Awards and Honors

Some of my academic (and other) achievements / accomplishments were recognized and have earned me some awards. A selected list is presented below:

• The Wisconsin Power Engineering Award 2022. This award is a recognition of scholarly achievement in power engineering and was presented by the College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Member of the winning team at the 2022 ITEC + EATS Battery State of Charge Estimation Contest
• Best project of the year award from KSCST, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for my undergraduate project
• First rank and gold medal for the highest CGPA (9.91 / 10.00) in the undergraduate program
• Best outgoing student award for all round (academic and extra-curricular) achievement in the undergraduate program (US$250 cash award)
• Best performer in the TI winter challenge 2015 - Texas Instruments India (TI Chronus watch)
• Honorable mention for the project InDhan at TI India Innovation Design Challenge 2017 / 18 ($500 worth components from Texas Instruments)
• Selected for initial funding worth ($5,000) for the project/startup SmartR Grid at Carbon Zero Challenge 2017 - IIT Madras and US Consulate Chennai, India (This project never materialized due to funding delays and we opted out).
• Scholarship from the ministry of human resource development Govt. of India (GATE fellowship) for entire duration of study at IIT-Madras

In picture: Receiving the best project of the year award (awarded by KSCST, IISc India) for my undergraduate project. This award was presented after three rounds of rigorous screening by a panel of experts comprising of scientists from ISRO, NAL, DRDO and faculty from IISc.