AWARDS

1. Mrs. Monika Nagaraj, Ph.D. Student won 3rd prize in a short invited lecture presentation at the International Conference on Advanced Materials, Semiconductor Technology and Startup Ecosystem (ICAMS-2026) organized by Trivandrum Engineering Science and Technology (TrEST) Research Park, Thiruvananthapuram, held during 09th – 11th January, 2026.

2. Mrs. Monika Nagaraj, Ph.D. Student won the Best Paper Award in recognition of the Best Oral presentation at the International Conference on Advanced Materials for Sustainable Technologies (ICAMST-2026) organized by the PG & Research Department of Chemistry, PSGR Krishnammal College of Women, Coimbatore, held on 08th & 09th January 2026.

3. Miss Novuhulu Rhakho, Ph.D. Student won the Best Poster Prize at JSU-UCSB PREM and DoE EPSCOR Material Science Conference organized by Jackson State University, Mississippi, US, held on 11th July, 2025.

4. Mrs. Monika Nagaraj, Ph.D. Student won the Best Paper Award in recognition of the Best Oral presentation at the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Materials Science and Technology (ICETMT-25) organized by the Department of Chemistry, CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, held on June 19-20, 2025.

5. Miss Novuhulu Rhakho, Ph.D. student, won 1st Prize in recognition of best poster presentation entitled "Transformative Dynamics: Self-Assembly of Iron Oxide Nanorods into Microcubes for Enhanced PFAS Remediation" at the International Conference on Molecular Matter (ICMM), IIT Madras, December 16-18th, 2023.

6. Mrs. Swarnalatha Swain, Ph.D. Student, won 1st Prize in recognition of best oral presentation at the International Conference on Recent Advancements in Chemistry 2022 organized by Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa College, Mangalore, held on November 23rd, 2022.

7. Miss Novuhulu Rhakho, Ph.D. student, won 1st Prize in recognition of best poster presentation entitled "Sustainable synthesis of Cu2O nanostructures for the adsorption and degradation of fluorinated substances" at the International Conference of Chemical Sciences 2022 organized by Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore, held on June 23rd–25th, 2022.