Awards & Recognitions

Saquib Sarosh receives the Gandhian Young Technology Innovation (GYTI) Appreciation - 2024 in recognition of the work on "High-Rate Packed Bed Biofilm Reactor for Robust and Efficient Nitrification in Recirculating Aquaculture System". (Jan 2026)

Dr. Saidulu Duduku receives National Postdoctoral Fellowship (NPDF) from Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) for research on development of novel biocarriers and their utilisation for enhanced removal of pharmaceutically active compounds from hospital wastewater. (Nov 2025) 

Vardhman Lunawat receives Best oral presentation award for "Biological Treatment of Municipal Wastewater: Harnessing Steel Slag as a High-Performance Media in Submerged Aerated Filters" at RECYCLE 2025: 5th International Conference on Waste Management, IIT Guwahati. (Jun 2025)

The Institution of Engineers (India) conferred the ‘IEI Young Engineers Award 2023-24’ on Sreenivasan Ramaswami in recognition of his contributions in the field of Environmental Engineering. (Aug 2024)

Saquib Sarosh receives International Travel Support (ITS) from the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANFR) [erstwhile Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)] for attending 19th IWA LET conference. (Jun 2024)

N S Keerthi receives Best Poster Award for "High-rate tertiary nitrification using submerged fixed-bed biofilm reactor" at  1st DAE-BRNS International Conference on Recent Developments in Biofilms and Biofouling Control (BBC-2024), BARC Kalpakkam. (Dec 2024)

Dr. Ajinkya Ranade receives postdoctoral fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). (2023)

Saquib Sarosh received Best paper award for "Engineering packed bed biofilm reactors for intensive recirculating aquaculture systems" in 7th World Water Summit & Expo-2023. (Aug 2023)

Bachelor thesis research of Sirivibha S P, Esha Varma and Kavya B V  receives recognition bagging 2nd place at Pradarshana-2023, Ramaiah Institute of Technology. 

Student project proposal by Sirivibha S P, Esha Varma and Kavya B V - final year B.Tech Chemical engineering students from MSRIT Bangalore, working in the Lab towards their Bachelor thesis - titled "High-rate packed bed biofilm reactors for robust and reliable nitrification of recirculating aquaculture system effluents" gets selected in the 46th series of Student Project Programme (SPP): 2022-23 of the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology. (2023)

Vardhman receives Swachhta Saarthi Fellowship from the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India. (Oct 2022) 

National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli conferred Young achiever award 2021 on Dr. Sreenivasan Ramaswami. (Sep 2022)