Honors & Funding
Honors
- Certificate of appreciation by Lions Club of Pune Aakanksha, In appreciation of the invaluable services and cooperation extended (Teachers Day Celebration), 6th Sept. 2015.
- Letter of Appreciation as Project Guide for motivating the students in DIPEX 2015.
- Received Bharat Ratna Dr. Sir M. Visvesvaraya Centenary Prize for the paper titled Modelling of Biogas Production And Leachate Quality in Anaerobic Bioreactor Landfill, presented in Annual Technical Paper Meet 2013, held at the Institution of Engineers (India), Pune Local Centre on 20-26th 2013. The paper was adjudged Third position in Civil Engineering Division.
- First Prize in Open Forum Discussion at IIT Kharagpur in QIP STTP ‘Solid and Hazardous Waste Management’ sponsored by AICTE, 12 -19 Nov.2010.
- Participated in 5th Inter University Research Festival in “Avishkar 2010” under Engineering and Technology category at Post PG level, during 21st to 23rd January 2011, organised by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik.
- Presented a research project entitled in the 3rd Research Convention jointly organized by Association of Indian Universities (AUI), New Delhi and The Maharaja Sayajirao University Baroda, Vadodara on 22nd and 23rd June 2010.
- Board of studies of Civil and Environmental Technology of Savitribai Phule Pune University for the two years (Reference C8/S&T/656 Date: 08/07/2019).
- Best Paper Award in Civil Engineering Division for the paper titled “Study of Anaerobic Digestion Process for Methane Production” during All India Seminar on “Green Energy Technologies for Sustainable Environment” as a part of Annual Technical Paper Meet 2019 held during October 19-20, 2019 organised by The Institution of Engineers (India), Pune Local Center.
Funding
- Research fund Rs. 8.5 Lakhs All India Council of Technical Education Society (AICTE) (RPS) New Delhi, India. for Anaerobic Bioreactor for Bio-stabilization and Green Renewable Energy Generation from Municipal Solid Waste.
- Research funds Rs. 1.90 Lakh sanctioned from Board of College and University Development (BCUD), Savitribai Phule Pune University, India, for Project ‘Development of Household Bioreactor for Generation of Biogas from Kitchen Waste’ in year 2016.
- Received Scholarship of Rs. 45000/ from Venice International University, Italy for attending Summer School on “ Sustainable Landfilling and Final Sink ” at Venice International University, Venice, Italy organized by International Waste Working Group (IWWG), VIU and Padova University, Italy from July 11-20, 2014.
- Funds of Rs. 10 Lakhs from ACITE development of Advanced Surveying Laboratory (MODROB).
- Research Funds of Rs. 1.75 Lakhs from University of Pune for project “Modeling Interaction of Leachate With Groundwater”