Ms. Raji S, Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, has received the Best Presentation award for her contributory lecture entitled “Advanced Porous Carbon Materials from Bio-waste for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding and Thermal Insulation” in the Annual Technical Meeting (ATM-2026) of the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Trivandrum Chapter held at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) Thiruvananthapuram on 13 February 2026. The work was co-authored by Dr. K Prabhakaran