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Fellowships and Awards

Graduate College Summer Fellowship: University of Iowa Graduate College

Awarded a $5,500 fellowship stipend for Summer 2026 to support protected dissertation research time.

MATFab Materials Frontier Symposium: Second Place

Received $200 instrument time as a prize for the poster: “Aligning van der Waals Heterostructures Using Electron Backscatter Diffraction.”

Andrew Nelson Summer Research Grant: University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy

Received summer research support to explore research opportunities and research advisors.

Mimamsa Competition: Member of the Champion Team in Physics

Mimamsa is an annual National level Science Quiz organized by the students of IISER Pune for students at the undergraduate level aimed at testing students' understanding of the concepts of the subject.

NCAT: All India Rank 3

The National Creativity Aptitude Test (NCAT) is designed to sensitize students to the domain of creative thinking and assess the creativity quotient of a student and their level of achievement motivation.

KVPY Fellowship: All India Category Rank 3

KVPY was a fellowship program funded by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India, aimed at encouraging students to pursue research career in basic sciences. It has been discontinued.