Awards & Achievements:
- Awarded Springer Nature's "Editor of Distinction Award 2026" for Editorial Contributions and Author Service to the Scientific Reports journal.
- Elevated to the Senior Member of the Association of Computing Machinery, USA, 2026
- Received ‘Faculty Star in Building International Network’ award from the Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 2025
- Received ‘Research Excellence Award’ from the Artificial Intelligence and Optimization (AIOP) research group at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 2025
- Designated as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) from the Engineering Council, UK, 2024
- Recognized as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) from AdvanceHE, UK, 2023
- Elected as Fellow of The Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers (FIETE), India, 2023
- 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.
- Recognized as High-Level Talent by the Ningbo Municipal Government, China, 2021
- Received 'Spot Award' for teaching excellence and effective services to The University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 2021, 2025, and 2026
- Elevated to IEEE Senior Member, 2020
- 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)
- ERCIM Alain Bensoussan Fellowship from the European Union to pursue a postdoc at RISE SICS, Sweden, 2018 (declined)
- ERCIM Alain Bensoussan Fellowship from the European Union to pursue a postdoc at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, 2017
- SERB Overseas Postdoctoral Fellowship from Dept. of Science and Tech., Govt. of India to pursue postdoc at TU Delft, Netherlands, 2017 (declined)
- Erasmus Mundus Postdoctoral Fellowship from European Commission to pursue postdoc at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 2016 (declined)
