Awards & Recognitions

1. Herdillia Award for Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering/Tech. by IIChE (2020)

2. Dr. A. V. Rama Rao Award for guiding the Best PhD Thesis in Chemical Engineering by IIChE (2021)

3. Dr. A. V. Rama Rao Award for guiding the Best PhD Thesis in Chemical Engineering by IIChE (2020)

4. Young Scientist Project Award,  Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India (2004)

5. BOYSCAST Fellow Award, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India (2005)

6. Editorial Board Member, Heliyon (Elsevier) (March 2015 to June 2018)

7. Fellow of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (FIIChE, 2020)

8. Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) (FIE, 2020)

9. Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (London, UK) (FRSC, 2020)

10. Fellow of the International Association for Carbon Capture (IACC, 2024)

11. Member, Publication Committee - Indian Chemical Engineer, Flagship Journal of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, published by Taylor & Francis, UK; January 2017- December 2019

12. Member (Subject Expert), DSIR, New Delhi, Govt. of India

13. Best PhD thesis award fetched by students

    1. Dr. Aviti Katare received “Prof Shymal Kanti Sanyal Memorial Award for the Best Ph.D. Thesis in the Area of Membranes Research with Significant Commercial Potential” for the year 2025 by IIChE

    2. Dr. Aviti Katare received “Best PhD Thesis in Chemical Engineering” in the 26^th Convocation of IIT Guwahati in the year 2024

    3. Dr. Rajashree Borgohain received “Dr. A. V. Rama Rao’s Best PhD Thesis Award” for the year 2021 by IIChE

    4. Dr. Rajashree Borgohain received “Best PhD Thesis in Chemical Engineering” in the 22^nd Convocation of IIT Guwahati in the year 2020

    5. Dr. Babul Prasad received “Dr. A. V. Rama Rao’s Best PhD Thesis Award” for the year 2020 by IIChE

14. Several papers co-authored by me fetched the best oral/poster presentation prizes

    1. Won 3rd Prize in the poster session of the CHEMCON 2016 held at Anna University, Chennai

    2. Best Oral Presentation Award in 1^st Euro Asia Conference on Carbon capture and Utilisation, 2019, Sunway University, Malaysia

    3. Best Poster Award, International Conference on Sophisticated Instruments in Modern Research (ICSIMR 2017), 2017, CIF, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India

    4. Best Oral Presentation Award, Research Conclave (RC'18), 2018, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India

    5. Best Poster Award, International Symposium on Sustainable Polymers & National Symposium on Chemistry Education for Sustainable Engineering, 2019, IIT Guwahati

15. Reviewer of Journals: Nature Communications, Springer Nature; ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS; ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, ACS; ACS Applied nano Materials, ACS; Environmental Science & Technology, ACS; Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, ACS; Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, ACS; Energy & Fuels, ACS; International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Elsevier; Separation and Purification Technology, Elsevier; Computers and Chemical Engineering, Elsevier; Chemical Engineering Science, Elsevier; Journal of Hazardous Material, Elsevier; Chemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier; Journal of Membrane Science, Elsevier; Journal of Molecular Liquids, Elsevier; Fluid Phase Equilibria, Elsevier; Bioresource Technology, Elsevier; Chemosphere, Elsevier; Desalination, Elsevier; Fuel, Elsevier; Thermochimica Acta, Elsevier; Microporous & Mesoporous Materials, Elsevier; Journal of Environmental Engineering, Elsevier; Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, Elsevier; Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Elsevier; Journal of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Elsevier; International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Elsevier; Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Elsevier; Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley;  Advanced Materials, Wiley; AIChE Journal, Wiley; Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, Wiley; Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Wiley; CLEAN- Soil, Air, Water: Wiley; Chemical Engineering & Technology, Wiley-VCH; Journal of Materials Chemistry A, RSC; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, RSC; Chemical Communications, RSC; RSC Advances, RSC; Chemical Engineering Communications, Taylor & Francis; Separation Science and Technology, Taylor & Francis; International Journal of Thermophysics, Springer; Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Springer; Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, Springer; Applied Water Science, Springer; Chemical Papers, Springer; Canadian Journal of Chemistry, NRC Canada; Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE; Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, BSCE