Leadership & Achievements

Toyota Motor Corporation Scholarship

Toyota Scholar (2018)

Selected as resident of International House, New York (home to a vibrant community of scholars and professionals from across the globe)
Awarded Toyota Motor Corporation Scholarship towards stay at International House, New York, NY

Executive Board Member (2017-18)

CDSS Team

Organized Blockchain, AI and IoT themed FinTech Panel discussion in March, 2018 and Data Science Hackathon in September, 2018
Conducted data science technical workshops, industry tech talks, speaker-series and other on-campus events

J.N. Tata Scholar (2017-18)

Awarded prestigious J. N. Tata Endowment Scholarship towards Masters in Data Science at Columbia University (top 7% among 1500+ applicants)

Delegate (April 3-7, 2016)

Leaders of Tomorrow, GapSummit 2016

Selected as one of 100 ambassadors (from over 42 countries) to participate in GapSummit 2016 at the University of Cambridge, UK
Participated in inter-generational leadership summit focused on the current global bio-economy and the grand challenges that biotech will need to solve by 2050, with leading industry experts, think tanks, policy makers, and research pioneers
Awarded IIT Kharagpur’s Gymkhana Travel Grant towards participation in Gap-Summit 2016 at University of Cambridge, UK

Vice President (2015-16)

Led team of 15, revamped ABT from nascent to dynamic organization, and handled budget of INR 150,000
Planned and coordinated all year-round activities such as journal club sessions, guest lectures, alumni webinars, student-faculty open house sessions, industrial workshops, field trips and in-house competitions

General Secretary (2014-15)

Planned and organized twelve Journal Club sessions, which involved inviting speakers, scheduling and publicity, recording sessions and publishing footage
Conducted annual alumni webinar and moderated student-faculty Open House session

Project Lead (2015)

iGEM 2015 Team

Detecting Food Spoilage Using Quorum Sensing Systems in Escherichia coli:

Represented IIT Kharagpur at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition’s Giant Jamboree at Boston during September 24-28, 2015
Spearheaded IIT Kharagpur’s first-ever participation in this flagship event
Developed a food contamination detection kit using genetically engineered E. coli that changes sample color to red to indicate contamination
Led team of 15 members on all aspects of project (ideation, experimental workflow, project website development, policy and practice activities, and collaborative initiatives with other teams across the globe)

Technical Head (2014-15)

Robotix 2017 Team

Conducted all autonomous robotics events of IIT Kharagpur’s annual tech fest Kshitij in 2015 (participation: 485 teams, prize money: INR 300,000)
Prototyped robots, executed video editing and conducted technical workshops across India, each attended by 200-300 students