Awards and Honors

Awards

• Best Microbiology Teacher Award (National Level): Microbiologists Society, India (MBSI) (2022).

• Best Research Paper Award: DBT and CSIR Sponsored International Virtual Conference on Biological innovations & Computational Exploration for Pandemic Challenges (CICPAC'22) organized by Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Bishop Herber College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nādu. (2022)

• EMBO-EMBL Symposia fellowship to attend EMBL Symposium: Multiomics to Mechanisms: Challenges in Data Integration (2021)

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Abstract Award for Scientists to attend World Microbe Forum 2021 jointly by American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and Federation of European Microbiological Society (FEMS)

• Conference grant from EMBO-EMBL to attend EMBL Symposium: New Approaches and Concepts in Microbiology (2021)

• Fellow, Young Academy of India (YAI) (2020)

• Conference grant from Federation of European Microbiological Society (FEMS) (2019)

• World's Top 1 % of Reviewer in (1) Biology & Biochemistry (2) Computational biology by Publon (2018 & 2019)

• Outstanding Faculty in Biotechnology Award by Vinus International Foundation (2018)

• Young Scientist Award by Association of Microbiologist of India (2016) 

• Young Investigator Award from India and South East Asia by International Society of Infectious Disease (2016)

• Outstanding Reviewer Award by Elsevier (2016, 2017, 2018)

• Best research guide award from Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (2014)

• Best research paper awards in 16 National and International conferences and symposium (2008-2020)

• Best outgoing student in undergraduate level (2003).

• Best NSS volunteer (2003).

• Best NSS volunteer of the year (2002). 

• Best camper in NSS ten-day special camp (2001)

Travel grants & funded projects

Travel Grant Awards

• Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India (2019)

• International Society for Infectious Disease (ISID) (2017)

• Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) (2016)

• American Society for Microbiology (ASM) (2014)

Minor Projects Grants

• Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), Govt. of Karnataka (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)

• Vision Group on Science and Technology (VGST), Govt. of Karnataka (2012)

Editorial Board member in international SCI/Scopus indexed journals

• Associate Editor: Computers in Biology and Medicine (Elsevier)

• Academic Editor: Plos One (Plos)

• Guest Editor: Frontiers in Microbiology (Frontiers)

• Editorial Board Member: Journal of Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health (Elsevier)

• Editorial Board Member-Informatics in Medicine Unlocked (Elsevier)

• Review Editor- Frontiers in Microbiology (Frontiers)

• Editorial Board Member-Current Biotechnology (Bentham Science)

• Editorial Board Member: Current Indian Science (Bentham Science)

• Editorial Board Member-Recent Patents on Food, Nutrition & Agriculture (Bentham Science)

• Reviewer: More than 130 Journals published by Nature group, American Chemical Society, FEMS group, Royal Society of Chemistry, Frontiers, Elsevier, Springer- Nature, Tailor and Francis, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford Journals, BioMed Central, BMC Journals, Bentham Sciences. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, Dove Medical Press, DeGruyter, Thieme and Indian Council of Medical Research