Awards and Fellowships
  • Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam HPC Awards – 2023 (Young Researcher Category), HPE/Intel India
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London, UK (2023-24)
  • Mrs. Veena Arora Early Career Research Award, 2021, IIT Delhi
  • Kusuma Trust Outstanding Young Faculty Incentive Fellowship (Dec 2013-Nov 2017), Kusuma Trust, IIT Delhi
  • Memberships of Societies
  • Member of the National Academy of Science (MNASI), India
  • Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), London, UK
  • Member of the American Chemical Society, USA
  • Life-Member, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science Library, India

  • Professional/Academic Responsibilities
  • Head, School of Interdisciplinary Research (SIRe) (Sept. 2022 - Aug. 2024)
  • Member of High-Performance Computing (HPC) Core Group at IIT Delhi (August, 2016 onwards)
  • High Performance Computing (HPC) Steering Committee Member, IIT Delhi (2019 onwards)
  • Convener of Faculty Board of School of Interdisciplinary Research (SIRe) (2019-2022)
  • Convener of School Research Committee of School of Interdisciplinary Research (SIRe) (2019-2022)
  • Department Research Committee Convener at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Delhi (August 2015- August 2017)
  • Ph.D. Program Coordinator at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Delhi (August 2015-August 2017)
  • Website Incharge at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Delhi (August 2014-August 2021); Revamped 3 times
  • Seminar Incharge, Chemistry Department (2019-2020); Hosted Visiting Faculty/Scientist for Seminars and meetings >25
  • Department of Chemistry High Performance Computing (HPC) representative (2015 onwards)
  • Member, Chemistry Department Postdoc Selection Committee (2018-2019)
  • Member, Chemistry Department Faculty Selection Committee (2019-2020, 2021-2022)
  • Committee member for the of HPC usage policy at IIT Delhi
  • Member of the departmental research committee (DRC) at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Delhi (Aug. 2014 – Aug. 2017)
  • Member of the computer users committee (CUC) for sessions, 2014-2022
  • Faculty coordinator in organizing committee for IITD Open House Event, 18th April 2015
  • Member of project evaluation committee of M. Sc. at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Delhi
  • Awards/Accolades Received By HKK Group Members
  • Dr. Supreet Kaur, Best Thesis Award, IITD
  • Dr. Debdas Dhabal, Best Thesis Award, IITD
  • Best Poster presentation award won by Harender S. Dhattarwal at ASM organized by IIT Delhi (2019)
  • PCCP Best Poster presentation award won by Harender S. Dhattarwal at TCS organized by IISER Kolkata (2021)
  • Outstanding Research Scholar Award 2019 won by Pratibha Kumari given by Department of Chemistry, IIT Delhi
  • HPC Citation Award 2019 won by Pratibha Kumari given by HPC IIT Delhi
  • RSC Best Poster award won by Supreet Kaur in ASM‑2019 held at IIT Delhi
  • Best contributed oral presentation award won by Supreet Kaur in ASM‑2019 held at IIT Delhi
  • HPC-IITD research excellence award 2019 won by Supreet Kaur
  • Best Poster presentation award won by Aditya Gupta at TCS organized by BITS-Pilani (2018)
  • Best Poster presentation award won by Aditya Gupta at ASM organized by IIT Delhi (2019)
  • Best Poster presentation award won by Aditya Gupta at COIL Beijing, China (2019)