AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Awards
Committee Involvements
Editorial Responsibilities
Awards
- Fellow, Society of Applied Biotechnology, India
- Mishra Award for best paper presented in Bioprocessing at IIME’s MPT-2006, Chennai
- Mishra Award for best paper presented in Bioprocessing at IIME’s MPT-2007, Mumbai
- Second Prize, International Microbiology Photograph Competition, Switzerland, Oct, 2009
- Adjudged among “Top-10” in all consecutive Fluka Microbiology Photograph Competition since 2010
- Mishra Award for best paper presented in Bioprocessing at IIME’s MPT-2011, Udaipur
- Young Scientist Award in Engineering Sciences by ISCA at 100th Indian Science Congress, 2012, Kolkata
- 1st Prize in Oral Paper Presentation in “Raw Materials Category” at IIM’s NMDATM2012,Jamshedpur
- 1st Prize in Oral Paper Presentation in “Nonferrous Category” at IIM’s NMDATM2012,Jamshedpur
- 2nd Prize in Oral Paper Presentation in “Raw Materials Category” at IIM’s NMDATM2012,Jamshedpur
- 1st Prize in Poster Presentation in “Nonferrous Category” at IIM’s NMDATM 2013, Varanasi
- 2nd Prize, International Microbiology Photograph Competition, Switzerland, Oct, 2013
- Young Scientist Award in Environmental Microbiology by Association of Microbiologist, India, 2013
- Young Scientist Award in Nuclear Fuel Processing (bioleaching of uranium) by Indian Nuclear Society, DAE, 2013
- Young Scientist Award in Mineral Biotechnology by Biotech Research Society of India, 2014
- Young Metallurgist Award in Nonferrous Metallurgy by Ministry of Steel & Mines, Govt of India, 2014
- Mishra Award for best paper published in the area of Extractive Metallurgy by IIME for 2013-14
- Prof. H.J.Arnikar Best PhD. Thesis awarded by Indian Assoc. Nucl. Chem. Allied Scientists (DAE), 2015
- 1st Prize in Poster Presentation at Nat. Sem. Recent Advances in Biotechnology, April, 2015, Kolkata
- 2nd Prize winner: Metallurgical Research & Technology 2015 Best Paper Award (January 2016) - Bioleaching of low grade granitic chalcopyrite ore by hyperthermophiles: Elucidation of kinetics-mechanism
- Outstanding Review Status given by Elsevier's Annals of Nuclear Energy (Nov 2015)
- Article cited on cover page of Indian Journal of Geomarine Sciences (2015)
- TAMOTIA Award for Best Paper Presented in Environmental Management by IIME at MPT-2017, Chennai
- Awarded Membership by National Academy of Sciences, India, 2017
- Young Engineer Award by Mineral Engineering Science Association, Vishakapatnam, India (2017)
- CSIR Raman Research Fellow 2019
Committee Involvements
- Member, The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad, India
- Program Committee Chair, Int. Conf. on Chem. Biol. Environ. Engineering, China, Dec, 2009
- Member, Research Group on Possibilities of Valuation of H2S in Black Sea (FP7-EU)
- Member Expert, TPC-Biomineral Processing, IEEE-World Cong. Eng. Technol., China
- Member, Application of Mat. Chem. Eng.(AMCE), World Academic Publishing, US
- Member, Program Committee, Int. Conf. Metall. Technol. Mat. (ICMTM-2012), Korea
- Member, Technical Committee, Conf. Environ. Poll. Pub. Health (CEPPH 2012), China
- PhD Examiner-reviewer for Dept. of Microbiol-Biotechnol, Gujarat Univ., India; BIT, Mesra
- Int. Committee Member, SIPS-2015, Antalya, Turkey
- Member, Technical Committee, Int conf on Biological and environmental science (BIOES-2015), October, Phuket, Thialand
- Member, Emirates Association of Chemical, Biological & Environment Engineers
- Scientific Board member, Institute of Research Engineers and Doctors
- Scientific Board member, International Institute of Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering (IICBEE)
Editorial Responsibilities
- Editorial Board Member, Russian Journal of Nonferrous Metals (Springer)
- Editorial Board Member, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review (Taylor and Francis)
- Founder Managing Executive Editor of International Journal of Nonferrous Metallurgy, Delware, U.S. (SCRIP)
- Member, Editorial Board, Scientific Journal of Environmental Sciences, US
- Guest Reviewer for International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC-2010), Australia;
- Guest Reviewer for International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium (IBS-2011), China
- Guest Reviewer for International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC-2012), India.
- Member, Editorial Board, CIBTECH Journal of Microbiology/Biotechnology, India
- Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Environmental Protection, US
- Associate Editor, International Journal of Advanced Research, India
- Member, Advisory Board, World Research Journal of Environment and Waste Manage., US
- Member, Editorial Board, Materials Science: Material Review
LECTURES/TALKS DELIVERED
- Lecture entitled “Uranium Hydrometallurgy” at “Training Programme on Mineral Processing and Nonferrous Extractive Metallurgy” for Mgmt. Trainees of M/s UCIL, Jaduguda; held at NML, Jamshedpur, 30th June 2008
- Keynote Lecture on “Bioremediation and Resource Utilisation” at “National Seminar on Environmental Bioremediation Technologies”, held at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, 6th November 2009
- Invited Lecture on “Microbial composites in effluent remediation” at “Third International Multicomponent Polymer Conference”, held at MGU, Kottayam, 23rd March 2012
- National Science Day Lecture on “Role of Biotechnology for Shaping Future of Science” delivered at The Institution of Engineers, Jamshedpur, 6th Feb 2013.
- Invited Lecture on "Mineral Biotechnology - an inherent tool for mining industry" at Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 22nd March 2013
- Invited talk delivered on "Role of Biology in future of science" for Class XI-XIIth students at Vidya Bharti Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Jamshedpur, 12th July 2013
- Invited Lecture on "Trends and Issues in Basic Research" at School of Life Sciences, Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur, 31st August 2013.
- Invited Lecture on "Mineral Biotechnology - an inherent tool for mining industry" at Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India, 22-23rd March 2013
- Invited Keynote Lecture delivered on “Thermophilic bioleaching of chalcopyrite” at ICHM-2014, Beijing, China
- Invited Resource Lecture on “Role of Microbiology in Minerals-Metals-Materials and Environment Sector” at National Seminar on Dynamic Microbes at Modern College, Pune, India, 20-21st Feb 2015
- Invited Lecture on “Applications of microbial biotechnology in metallurgical industries” at BRSI’s National Seminar on Recent Advances in Biotechnology, IICB, Kolkata, India, 17th April 2015
- Invited Lecture on “Recycling of HEV batteries” at IITM's workshop on "Status of EV recycling in India", IIT, Madras, India, 25th November 2016
- Invited Speaker on “Sustainable recycling of Mine and Urban Wastes by Environmentally Benign Options” at International Symposium on Sustainability in Science and Engineering , organized by IITB, Ohio State University and TechStain, at IITB, 26th July 2017
- Invited Speaker at "International Conference on Advanced Engineering Functional Materials (ICAEFM 2017), to be held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India (21-23, Sep 2017)
- Invited Speaker at “3rd India International Science Festival (IISF-2017)”, 13-16th October 2017 (Theme: Swaach Bharat; Topic: Sustainable End-of-life Closed Loop Recycling of Battery Wastes).
PROFESSIONAL LINKAGES TO SOCIETIES
- Fellow - Society for Applied Biotechnology, India
- Member - The National Academy of Sciences (NASI), India
- Life Member - Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers (IIME)
- Life Member - Indian Institute of Metals (IIM)
- Life Member - Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)
- Life Member - Indian Nuclear Society (INS)
- Life Member - Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI)
- Life Member - Indian Association of Nuclear Chemists and Allied Scientists (IANCAS)
- Life Member - Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)
- Life Member - Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA)
- Life Member - Kerala Academy of Sciences (KAS)
- Member -Society for Applied Microbiology, U.K. (SFAM)
- Member - Society of Industrial Microbiology, U.S. (SIM)
- Member - IACSIT, Singapore
- Member - The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), US
- Senior Member- Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological& Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES)
- Member - European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB-FEMS)
- Member - American Society of Microbiology
- Member - Indian Society of Education and Environment
- Life Member - Society of Biological Chemists, India
- Life Member - Chemical Research Society of India
- Life Member - National Academy of Biological Sciences
FOREIGN COUNTRIES VISITED
- EGYPT: MINERALS TO MATERIALS CONFERENCE - 2008, organized by Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute (CMRDI), Cairo,15th- 18th December, 2008.
- AUSTRALIA: ALTA-2010, organized by ALTA Metallurgical Services, Perth, 24-29th May, 2010.
- RUSSIA: Bilaterial Exchange visit Programme under Indo-Russian Collaboration and Oral Paper Presentation at IIIrd International Nonferrous Meet 2011(31.08.2011-14.09.2011) in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia.
- CHINA: 3rd International Conference on Asian Nuclear Prospects (ANUP-2012), organized by Tsinghua University (Beijing), INS, IAEA, CAN and KAERI, Beijing, 16-19th October, 2012.
- CHINA: XXVIth International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry (ISEB-2013), organised by Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 13-18th October 2013.
- CHINA: 6th International Conference on Hydrometallurgy (ICHM-2014), organized by Nonferrous Society of China, IPE-CAS, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 16-19th October, 2014.
- GERMANY: CSIR Raman Research Fellowship, 1 March to 1 July 2019 (Affliated to: BGR, Hannover, Germany)