S. No.	AWARD/ RECOGNITION
1.	INAE Fellowship Prof. Suresh Bhalla has been elected as Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) with effect from 01 Nov 2025 in recognition of his distinguished contributions to Engineering and Technology Visit for more details
2.	International Recognition Among Top 20 SHM Scholars of the World ScholarGPS, advanced academic analytics platform that tracks, ranks, and connects scholars worldwide based on their research productiviy, impact, qualiy and collaborations across disciplines and institutions, has positioned Prof. Suresh Bhalla to top 0.11% (99.89 percentile) in the field of SHM across the globe, ranking him no. 17 among documented 14,638 SHM researchers worldwide. Prof. Bhalla is also ranked top 0.53% (Overall), top 0.57% (Engineering) and top 0.49% (Civil Engineering) Click here to visit ScholarGPS site for full listing ×
3.	High Research Impact Recognition (Web of Science): Prof. Suresh Bhalla's 16 journal publications have accrued citation percentile more than 90%, 07 publications more than 95%, 02 publications more than 99% and 01 publication 100%. Visit the publications page for details A citation percentile measures the number of citations for an article against a benchmark set of similar papers (in terms of field, publication year and document type). An article with no citations has a percentile of 0, and the article with the most citations has a percentile score of 100.
4.	International Featuring of Carbon Negative Construction Technology Research with UN Sustainable Development Goals: Prof. Suresh Bhalla's cutting edge research on engineered bamboo structures covering the invention "Fibre Reinforced Bamboo Composite (FRBC)" has been linked to UN Sustainable Developement Goals (SDG) The related paper (jointly with Dr. Diwakar Bhagat and Prof. Roger West) has been internationally linked to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 9, 12 and 13. Testimonial from Elsevier: Click here Click here to read the open access published paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomc.2021.100150
5.	Consistent recognition among top 2% of world scientists since 2020 (both current year and entire career) based on standardized citation indications of Scopus Elsevier database. 2025: Click here 2024: Click here 2023: Click here 2022: Click here 2021: Click here 2020: Click here India list 2020: Click here Topscinet certificate for career: Click here Topscinet certificate for 2025: Click here
6.	Best Oral Presentation award, 2018 : "Green Energy Harvesting Using Piezoelectric Materials from Bridge Vibrations" by S. Balguvhar and S. Bhalla, ICGEA 2018, IEEE, Singapore.
7.	Best Paper Award 2016 : CERI 2016 Conference, Ireland, for "Flexible Response of Bamboo-Epoxy Frames" with Prof. Roger West and Diwakar Bhagat.
8.	Finalist: NASI-SCOPUS Young Scientist Award, 2014.
9.	Best Paper Award, 2012 : "Early Detection of Corrosion in RC Structures Using EMI Tech" by T. Visalakshi & S. Bhalla, CORCON 2012, Goa.
10.	Teaching Excellence Award, 2011: Structural Analysis II (CEL 331), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
11.	Outstanding Young Faculty Award, 2008: Awarded by Kusuma Trust, Gibraltar.
12.	Young Researcher Fellowship Award, 2003: Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, MIT, USA.
13.	Gold Medal, September 2001: National Science and Technology Board (NSTB), Singapore, for best M.Eng. Thesis.
14.	Silver Medal, August 1995: For highest CGPA among Civil Engineering graduates at IIT Delhi.
15.	Mehta Tarlok Chand Memorial Award, 1994: For highest CGPA among third-year Civil Engineering students, IIT Delhi.
16.	Major General Harkirat Singh Memorial Scholarship, 1994: Awarded by the Association of Consulting Engineers (India).

Awards to Students

S.No	Student Name	Entry No.	Award Name	Conferred by
1.	Dattar Singh Aulakh Mrs.Sreenitya Singmasetty Col Anuj Singh	2018CEZ8395 2019CEZ8253 2021CES2813	Best poster awards in One Week One Lab at CSIR-CRRI Piezo-Based OMA Novel Sensor for SHM and energy harvesting Bamboo and Cow-dung for Sustainable Built Environment	One Week One Lab, SIR-CRRI 16 - 22 July 2023
2.	Ms. Aleena V . K	2020CES7581	Awarded the NBCC prize of excellence for securing the highest grades among the graduates of M.Tech Civil Engineering Programs during session 2021-22	NBCC Prize of Excellence Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
3.	Ms. Nishtha Singh	2015CES2864	Award for Best Industry Relevant M.Tech Project by Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT)	FITT Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
4.	Dr. Naveet Kaur	2011CEZ8272	Award of Distinction in Doctoral Research	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
5.	Sumit Balguvhar	2014CEZ8374	Green energy harvesting using piezoelectric material from bridge vibrations	Best Oral Presentation Award, 2nd IEEE ICGEA 2018, NTU Singapore
6.	S. K. Dhawan	2012CEZ8561	For professional work in the field of Civil Engineering for over 50 years	Bharat Jyoti Award (Glory of India Award), 7th December 2015
7.	Naveet Kaur	2011CEZ8272	PhD thesis: Integrated SHM and Energy Harvesting Potential of Adhesively Bonded Thin Piezo Patches Operating in d31 Mode	Best Oral Presentation Award on Research Scholar Day, 10 April 2015 (Rs 5,000)
8.	Dr. Naveet Kaur	2011CEZ8272	Integrated SHM and Energy Harvesting Potential of Adhesively Bonded Thin Piezo Patches Operating in d31 Mode	DST INSPIRE Faculty Award
9.	Mr. Sushant Maheshwari	2007CE10297	Traffic Monitoring using Smart Materials	Boss Award (Rs 100,000)
10.	Rahul Aggarwal	2006CE1028	Development of Low-Cost Static and Dynamic Force Sensors	Boss Award (Rs 100,000)
11.	A. P. R. Vittal	2007CES2702	Study of Fatigue Behaviour of Bolted Steel Lap Joints using Smart Sensors 2008-09	FITT Award for Best Industry Relevance 2008-09 (Rs 200,000)
12.	Anil Mittal	2005CE10242	Study of Fatigue Behaviour of Bolted Steel Lap Joints using Smart Sensors 2008-09	Boss Award 2008-09
13.	Amit Sethi	2002003	SHM of Steel Structures Using Electrical Strain Gauges	Boss Award 2005-06 (Rs 100,000)
14.	Saumya Jain	2002043	SHM of Reinforced Concrete Structures Using Electrical Strain Gauges	Boss Award 2005-06 (Rs 100,000)

Awards to Former Students

S.No	Former Student Name	Award Name	Conferred by
1.	Dr. Naveet Kaur	CIDC Vishwakarma Award (2025), conferred on Dr. Naveet Kaur (Sr. Scientist CSIR-CRRI) based on her research and development work at CRRI	Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC)