young Scientist Scholarship, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Germany (2003-2004)

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Project Fellow, SSCU, IISc, India (2002-2003)