Organizing committee member for ICCCTAM-12, Dubai, UAE, 8-9 th December 2012.Ħ. International Advisory Board member for the International Conference on Microbial Technology for Better Tomorrow (ICMTBT-2018), held at Pune, India during 17-19 February 2018.ĥ. International Advisory Board member for International Conference on Applied Nanotechnology and Nanoscience ( ICANN-2017) held at Baramati, India during 7th to 9th December 2017Ĥ. Desai College, Pune, in association with College of Engineering Pune and Microbiologist Society of India at H.V. International Advisory Board member for International Conference on Nanotechnology for Human Welfare ( ICNHW-2018) during 1st to 2nd February 2018 organized by H.V. Patil University, Pune, India during 17th to 19th February 2018Ģ. International Advisory Board member for International Conference on Microbes for Better Tomorrow 2018, organized by Dr. Co-PI for the RedMud remediation project by Hindalco Industry.ġ. Grant received from EXPO Live under the University Innovation Grant, February-July 2018.ģ. Seed grant from BITS Pilani Dubai Campus for the project titled, ' Optimization of Selected High Yield Grass Species for Biomass and Bioenergy Applications using Saline and Recycled Wastewater' in collaboration with International Centre of Biosaline Agriculture, for an amount of AED 245,000/- duration January 2017-2020.Ģ. Nominated as an expert in the field of Mangroves by the Mangrove Research Organization of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), India.ġ. Mumbai University student scholarship for the years 1995-1997.Ĩ.
Scholarship from the Department of Ocean Development (DOD), Govt. Goa University (India) studentship for the year 2000-2001.Ħ. Scholarship from the Ocean Science and Technology Cell (OSTC), DOD, Govt. Independent Research Associateship from Department of Biotechnology – Indian Institute of Science (DBT – I.I.Sc.) for the years 2003 – 2006.Ĥ. Received the Best Paper Award for Technology Transfer at the INTECH 2011 conference at Bratislava, Slovac Republic, September 2011ģ. Received the Best Paper Award at the 3 rd Global Sustainable Biotech Congress 2014, 1-5 th December 2014, Jalgaon, India.Ģ. Studies on bacteria from mangrove ecosystem producing poly-β-hydroxybutyrates”, under the guidance of Prof. Correspondence Address : BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus