AWARDS:

[1]. First place in student paper-poster competition at IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2005/2006.

[2].  Second place in student poster session contest, 13th Intelligent Systems Application in Power Conference, 2005.

[3].  Honda Fellowship award for excellent graduate student

[4].  Undergraduate student advisee, John Tanner and Samuel Talkington, 2nd place in Solar District Cup, 2020 

[5]. Graduate student advisee, Vaidyanath Ramachandran, Student Poster/Paper Session, IEEE Power Systems Conference and Exposition, Phoenix, AZ

[6]. Graduate student advisee, Prem Alluri, Student Poster/Paper Session, IEEE Power Systems Conference and Exposition, Phoenix, AZ

[7]. Graduate student advisee, Hasan Ul Banna, Green Entrepreneur Competition, 3rd IEEE Power and Energy Society Student Congress, Sao Paolo, Brazil

[8]. Graduate student advisee, Mohammad Reza Khalghani, Best Paper, IEEE PES General meeting, Atlanta

[9]. Featured in West Virginia University newsletter ‘Daily Athenaeum’ and College of Engineering and Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering homepages, 2010

[10].  Appreciation certificate from Open Systems International for excellence in training engineers, 2007-2008

[11].  Featured in OSI newsletter for customer appreciation for excellent training sessions, 2007-2008

[12].  Featured in OSI newsletter several times for excellent performance on projects 2007-2009

[13]. Featured in Starkville, Mississippi newsletter ‘Starkville Daily News’ and university and department home page, Mississippi State University, 2005

[14].  Best C programming Skills award at IIT, Bombay,2001

[15].  Graduate Aptitude Test for Electrical Engineers (GATE) scholarship,1999

[16].  Honors awards JNTP high school, 1982-1992

[17].  Merit Scholarship for academic excellence,1994