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Department of Chemistry
Awards and Honours
Best paper award

Krishnendu K S and Mary Gladis J received best paper award at the International Conference on Science, Technology and Applications of Rare Earths (ICSTAR-2024), jointly organized by the Rare Earth Association of India and The Indian Institute of Metals, Trivandrum Chapter on August 21-23, 2024 at Hotel Residency Tower, Trivandrum

Fellow in Astronautical Society of India

Dr Kuruvilla Joseph - Nominated as Fellow in Astronautical Society of India

Fellowship of Indian Society of Analytical Scientists

Dr Kuruvilla Joseph - Nominated as Honorary Fellowship of Indian Society of Analytical Scientists

The Venus international women Award

Arya Nair J S (Research scholar- Dr Sandhya K Y) had been selected for the Venus international women Award in the Young Women Researcher Category in the 8th Venus International Women Awards – VIWA 2023

Future Research Talent

Ms K Sreekala and Mary Gladis J had been selected as a Future Research Talent (FRT) scholar as part of the 2023 FRT program at the Australian National University(ANU).The Future Research Talent (FRT) awards are jointly offered by ANU College of Science, ANU College of Health and Medicine and ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science to students from high quality institutions in India

Best Poster Presentation Award

Ms Chithra K R and Gomathi N had received the Best Poster Presentation Award (First Prize) for her work on "Removal of Ciprofloxacin from Atwer by Cu-Ru-BMOF Incorporated Mixed Matrix Membrane Based Filtration" presented in International Workshop and Conference on Membrane Assisted Water Purification Processes (ICMS 2023) organized by International and Inter-University Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IIUCNN), Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala, India, & Lund University, Sweden & National Research Centre, Egypt

Govt. of Kerala's the prestigious Chief Minister's Nava Kerala Postdoctoral fellowship

Dr Saisree S (Research scholar- Dr Sandhya K Y)had been selected for the Govt. of Kerala's the prestigious Chief Minister's Nava Kerala Postdoctoral fellowship 2023-24 for working in the topic "Printed electrochemical sensors with integrated electrode system for real-time monitoring of carcinogens in processed foods"

Best poster presentation award

Ms K Sreekala and Mary Gladis J received Best poster presentation award for the paper entitled "Carbon Nanotube/Nickel Cobalt Sulfide Nanocomposite Decorated Separator for Physicochemical Shielding of Polysulfides in Superior Lithium-Sulfur Batteries" during the National Conference on Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (AMMT 2023) on February 23-24, 2023 at CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram

First Place in the Research Paper Presentation Competition

Dr Deeraj BDS Research Associate bagged First Place in the Research Paper Presentation Competition conducted by the International Journal of Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences (IJAIS) on 17-01-2023 at SNCW, Kollam

First Prize in the Online Fastest Finger Quiz

Mr Jithu Joseph and Mary Gladis J secured First Prize in the Online Fastest Finger Quiz conducted by ECS-IITM Student Chapter during the conference “International Conference on Energy Conversion and Storage (IECS-2023)” with a pre-conference “Workshop on Electrochemical Energy Systems & an Energy Hackathon Contest”IECS-2023

Best oral presentation award

Govind Kumar Sharma and Nirmala Rachel James received Best oral presentation award Nitrogen doped Carbon Nanofiber coated with PEDOT PSS polyvinylpyrrolidone and their PDMS composites as flexible high performance Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Material. 17th International conference on Polymer Science and Technology, SPSI-MACRO-2023 on December 10-13th, 2023 organized by IIT Guwahati

Best poster award

Chitra R Nair and Sreejalekshmi K G received Best poster award for Conference: ‘Polymer Processing Society-Asia- Australasia Regional Conference (PPS 2023) organized by Polymer Processing Academy (29th November- 2nd December 2023 in Thiruvananthapuram)

ECS Student Travel grant’

Varsha M V (Research scholar- Dr Gomathi N)Recipient of ‘ECS Student Travel grant’ by The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, USA to attend the 243rd ECS meeting held in Boston, U.S.A during May 27 – June 2, 2023

SERB – International Travel Scheme

Varsha M V (Research scholar- Dr Gomathi N) Selected for SERB – International Travel Scheme, April 2023

Best poster award

Shruti Diwase and K G Sreejalekshmi, received best poster award in International Conference on Materials Science and Nanotechnology for sustainable applications, on March 2023 organised by Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, MGM University, Aurangabad

Listed among the top 2 percent Scientists

Dr Kuruvilla Joseph, Outstanding Professor and Dean (SA, SW and OR) have been listed among the top 2 percent Scientists by Stanford University, across the world in all subject fields for the year 2022-23

Best oral presentation award

Varsha M V and Gomathi N received best oral presentation award, in International conference on Frontiers in Materials Engineering (ICFME-2022), IIT Indore

Best poster award

Sreekala K and Mary Gladis J received best poster award in EMSD-2022, organized by IEEE and CSIR-CSIO, on 10-11 October 2022 at Chandigarh

Best poster award

Varsha M V and Gomathi N received best poster award, in National conference on Recent trends in Materials Science (NCMST 2022), IIST

Best presentation award

Ann Mary Tomy and Jobin Cyriac received best presentation award, Material Research Society of India, Thiruvananthapuram chapter, Annual technical meeting 2022

Best poster award

Ann Mary Tomy and Jobin Cyriac received best poster award, in National conference on Recent trends in Materials Science (NCMST 2022), IIST

Best presentation award

Sreekala K and Mary Gladis J received best presentation prize in International conference on Emerging Materials for Sustainable Development (EMSD-2022), on October 2022 IEEE and CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh

Best poster award

Govind Kumar Sharma and Nirmala Rachel James received best poster award, in National conference on Recent trends in Materials Science (NCMST 2022), IIST

Best oral presentation award

S Saisree and Sandhya K Y received best oral presentation award in International conference on Emerging Trends in Advanced Functional Materials (ETAFM 2022), on August 2022 Catholicate college(Research Supervisor - Sandhya K Y)

Best poster award

Adarsh Jayagopal and K G Sreejalekshmi received best poster award in International Conference on Metrology for deployment of green hydrogen and renewable fuels in India on April 2022 funded by BMZ, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Top cited article

Dr Kuruvilla Joseph - In 2020-21, Wiley has recognized one of his article in the journal Polymer Engineering and Science as the top cited article

Best Oral presentation award

Sreekala K, Haritha H and Mary Gladis J received best oral presentation award in International Symposium on Advanced Materials (ISAM-2021), Organised by Materials Research Society of India, on 26-27 March 2021 at Thiruvananthapuram

Best poster award

Aiswarya Samridh, Bibin John, Sujatha S, Mercy T D, Mary Gladis J received best poster award on 29-31 December 2021 in National Conference on Recent Trends in Material Science and Technology (NCMST), Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST)”

Best poster award

Sreekala K, Haritha H, Mary Gladis J received best poster award 29-31 December 2021 in National Conference on Recent Trends in Material Science and Technology (NCMST), Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST)

Best Oral presentation

Sreekala K, Haritha H and Mary Gladis J received on 26-27 March 2021 in International Symposium on Advanced Materials (ISAM-2021), Materials Research Society of India, Thiruvananthapuram

Best poster award

Ramya P R, G K Sharma and Nirmala R James received best poster award on September 10-12, 2021 in International Online Conference on Macromolecules: Synthesis, Morphology, Processing, Structure, Properties and Applications (ICM-2021)

INAE Project award

Pravin Kumar secured INAE Project award: jointly supervised by Dr Chakravarthy, Associate professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Dr Narayana Murthy from VSSC

Best poster award

Neema PM and Jobin Cyriac received Best Poster presentation in National Conference on Recent Trends in Materials Science and Technology

Best oral presentation award

Shaiju S Nazeer received Best oral presentation award - “Autofluorescence spectroscopy and multivariate analysis for predicting the induced damages to other organs due to liver fibrosis” - New era sensing technologies: healthcare, environmental and rural application” organized by IIT Dharwad

Listed among the top 2 percent Scientists

Dr Kuruvilla Joseph, Outstanding Professor and Dean (SA, SW and OR) have been listed among the top 2 percent Scientists by Stanford University, across the world in all subject fields for the year 2020

Best oral presentation award

Saisree S and K Y Sandhya received Best Oral Presentation Award in International Conference on “Advances in Material Science and Chemistry (ICAMSC-2020), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapetam

Best Poster Award

Saisree S and K Y Sandhya received Best Poster Award : National Online Quiz and Poster competition :’Chemistry in managing Corona Virus and Chemistry Against COVID-19, on March, 2020, Madhav Science PG college UJJAIN and IPS academy Indore catalyzed by Association of Chemistry Teachers (ACT) C/o HomiBhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR)

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Kuruvilla Joseph Senior Professor, Department of Chemistry and Dean (Student Activities, Student Welfare & Outreach Programme), IIST was admitted as a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry on 26 July, 2019 for his outstanding contributions to Polymer Science and Technology, Green Chemistry etc. Professor Kuruvilla has citation index of more than 10,000 for his research contributions and has guided 20 Ph.D students

Best Poster Award

Rakesh R, Vishnu A, Bhavya B S and K G Sreejalekshmi received best poster award in “International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials Science and Technology (ICMST-2018), October 10-13, ATF Area, Kerala, India

Best Poster Award

Sreekala K, Haritha H and Mary Gladis J received best poster award in International Conference on Energy and Environment (ICEE) on 12-14 December 2019 Organised by TKM college, Kollam

Best Poster Award

Aiswarya Samridh, Bibin John, Mercy T D and J Mary Gladis received best poster award in National conference on recent trends in Material Science and Technology (NCMST-2019), on 18-20 December 2019 at IIST, Thiruvananthapuram

Best oral presentation award

Haritha H and J Mary Gladis received Best paper award in Indian Institute of Metals Trivandrum Chapter - Research Scholars Symposium on Materials Science and Engineering,on April 2018 at CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum

Best Poster Award

Haritha H and J Mary Gladis received Best paper award in International Conference on Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes for Strategic Sectors (ICAMPS 2018),25-27 October 2018 at Thiruvananthapuram

Best oral presentation award

Reshma C. and Mary Gladis J received Best paper award in International Conference on Chemistry and Physics of Materials(ICCPM 2018), on 19 –21 December, 2018 at St. Thomas College, Thrissur

Best oral presentation award

Haritha H Sreekala K and Mary Gladis J received Best paper award in Twelfth International Symposium on Advances in Electrochemical Science and Technology (iSAEST-12), Organized by Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology (SAEST),on 8-10 January 2019 at Chennai

Best Poster Award

Sanu Xavier and Nirmala R James received Best poster award in International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology (SPSI-MACRO-2018) held during December 18-22, 2018 at IISER Pune

Best Oral presentation Award

Haritha H Sreekala K and Mary Gladis J received best oral presentation award in National Conference on Emerging Trends in Science, Technology & Application of Electron Microscope (STAEM 2018) on 19-21 December 2018 at CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum

Best Paper Award

Haritha H and Mary Gladis J received Best Paper award in Indian Institute of Metals Trivandrum Chapter-Symposium on Materials Science and Engineering ,CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum

Research work highlighted in the front cover/back cover in the Journal of Materials Chemistry

SandhyaK Y, Research work highlighted in the front cover/back cover in the Journal of Materials Chemistry. Ref.J. Mater. Chem. A, DOI: 10.1039/c8ta00476e

Best Poster Award

Noufal M C, Sarah Titus, Dona Maria Vincent, Rakesh and K G Sreejalekshmi received Best Poster Award in International Conference on Drug Design, JNU-New Delhi

Best Paper Award

Neema P M and Jobin Cyriac received Best Paper Award in International Conference on Nanomaterials and Their Applications – Mysore

 

6TH NATIONAL AWARD FOR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION

Sri. C.Sreekumaran Nair, Consultant, Department of Chemistry, IIST received the 6th National Award from Sri.Ananth Kumar, Hon’ble Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India on 20th January, 2016 at FICCI, New Delhi for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals and Downstream Plastic Processing Industry (2015-2016) for Innovation of Polymer Processing Machinery & Equipment, “ Novel Technique to Evaluate Biaxial Tensile Properties of Filled Polymeric Materials like Composite Solid Propellant”.

 

 

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