Student Accolades
Archana Pallakonda
Ms. Archana Pallakonda, Ph.D. Rstudent of Prof. R. Padmavathy (CS), has been awarded a CSIR Foreign Travel Grant to present her research work at the IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON 2026), scheduled to be held in Bali, Indonesia, from 10–13 October 2026.
Payal Priyadarshini Pradhan
Ms. Payal Priyadarshini Pradhan, Ph.D. student under the guidance of Prof. Harnath, Department of Physics, has been awarded the prestigious ANRF International Travel Support (ITS) Grant to present her research work at Materials Europe 2026, scheduled to be held in Milan, Italy, from 15–17 July 2026.
Yogendra Kumar
Mr. Yogendra Kumar, Ph.D. student of Prof. S. Nagarajan, has been awarded the prestigious ANRF International Travel Support (ITS) Grant to present his research work at the 10th EuChemS Chemistry Congress (ECC10), scheduled to be held in Antwerp, Belgium, from 12–16 July 2026.
Gangadhar
Mr. Gangadhar, a Ph.D. student under the guidance of Prof. P Abdul Azeem, has been awarded the prestigious ANRF International Travel Support (ITS) Grant to present his research work at the 15th European Conference on Defects in Insulating Materials (EURODIM-15), scheduled to be held in Romania from 04 July 2026 to 10 July 2026
Saumya Pradhan
Ms. Saumya Pradhan, a research scholar from the Department of Physics working under the supervision of Prof. V. Jayalakshmi, has received a Travel Grant from the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) to attend the International Liquid Crystal Conference 2026, scheduled to be held from 21–26 June 2026 in Quebec City.
Navaneeth Madathil
Mr. Navaneeth Madathil (Department of Physics), under the supervision of Prof. Rakesh Kumar, has been awarded the CSIR Foreign Travel Grant to attend and present his research work at the E-MRS Spring Meeting 2026 in France, scheduled from 25–29 May 2026.
Vikas Mahendra Sharma
Mr. Vikas Mahendra Sharma, a Ph.D. scholar under the guidance of Prof. Manohar Kakunuri (Department of Chemical Engineering), received the Third Best Poster Award for his presentation titled “Stability of Current Collectors in AlCl₃–Urea Ionic Liquid Analogues and Its Impact on Aluminum-Ion Battery Performance” at the C15: The Carbon Future Summit, held at IIT Hyderabad during April 11–12, 2026.
Rayoni Ghosh
Mr. Rayoni Ghosh, a PhD Scholar (Roll No. 25BTR2R11) working under the supervision of Dr. Ashish A. Prabhu, presented his work titled “Production and Enhancement of α-Ketoglutarate via Genetic Engineering and Bioprocess Optimization using Yarrowia lipolytica” at the 3rd International Conference on Frontiers in Industrial Biotechnology (ICFIBT-2026), held at St. Joseph’s College of Engineering on 30th and 31st March 2026. The conference was supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. He was awarded the Best Paper Award for his presentation.
Venkata Ramakrishna Kotha
Mr. Venkata Ramakrishna Kotha, a Ph.D. scholar under the supervision of Prof. V. Narendar (Department of ECE), has been awarded the ANRF–International Travel Support (ITS) to participate in the prestigious 10th IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing (EDTM 2026) Conference, to be held in Malaysia from 01 to 04 March 2026.
Vijay M
Vijay M, a Ph.D. scholar from the Department of Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Jugun Prakash Chinta, secured First Position in the Ph.D. category and received the Best Oral Presentation Award at the International Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Science 2026 (RACS 2026), held at the Central University of Jammu on 12–13 February 2026, for presenting his research titled “Solvent-Directed Self-Assembly and Redox Bioactivity of Tryptophan Cyclic Dipeptide Nanostructures.”
K. Deepthi Krishna Yadav
Mr. Ananth Nath Talla (24CSR2P01) and Ms. K. Deepthi Krishna Yadav (23CSR1R04), under the mentorship of Dr. Ilaiah Kavati, secured Second Place in the WINGS 2026 Civil Aviation Innovation Challenge organized by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India.
Ananth Nath Talla
Mr. Ananth Nath Talla (24CSR2P01) and Ms. K. Deepthi Krishna Yadav (23CSR1R04), under the mentorship of Dr. Ilaiah Kavati, secured Second Place in the WINGS 2026 Civil Aviation Innovation Challenge organized by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India.
Garima Sukhwal
Ms. Garima Sukhwal, a Ph.D. student under the guidance of Dr. R. Vennela, has been selected as one of the seven recipients of the LingComm 2026 Grant. The award includes funding support of USD 300 along with mentorship from an expert in the field.
Vansh Sharma
Mr. Vansh Sharma (Roll No. 24EEM1S06), II Year M.Tech (PED) student, working under the supervision of Prof. S Porpandiselvi (EE), has received the Student Travel Award for presenting his research paper at 2025 IEEE International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy, and Control (STPEC-2025) organized by National Institute of Technology, Goa during 10th to 13th December 2025.
Payal Priyadarshini Pradhan
Ms. Payal Priyadarshini Pradhan and Mr. KAK Durga Prasad received recognition at the National Conference on Luminescence and its Applications (NCLA-2025), held from December 7–9, 2025, and organized by the esteemed Luminescence Society of India (LSI). Their exceptional contributions were honored with the Best Oral Presentation Award and the Best Poster Award, respectively, each accompanied by a cash prize.
KAK Durga Prasad
Ms. Payal Priyadarshini Pradhan and Mr. KAK Durga Prasad received recognition at the National Conference on Luminescence and its Applications (NCLA-2025), held from December 7–9, 2025, and organized by the esteemed Luminescence Society of India (LSI). Their exceptional contributions were honored with the Best Oral Presentation Award and the Best Poster Award, respectively, each accompanied by a cash prize.
Nagavelly Tarun Teja
Mr. Nagavelly Tarun Teja, an M.Tech student of the ECE Department, NIT Warangal, working under the supervision of Prof. Amarjit Kumar, has secured the Consolation Prize (Runner-up) in the Symposium for Research Encouragement among Students (SYRES 2025) under the PG category. The event was organized by the IEEE MTT-S/AP-S/EMC-S Joint Chapter (Hyderabad Section and Pune Section) at Muffakham Jah College of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, on 13th September 2025.
Gouranga Maharana
Mr. Gouranga Maharana Phd Student of Prof. D Paul Joseph, Dept. of Physics received the Best Poster for his paper “Photo-degradation of Organic Dye Mixtures and Ciprofloxacin Antibiotic Utilizing Spray Deposited Li-Nb co-doped SnO2 thin films” presented at the European Materials Science Event 2025: 2nd International Congress on Materials Science and Engineering, (July 9-11, 2025) organized by Materials Europe 2025 in association with Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Puerta de Toledo Campus, Madrid, Spain.
T Phani Swecha
T Phani Swecha, a PhD scholar working under supervision of Prof M.N Alam (EE), has won the "Best Paper Award" for her paper entitled "Cyber Resilient Fully Distributed Secondary Control for Inverter Dominant AC microgrid", presented in the IEEE International Conference on Power Electronic Converters for Transportation and Energy Applications (PECTEA-2025), organized by IIT Bhubaneshwar during 18-21 June 2025.
Voguri Swati
Scholars (Voguri Swati and Nukala Hema) received the First Place in the Doctoral Student Poster Competition for their poster presentation in TN Section American Water Resources Association Symposium organized during 9th to 11th April, 2025 at Montgomery Bell State Park, Tennessee, USA
Nukala Hema
Scholars (Voguri Swati and Nukala Hema) received the First Place in the Doctoral Student Poster Competition for their poster presentation in TN Section American Water Resources Association Symposium organized during 9th to 11th April, 2025 at Montgomery Bell State Park, Tennessee, USA
Duryodhan Subudhi
Mr. Duryodhan Subudhi, working as a Research Scholar under the guidance of Dr. Srinivas Jangili in the Department of Mathematics received approval for Financial Assistance for attending the “10th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference, USA (09 March, 2025 to 12 March, 2025)” from CSIR
Vrinda Garg
Ms. Vrinda Garg has been awarded a travel grant by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) for her oral presentation on "Unforced polymer translocation by the amalgamation of entropy and osmotic pressure" at the APS Global Physics Summit 2025, USA, (16-21 March 2025)
M. Arockiaraj
Mr. M. Arockiaraj and Ms. Gargi Singh, PhD scholars from the Department of Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. V. Rajeshkumar, have been awarded the prestigious ANRF–National Postdoctoral Fellowship (N-PDF).
Manjunath S
Mr. Nagavelly Tarun Teja, Mr. Chada Saideep Reddy, Mr. Rishi Vharsun J, and Mr. Manjunath S — under the guidance of Dr. Amarjit Kumar, have been selected for the M.Tech Initiative Award at IEEE Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation Conference (IEEE MAPCON 2025)