Honors & Awards
(Updated on 18 October 2026)

1. Sweta Dadhwal (2024PHZ8300)
Award : Best Poster Award
Paper :Magneto-transport and Spin Dynamics Investigation of Half-metallic Weyl semimetal Co₂MnAl Heusler Alloy Thin Films, Shweta Dadhwal and Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. :Symposium on Women in Physics: Networking, Innovation, Opportunity and Equity (SWPNIOE) 2026; Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, U.P. (INDIA); 11-12 Sept., 2026

2. Mitali (2023PHZ8322)
Award : Best Poster Award
Paper : High-Quality Growth and Characterization of Fe₃Ge Thin Films, Mitali and Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. :Symposium on Women in Physics: Networking, Innovation, Opportunity and Equity (SWPNIOE) 2026; Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, U.P. (INDIA); 11-12 Sept., 2026

3. Nikita Sharma (2019PHZ8027)
Award : Prof. K L Chopra Best PhD Thesis Award at Dept. of Physics
(The award, consisting of prize money of Rs. 25,000 and a citation, is presented on Convocation for the best PhD Thesis in Dept. of Physics)
Thesis : Magneto transport and Spin Dynamics Investigations on the Weyl semi-metallic Heusler alloy Co₂MnGa and its Heterostructures
Presented at Convocation -2026, IIT Delhi

4. Priya Prakash Maurya (2023PHM2017)
Award : Prof. K L Chopra Best MTech Thesis Award in Solid State Materials
(The award, consisting of prize money of Rs. 20,000 and a citation, is presented on Convocation for the best MTech Thesis in Dept. of Physics)
Thesis : Growth and Characterization of Ferromagnetic Thin Films and their Heterostructures for Spin Dynamic Studies by Magnetron Sputtering
Presented at Convocation -2025, IIT Delhi

5. Nanhe Kumar Gupta (2023PHM2017)
Award : Prof. K L Chopra Best PhD Thesis Award at Dept. of Physics
(The award, consisting of prize money of Rs. 25,000 and a citation, is presented on Convocation for the best PhD Thesis in Dept. of Physics)
Thesis : Fabrication and Investigations on the sputtered CoFeB based Heterostructures comprising of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Heavy Metals
Presented at Convocation -2024, IIT Delhi

6. Amar Kumar
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Lattice Distortions Effects on the Structural, Electronic, and Magnetic properties of CoFeCrGa Spin Gapless Semiconductor alloy, Amar Kumar, Sharat Chandra, and Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. :The IEEE Around-the-Clock Around-the-Globe Magnetics Conference 2024

7. Amar Kumar
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper: Antisite disorder effect on structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of Co2MnAl Heusler alloys, Amar Kumar, Nanhe Kumar Gupta, Sujeet Chaudhary, and Sharat Chandra
Conf. : ICETMM 2023, HBTU Kanpur (INDIA), 4 - 8 July 2023

8. Nanhe Kumar Gupta (2023PHM2017)
Award : Best Poster Award
Paper : Spin pumping study in Co₆₀Fe₂₀B₂₀/Mo heterostructures :Experiment and theory, Nanhe Kumar Gupta, Amar Kumar, Lalit Pandey, and Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. :IUMRS-ICA Conference, 19-23 December 2022, IIT Jodhpur (INDIA)
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9. Vineet Barwal
Award : Best Poster Award
Paper : Magnetization Dynamics Study in Co_2+XMn_1-XAl (0≤X≤0.9) Heusler Thin Films (Poster), Vineet Barwal and Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. :1^st Intnl. Conf. on Thin Films and Nanotechnology: Knowledge, Leadership & Commercialization (ICTN KLC 2021), Aug 24-26, 2021; Thin Film Laboratory, Department of Physics, IIT Delhi (INDIA)

10. Soumyarup Hait
Award : Poster: Special Mention
Paper : Impact of ferromagnetic layer thickness on the spin pumping in Co₆₀Fe₂₀B₂₀/Ta bilayer thin films, Soumyarup Hait, Sajid Husain, Nanhe Kumar Gupta, Nilamani Behera, Ankit Kumar, Rahul Gupta, Vineet Barwal, Lalit Pandey, Peter Svedlindh and Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. :1^st Intnl. Conf. on Thin Films and Nanotechnology: Knowledge, Leadership & Commercialization (ICTN KLC 2021), Aug 24-26, 2021, Thin Film Laboratory, Department of Physics, IIT Delhi (INDIA)

11. Pradeep Kumar Sharma
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper : Thermoelectric properties of pristine PbTe synthesized without any surfactant and organic solvent, Pradeep Kumar Sharma, T. D. Senguttuvan and Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. :Virtual International Conference on Hierarchically Structured Materials, ICHSM-2021, 8-10 Apr 2021, Institute of Science and Technology, SRM University, Chennai, INDIA Click here for citation

12. L Saravanan
Award : Best Oral Presentation Award
Paper :Influence of Magnetic Layer Thickness on Magnetic, Microstructural and Electrical Properties of CoFeB sandwiched in Ta Layers, L Saravanan, Sujeet Chaudhary, I Phebe Kokila, Helen Annal Therese, M Manivel Raja
Conf. : National Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Materials”, 14-16 December 2020, Department of Physics, Govt. Holkar Science College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA
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13. Vireshwar Mishra
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Growth and characterization of Cobalt based spin gapless semiconducting Heusler alloy thin films, Vireshwar Mishra, Vineet Barwal, Lalit Pandey, Nanhe Kumar Gupta, Soumyarup Hait, Ankit Kumar, Nikita Sharma and Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. :4^th Departmental Symposium on Advances in Physics – 2021, 1-3 Dec 2020, IIT Delhi, INDIA

14. Sujeet Chaudhary
Award : Guest of Honour in the Valedictory function and Invited talk
Talk Title : “Fundamentals of Thin Film Growth”
Conf. :Online value-added course on "Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials", 2-7 Nov 2020, Dept. of Physics, J C Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, Haryana, INDIA

15. Naina
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Structural and Magnetotransport study of Mixed Phase MnGa Alloy thin film for Spintronics Applications, Naina, Nanhe Kumar Gupta, Vineet Barwal, Lalit Pandey, Himani Khanduri and Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. :Nat. Conf. on Adv. in Mat. Sci. and Technol. (NCAMST 2020), Feb 29 - March 1, 2020, Jaipur (INDIA)
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16. Akash Kumar
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Current modulation of Gilbert damping in Py/Ta bilayer structure, Akash Kumar, Raghav Sharma, Sujeet Chaudhary and P K Muduli
Conf. :ICMAGMA-2018, December 9-13, 2018, NISER, Bhubaneswar, INDIA

17. Radhika Kataria & Nikita Sharma (M.Sc./2018)
Award : Dr. P. L. Kapur and Mrs. Pushpa Kapur Memorial Award
(The award, consisting of prize money of Rs. 25,000 and a citation, is given on Convocation for the best M.Sc. Physics Project)
Thesis Title : Fabrication and Investigations on Heusller alloy based Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
Presented at Convocation -2020, IIT Delhi

18. Rekha Bai
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :1-D Vertically Aligned Hetero-epitaxial ZnO/CdS Core/Shell Nanorod Array with Enhanced Visible Light Driven Photoelectrochemical Performance, Rekha Bai, Sujeet Chaudhary, and Dinesh K. Pandya
Conf. :2^nd Departmental Symposium on Advances in Physics – 2018, 7-8 April 2018, IIT Delhi, INDIA
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19. Ekta Goyat
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Thickness induced Magnetic anisotropy in ultrathin Cobalt films, Ekta Goyat, Nilamani Behera, Vineet Barwal and Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. :2^nd Departmental Symposium on Advances in Physics – 2018, 7-8 April 2018, IIT Delhi, INDIA
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20. Sajid Husain
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Spin Dynamics in Ion -beam Sputtered Co₂FeAl/Mo Bilayers, Sajid Husain, Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. :2^nd Departmental Symposium on Advances in Physics – 2018, 7-8 April 2018, IIT Delhi, INDIA
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21. Rekha Bai
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Structural and Optical Properties of Nanostructured CdSe Thin Films Prepared by Electrochemical Deposition, Rekha Bai, Sujeet Chaudhary and Dinesh K. Pandya
Conf. :2^nd International Conference on Condens. Matter and Appl. Phys. (ICC-2017) , Nov 23-24, 2017, Bikaner, Rajasthan (INDIA)
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22. Sajid Husain
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Magneto-optical Properties of CoFeB Ultrathin Films: Effect of Ta Buffer and Capping Layer, Sajid Husain, Nanhe Kumar Gupta, Vineet Barwal and Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. :2^nd International Conference on Condens. Matter and Appl. Phys. (ICC-2017), Nov 23-24, 2017, Bikaner, Rajasthan (INDIA)
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23. Sujeet Chaudhary
Award : Invited talk at ICTF-17
Talk Title :Skyrmions and Antidamping in ultra thin films of Heusler alloy Co₂FeAl and NiFe sandwiched in multilayers, S Husain, N Sisodia, N Behera, P K Muduli, D K Pandya and Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. : 17^th International Conference on Thin Films (ICTF-17), Nov 13-14, 2017, NPL Delhi (INDIA)

24. Sujeet Chaudhary
Award : Invited talk ICTF-17
Talk Title :Overview of Thin Film Science & Processes
Conf. : Workshop to 17^th International Conference on Thin Films (ICTF-17), Nov 13, 2017, NPL Delhi (INDIA)

25. Akash Kumar
Award : Best Student-led Project (funded with 5000 USD)
Paper :Extraction of Inverse Spin Hall Voltage in Sputtered Py/Ta Structures, Akash Kumar, Sujeet Chaudhary and P K Muduli
Conf :IEEE Summer School on Magnetism (MSSS), June 18-23, 2017, Santander (SPAIN)

26. Akash Kumar
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Extraction of inverse spin Hall Voltage in Py/Ta, Akash Kumar, Sujeet Chaudhary and P K Muduli
Conf. :International Conference on Magnetic Materials and Applications (ICMAGMA- 2017), February 1-3, 2017, Hyderabad, INDIA

27. Sajid Husain
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Static and Dynamic Properties of Co₂FeAl Thin Films: Effect of MgO and Ta as Capping Layers, Sajid Husain, Vineet Barwal, Ankit Kumar, Serkan Akansel, Ekta Goyat, Peter Svedlindh and Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. :61^st DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (DAE SSPS 2016), December 26-30, 2016, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (INDIA)
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28. Rahul Gupta
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Effect of Graphene incorporation on spin dynamics of permalloy thin films, Rahul Gupta, Akash Kumar, Saroj Dash, Sujeet Chaudhary and P K Muduli
Conf. : International Conference on New Scintillations on Materials Horizon" (ICNSMH), 21-23 Oct, 2016, Bareilly (INDIA)
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29. Deepika Jhajhria
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Static and Dynamic Characterization of CoFeB/ IrMn/ CoFeB Trilayers, Deepika Jhajhria, Sujeet Chaudhary and Dinesh K. Pandya
Presented at Physics Research Scholar Day, 4^th May 2016, IIT Delhi, New Delhi (INDIA)
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30. Sajid Husain
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Growth and Study of Ion Beam Sputtered Heusler Alloy Thin Films For Spintronic Applications, Sajid Husain and Sujeet Chaudhary
Presented at Physics Research Scholar Day, 4^th May 2016, IIT Delhi, New Delhi (INDIA)
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31. Akash Kumar
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Measuring Inverse Spin Hall Voltage in Sputtered Py/Ta Bilayers
Akash Kumar, Sujeet Chaudhary and P K Muduli
Conf. : International Conference on Mag. Mat. and Appl. (ICMAGMA 2015), December 02-04, 2015, VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu (INDIA)

32. Sajid Husain
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Structural and magnetic properties of ion-beam sputtered Co₂FeAl full Heusler alloy thin films, Sajid Husain, Ankit Kumar, Peter Svedlindh and Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. : International Conference on Condensed Matter & Applied Physics (ICC-2015), Oct 30-31, 2015, Bikaner (INDIA)
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33. Dinesh Kumar
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Role of Bimodal Distribution in Tailoring the inter-particle Interactions in Cu₇₉Co₂₁ Nanogranular films, Dinesh Kumar, Sujeet Chaudhary, D K Pandya
Conf. : 58^th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, Patiala (India) Dec 17-21, 2013.
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34. Himanshu Fulara
Award : Winner Best Poster Award by IITD Alumni Association Award
Paper :Exchange Bias Effect in Antiferromagnetic (AF)/ Ferromagnetic(FM) Systems for Spintronics, Himanshu Fulara, Sujeet Chaudhary and S C Kashyap
Presented at Open House 2013 : 1²Tech – 2013, IIT Delhi (India) April 27, 2013
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35. Sourav Sarkar (M.Sc. Thesis/2010)
Award : Jagat Ram Chopra Award
(The yearly award is given in recognition to the best thesis work of MSc at IIT Delhi)
Paper :Growth and Investigations of Half metallic Fe₃O₄ thin films for Spintronics
Presented at Convocation-2012, IIT Delhi

36. Sujeet Chaudhary
Award : MRSI Medal Award-2007
Paper :Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in the Transition Metal Substituted II-VI Semiconductors – The Materials for Spintronics
Conf. : 18^th AGM of MRSI, Feb 12-14, 2007, NPL, New Delhi (INDIA)
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37. Sujeet Chaudhary
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Transition metal doped nanocrystalline ZnO – A novel room temperature ferromagnetic semiconductor, Sujeet Chaudhary, Kanwal Preet Bhatti , Subhash C Kashyap and D K Pandya
Conf.: ICSM-2008, SIDE-ANTALYA (TURKEY) Aug 25-29, 2008
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38. Subhash C Kashyap
Award : Invited Lecture at MRS 2008
Paper :Is Transition Metal Incorporated ZnO an Intrinsic Ferromagnetic Semiconductor? Kanwal Preet Bhatti, Sujeet Chaudhary, Subhash C Kashyap, D. K. Pandya
(The work is also published in Proceedings of the MRS Springs Meeting 2008)
Conf. : MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA (USA), Mar 24-28, 2008 (Symposium I)

39. Sujeet Chaudhary
Award : Outstanding Poster Award
Paper :Ferromagnetic Ordering at room temperature in Co:ZnO Nanoparticles, Sujeet Chaudhary, Kanwal Preet Bhatti, Shankhamala Kundu, S. C. Kashyap and D. K. Pandya
Conf. : MRS Fall Meeting , Boston (USA), Nov.27-Dec.1, 2006
(The work is also published in Proceedings of the MRS Symp. Proce. : Zinc Oxide and Related Materials, edited by J Christen, Ci Jagadish, D C Look, T Yao, F Bertram (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 957, Warrendale, PA, 2007), 0957-010-01)
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40. K Gopinadhan
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :Optical Properties of Cobalt-Substituted Tin Oxide Nanogranular Thin Films
K Gopinadhan, Dinesh K. Pandya, Subhash C. Kashyap, and Sujeet Chaudhary
Conf. : International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT 2006), March 16-18, 2006, Delhi (INDIA)
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41. Kanwal Jeet Singh
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :First order phase transition induced by magnetic field and temperature in Ce(Fe_0.96Al_0.04)₂ alloy, Kanwal Jeet Singh, Sujeet Chaudhary, M.K. Chattopadhyay, M. Manekar, S.B. Roy and P. Chaddah
Conf. : Intnl. Symp. "Advances in Superconductivity & Magnetism: Materials, Mechanisms, & Devices (ASMM2D-2001), 25-28^th Sept'01, Mangalore (INDIA)

42. Sujeet Chaudhary
Award : Best Paper Award
Paper :First order transition from antiferromagnetism to ferromagnetism in Ce(Fe_0.96Al_0.04)₂
M. Manekar, Sujeet Chaudhary, M.K. Chattopadhyay, K.J. Singh, S.B. Roy and P. Chaddah
Conf. : Intnl. Symp. "Advances in Superconductivity & Magnetism: Materials, Mechanisms, & Devices (ASMM2D-2001), 25-28^th Sept'01, Mangalore (INDIA)