AWARDS & MEDIA

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Awards

• Grants:
  
  • 2020 Microsoft AI for Earth Grant Award
• International Awards:
  
  • 2022 UNESCO LSUE Ethics in Global Context
  • 2019 Shastri SRSF Fellowship from Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
  • 2018 TfLEaRN Scholarship from Temasek International, Singapore
  • 2017 Young Engineer Scientist Award from Honda Foundation, Japan
• Thesis Awards:
  • 2020 IIT Bombay Graduate Research Award (URA03)
  • 2019 IIT Bombay Undergraduate Research Award (URA01)
  • 2019 National Budding Innovator Award, NRDC, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
• 2020 Department Valedictorian Award (Top 3 exceptional graduating students)
• 2020 ICLR Conference Grant
• 2019 IITB Batch’88 Conference Grant
• 2019 Third Place, Blackstone IITB Business Challenge
• 2018 Createch National Innovation Award by Larsen & Toubro
• 2018 Global Finalist, University Rover Challenge, Mars Research Station, Utah USA
• 2018 Anveshan Tech Development Grant by Analog Devices.
• 2017 Summer Research Fellowship, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
• 2016 NIUS Fellowship, by HBCSE, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
• 2015 Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana Fellowship, Deptt. of Science & Technology, Govt of India (All India Rank: 14).

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In the Print

• Honda Y-E-S Forum 2021 Report: Integrating Sustainability into Future Urban Design — Sustainability for a Better Quality of Life Report, Honda Foundation Japan, 2021 [Press Release]
• Innovate India: National Budding Innovator Award in 5 categories: Medical Diagnostics. Statement to the Parliament of India by NRDC on AR, 2020 [Annual Report]
• IIT-Bombay's Mars rover features in German space documentary. Times of India, Sept 2020
• Computer Vision, AI for Social Good, Remote Sensing. IIT Bombay Alumni Newsletter. July 2020
• Cambodia-Japan Symposium on Ecotechnologies: “Conversion to Achieve Eco-society through the Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration toward Sustainability & Quality of Life” Report, Honda Foundation Japan, 2019 [Press Release]
• Honda Foundation presents the Kingdom’s first ever eco-technology symposium. Khmer Times, Cambodia, December 2019
• IIT Bombay student tries to tackle the groundwater problem. Maharashtra Times, March 2019
• IIT-Bombay rover heads for Mars mission contest in US. The Times of India, March 2018
• IIT-Bombay Rover to Go for Mars Mission Contest in USA Higher Education Plus, March 2018
• Indian Institute of Technology’s Rover Heads to Mars Mission Competition in U.S.. The India Expert, March 2018
• Students from six IITs receive young scientists' award.Hindustan Times ST (Jaipur), Jan 2018
• 11th Honda Young Engineer and Scientist’s Award Announced. The India CSR, Jan 2018
• Honda Foundation Bestows the Young Engineer and Scientist’s Award to 14 IIT Students. CSR Mandate, Jan 2018
• 14 IIT students bag Young Engineer and Scientist’s award. Hindustan Times, Jan 2018
• Mars 'rover' showcased at IIT Techfest. The Times of India, Dec 2017
• Built By IIT Bombay Students, This House Can Generate Energy. NDTV Education, Oct 2017
• 14 IIT students bag Young Engineer and Scientist’s award. Indian Express, Jan 2018