Faculty Achievements



was selected for this year’s Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) prize in Biological Sciences. Dr Shukla's research work has made fundamental contributions towards understanding the largest class of cell surface receptors known as GPCRs.

got selected for the prestigious Swarnajayanti Fellowship in Life Sciences from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.


is the first Indian to receive the prestigious Blackwell-Rosenbluth Award given by J ISBA (junior-International Society for Bayesian Analysis). Her work focuses on Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms.


Indian National Academy of Engineering


Prof. Sandeep Verma
Dept. of Chemistry

Prof. Kantesh Balani
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering

Prof. Saikat Chakrabarti
Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Prof. Yogesh Singh Chauhan
Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Prof. V. Shankar
Dept. of Chemical Engineering


received the prestigious Herdillia Award 2021 for “Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering”, given by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Department of Electrical Engineering was selected for the INAE Young Engineer Award 2021. His research area focuses on optimization for operation & planning of power networks, AC and DC microgrid protection and stability, security & control of power networks with renewable resources.



IITK Young Faculty Research Fellowship



Batch of 1970 Young Faculty Fellowship

Prof. Vaibhav K. Arghode
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering

Class of 1979 Young Faculty Fellowship

Prof. Nisheeth Srivastava
Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering

Class of 1979 Young Faculty Fellowship

Prof. Rahul Mangal
Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Batch of 1970 Young Faculty Fellowship

Prof. Sagar Chakraborty
Dept. of Physics

Batch of 1993 Young Faculty Fellowship

Prof. Somnath Jha
Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics

Batch of 1982 Young Faculty Fellowship

Prof. G. Rajshekar
Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Batch of 1970 Young Faculty Fellowship

Prof. Soumya Ranjan Sahoo
Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Batch of 1982 Young Faculty Fellowship

Prof. Indra Sen
Dept. of Earth Sciences

Dr. Mahua and Mr. Ranodeb Roy Young Faculty Fellowship

Prof. Mhmd. Ibrahim Sugarno
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering


received the 2021 John B. Scalzi Research Award during The Masonry Society’s Annual Meeting on October 14, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee.

was awarded the 1989 Batch Faculty Award of IIT Kanpur 2020. The award is given for the recognition of the use of innovative & technology-enhanced content to improve the quality of instruction.

was selected as an Associate for the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. His research areas are Applied Structural Geology, impact cratering & rock magnetism.




was awarded the prestigious INSA Teacher Award 2021 for his contributions in inspiring & mentoring students. Indian National Science Academy (INSA) has instituted this annual award to recognize and value excellence, consistency and a high level of teaching in Indian colleges, universities and institutions.

was awarded the Khosla National Award of IIT Roorkee in the Science category. This highly competitive and prestigious award is given for outstanding research contributions based on work carried out in India.