Awards and Recognitions

  • Awarded with the College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, 2016, at Purdue University (awarded to a student in ECE who has demonstrated excellence in research through peer-reviewed publications, awards for research, leadership, academic achievement and participation in professional societies).
  • Awarded with the prestigious Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, 2016-2017, at Purdue University (award given to the topmost Ph.D. candidates throughout the entire graduate school in their final year).
  • Top 5 best doctoral candidates across all departments of Purdue University (selected as top 5 finalists for the 2016-17 Purdue Chorafas Award).
  • Prof. A.K. Choudhury Best Paper Award at 29th International Conference on VLSI Design and 15th International Conference on Embedded Systems, 2016 (1 out of 339 submissions).
  • Best Paper Nomination at ACM International Conference on Compilers, Architectures and Synthesis of Embedded Systems (CASES), 2016.
  • Awarded with the 1st prize in Design Contest at 28th International Conference on VLSI Design and 14th International Conference on Embedded Systems, 2015.
  • Purdue College of Engineering Travel Grant Award, 2017.
  • ACM SIGBED ESWEEK Travel Grant Award, 2015 awarded to ESWEEK authors based on merit.
  • Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG) Travel Grant Award, 2015.
  • Awarded with the prestigious Ross Fellowship, 2012-2016, at Purdue University (award given to the top Ph.D. applicants).
  • Recipient of the prestigious Dr. B.C. Roy Memorial Gold Centered Silver Medal for securing the highest aggregate of marks among all the courses of Bachelor of Engineering Examination, Jadavpur University, 2012.
  • Awarded with the University Medal for standing First at the Bachelor of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Final Examination, Jadavpur University, 2012.
  • Awarded with the Pran Kumar Bhattacharya Memorial Gold Medal for standing First at Bachelor of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Final Examination, Jadavpur University, 2012.
  • Recipient of the Saurav Banerjee Memorial Gold Centered Silver Medal for standing First at the Bachelor of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Final Examination, Jadavpur University, 2012.
  • Awarded with the Prof. Sudhanshu Deb Memorial Gold Centered Silver Medal for securing the highest aggregate of marks in the papers “Integrated Electronic Circuits” & “VLSI Circuits” taken together at the Bachelor of Electronics & Tele-Communication Engineering Final Examination, 2012.
  • Awarded by Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund (JNMF), New Delhi, for standing 1st in Bachelor of Engineering from Jadavpur University (2013).
  • Awarded with the Late Supriyo Basu Memorial Award and Scholarship for the year 2011 for getting the highest percentage of marks among 3rd year undergraduate students of all the Engineering and Technology Departments in Jadavpur University.
  • Recipient of the Meera Rani Mitra Memorial Gold Medal for getting the highest grades among all students of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering in 3rd year, 2011.
  • Recipient of the most prestigious and competitive undergraduate scholarship in the world: DAAD Working Internship in Science & Engineering (WISE) 2011, Germany among thousands of applications worldwide.
  • Awarded with the M.P. Birla Smarak Kosh Sponsorship for Higher Studies, 2012.
  • University Grants Commission (UGC) Project Grant Awardee for 2010 among 30 UG and PG students of ETCE Dept., Jadavpur University.
  • Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Department of Higher Education Scholarship for University Students Awardee for performance in Higher Secondary Education, 2008-2013, West Bengal, India.
  • Achievement Cum Diagnostic Test in Mathematics (ADTM) Silver Medalist in 2005.
  • National Merit Scholarship Nominee for Secondary Examination, 2006, West Bengal, India.
  • Granted admission in 12 top US universities(all with either fellowships/assistant-ships) and 3 European Universities(with Scholarships) for Fall 2012.
  • Enlisted in Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 2014-16, Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2015-16, and Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2015-16.
  • Selected among 60 students from all-over India for the prestigious Summer Undergraduate Research Grant for Excellence (SURGE) program 2011 for undergoing summer internship in IIT Kanpur, 2011.
  • Selected from 35 students for Undergraduate Research & Innovation Program (UGRI- 2011) to carry out my summer internship in IIT Rajasthan.
  • Stood 27th (from about 1,00,000 students in West Bengal) in the general category of WBJEE Examination, 2008; Stood 65th (in state) and within top 0.3% (All India Rank-2655) among about 8,50,000 candidates AIEEE 2008 (All India Engineering Entrance Examination); All India Rank 204 (from about 138000 candidates) in GATE EC 2011 in 3rd year of undergraduate studies..