Awards & Achievements:

  1. Received ‘Research Excellence Award’ from the Artificial Intelligence and Optimization (AIOP) research group at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 2025
  2. Designated as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) from the Engineering Council, UK, 2024
  3. Recognized as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) from AdvanceHE, UK, 2023
  4. Elected as Fellow of The Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers (FIETE), India, 2023
  5. Awarded an ‘Excellent Performance’ rating for overall academic performance in the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 academic years at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China.
  6. Recognized as High-Level Talent by the Ningbo Municipal Government, China, 2021
  7. Received 'Spot Award' for teaching excellence and effective services to The University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 2021
  8. Elevated to IEEE Senior Member, 2020
  9. Received 2020 IEEE Systems Journal (2020 I.F.: 4.463) Best Paper Award (this is one of the seven papers out of 793 papers [top 1%] that have received the award)
  10. ERCIM Alain Bensoussan Fellowship from the European Union to pursue a postdoc at RISE SICS, Sweden, 2018 (declined)
  11. ERCIM Alain Bensoussan Fellowship from the European Union to pursue a postdoc at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, 2017
  12. SERB Overseas Postdoctoral Fellowship from Dept. of Science and Tech., Govt. of India to pursue postdoc at TU Delft, Netherlands, 2017 (declined)
  13. Erasmus Mundus Postdoctoral Fellowship from European Commission to pursue postdoc at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 2016 (declined)