Awards || Honors || Prizes || Medals || Accomplishments Academics | Sports | Industry | Law
Award for Consistent Quality Teaching at IIT Mandi
In Academics
Awarded certificate for Consistent Quality teaching on IIT Mandi foundation day, Feb' 2014.
Co-guided a group of IIT Mandi students that won 2nd place (out of 70 participants across India) in the Jed-i project challenge 2013.
Young Scientist Award at Portugal, Aveiro, 2005.
Young Scientist Travel Grant Award from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India, New Delhi and Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Government of India, New Delhi, to present a paper in the first conference on Diffusion in solids and liquids, Portugal, Europe, 2005.
Awarded MHRD fellowship for Master and Doctoral Degree programme at IISc, Bangalore, 2001-2006.
Three times best paper award: year 2003, 2005 and 2007.
Topper in college (120 students) in the first semester of Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree course, 1996.
Second topper with distinction in BE degree course, 2000.
Consecutively 3 times topper among 200 students in mathematics course "Numerical Analysis" at IISc, 2001.
Class topper in Council of Higher Secondary Exam (CHSE), 12th board exam, 1995.
Certificate of merit for getting second position in district-level debate competition at All India Cooperative Week, 1994.
Certificate of merit in National Mathematics Olympiad contest, 1992.
Zonal topper in mathematics (CBSE), 1992.
Class topper in CBSE, 10th board exam, 1992.
Certificate of merit in All-India Junior Talent Search Contest, 1991.
Awarded MCL scholarship, 1991-1993.
Best all rounder award
In Sports
Member of the wining team; won Champions trophy in cricket in Inter-IIT sports meet at IIT Guwahait, 2013.
Captained IISc Alumni cricket match, adjudged Best All-Rounder of the match, 14th Sep' 2010 [report].
Represented IISc cricket team as an opening batsman in KSCA matches (2001-2006).
Represented JIET college cricket team as an opening batsman (1996-2000).
Runner-up in inter-departmental Chess Championship, 1998.
Cricket captain from 7th –10th class (1988-1993).
Won many Man-of-the-Match awards in cricket during academic career.
After victory in court
In Law
Represented myself as a LAWYER for 5 years in all court proceedings in a case against State Bank of India. The case went till Supreme Court. Won the case.
The journey: Banking Ombudsman, District Court, State Court, National Court and finally the Supreme Court. This journey has been a liberating experience.
I myself argued the case in the court.
If i can read & understand law, so can you. If i can argue in court and win, so can you.
In Industry
16 patents filed (15 as lead inventor), 25+ research publications, developed many new technologies.
Best paper award, judged by eminent juries from various industries.
Redesigned, tested, developed and optimized a 15-year-old engine at TVS that is fetching a profit of more than one crore/year to the company, 2007.
Coordinator of ‘Technology Scan Team’ at TVS Motor Company (since 2007).
Member of Education & Training Council Product sub committee, TVS Motor Company (2009-2011).
"Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit." -- Napoleon Hill.