Awards, Grants & Competations

I’ve received numerous awards and grants for my work in the field of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. My work has focused on Cryptography, Digital Privacy, Blockchain, Decentralized Finance, Embedded Systems, and Computer Architecture.

Grants

Received $40,000 Grant for 1 Click Finance

Aave Grants DAO

July 2022

A seamless one-click user experience for investing in any Aave lending pool directly from fiat all in a single dApp interface

Received $50,000 Grant for InstaFi

Orange DAO

January 2022

A seamless one-click user experience for investing in any Aave lending pool directly from fiat all in a single dApp interface

Academic

A. Richard Newton Young Student Fellowship

52nd year of Design Automation Conference

June, 2014

In honor of the memory of Dr. A. Richard Newton, the A. Richard Newton Young Student Fellow program encourages students to join the electronic design automation field and/or consider graduate studies in this field. In each year, the program sponsors 60-70 students to participate various technical activities at the Design Automation Conference.

Computing Science Grant

Indian Association for Research in Computing Science

May, 2013

IARCS has made available grants for partial support to travel to conferences and other academic meetings in all areas of Computing Science, both in India and abroad.

Competations

Received €20,000 grant for winning MAPPING App Competition

Managing Alternatives for Privacy, Property and Internet Governance

March, 2016

How secure is your data in the cloud? To mitigate the risks of a cloud data breach or insider threat, various solutions encrypt data on-device before uploading it. But then how do you decrypt this data on a different device or share it with a friend? Deriving keys from the user’s password is insecure. OmniShare solves this problem by combining strong client-side encryption with secure yet intuitive key distribution mechanisms. Secure cloud storage just became usable!

Category Rank 1 among 1.4 Million students

Indian Institutes of Technology Joint Entrance Examination

May, 2010

Indian Institutes of Technology Joint Entrance Examination, was one of the most competitive and prestigious entrance exams in India. The exam served as the primary gateway for admissions into the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), as well as a few other top engineering institutes.

Category Rank 1

Indian Institute of Space Technology Entrance Test

April, 2010

This exam was conducted by Indian Institute of Space Technology (IIST) for admission to undergraduate courses in space technology. The exam was conducted in 22 cities across India.