Awards and Honors

• Abbott Excellence Silver Award, Level 4 – Awarded by Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, Ohio.
• Next Generation Delegate 2017 in Global Food Security – Appointed by Chicago Council on Global Affairs,  Washington, DC.
• Excellent Teacher, Fall 2016 – Ranked excellent teacher in the course “Sensory Evaluation of Foods” by 54 Food Science and Human Nutrition Students at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
• Borlaug Summer Fellow – Awarded first prize for creating an innovative solution to address the Vitamin A deficiency in Ethiopia, by Center for Global Food Security, Purdue University, and received an honor to attend the World Food Prize – 2016.
• Indian Council of Agricultural Research-International Fellow (ICAR-IF) – Fellowship awarded by Government of India to pursue Doctor of Philosophy education at University of Illinois, UC, USA.
• TATA Fellow – Fellowship awarded by Navajbai Ratan Tata trust to pursue Masters education at Cornell University.
• Honored as one of the best researchers and got selected to compete in ASN Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition, held at Experimental Biology 2016, San Diego, CA.
• Holmes Merit Award 2016 recipient from Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, 2015-16.
• Toshiro Nishida Graduate Researcher Award 2016 recipient from Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition.
• Honored as a Graduate Fellow for three consecutive years – 2014, 2015 and 2016 in College of ACES for scholarly excellence.
• Awarded third place for poster titled “Formulation, optimization and stability evaluation of a dairy-based lipid supplement for India” at Research Symposium 2015 organized by department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, UIUC.
• Graduate Student International Research Grant 2015-16 recipient from ACES Office of International Programs at University of Illinois, UC to conduct scientific research in India.
• Courtesy Tuition Waiver recipient from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2013-16.
• Holmes Merit Award 2015 recipient from Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, 2014-15.
• George and Amanda Hanley Scholarship 2014 recipient from College of Business, UIUC.
• Kathryn Vanaken Burns Memorial Fund Merit Award 2014 recipient from Department of FSHN, 2013-14.
• Honored member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and Gamma Sigma Delta at University of Illinois, UC, USA.
• Qualified ICAR National Eligibility Test (NET) – 2013 as a requirement to serve as an Assistant Professor in top Indian Universities.
• Indo-US Science and Technology Forum fellowship 2010 recipient to pursue masters at Cornell University.
• Cornell-Sathguru foundation fellowship recipient to participate in International Agriculture and Rural Development 2011.
• Honored to discuss with the policy makers, experts, members of parliament and the Agriculture Minister of India on “Delivering Farm Prosperity”, at Mahindra Samriddhi India Agri Awards ceremony 2012.
• Honored by The Honorable Vice Chancellor of MPUAT, Udaipur as an outperformer 2010.

Professional Membership

American Society for Nutrition – 2015 to Present

Institute of Food Technologists – 2014 to Present

Indian Dairy Association – 2012 to Present