Ms. Raji S., Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, represented India as one of the 11 Young Scientists selected from India to participate in the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Interdisciplinary), held in Lindau, Germany, from 28 June to 3 July 2026. She was nominated by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, to attend this prestigious event, which brought together around 70 Nobel laureates and more than 600 outstanding young scientists from over 100 countries.

Mr Aryan Chand (Dual Degree Optical Engineering, 2022 – 2027 batch) who has been working with Dr. Biswajit Pathak on multiple research projects, was selected to attend and present his research work on Optical Microscopy and Wavefront Sensing at the recently concluded European Summer School on Adaptive Optics with a full scholarship. 

Ms Jency J, Research Scholar in the Department of Chemistry, working under the supervision of Dr K Y Sandhya, has been awarded the Best Oral Presentation Award at the International Conference on Energy Conversion and Storage (IECS-2026), organised by IIT Madras. She presented her research work titled “An insight into the effect of sonication and activation in PET-derived activated carbon for supercapacitors-A waste upcycling approach”.

Research Scholar Sayooj T, pursuing a Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Shaijumon C. S. in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), presented his research paper titled "Does Resource Endowed Sub-National Units Lag in Energy Efficiency?