Selected Awards, Honors, and Scholarships

Fellowships of Academies and Professional Societies:
  • Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
  • Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)
  • Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc)
  • Fellow, The Institution of Engineers, India (IEI)
  • Fellow, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India (IETE)
  • Fellow, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK

Selected IEEE Honors and Awards:
  • Distinguished Speaker, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, 2026 -- 2029
  • Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Communications Society, 2025 -- 2026
  • Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, 2022 -- 2024, 2024 -- 2026
  • Distinguished TPC Member, IEEE INFOCOM, 2026
  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Outstanding Services Award, 2025
  • IEEE India Council Best Start-up of the Year Award to Wireless 4 Scale Lab (co-founder), 2025
  • IEEE India Council Technologist of the Year Award, 2024
  • Commendation for Exemplary Services, IEEE ComSoc Edu. Services Board (2022-2025), 2026
  • Exemplary Editor Award, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, 2025
  • Best Editor Award, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 2022
  • Exemplary Editor Award, IEEE Communications Letters, 2022
  • Exemplary Editor Award, IEEE Communications Letters, 2021
  • Exemplary Editor Award, IEEE Communications Letters, 2018
  • Exemplary Reviewer Award, IEEE Communications Letters, 2015
  • Outstanding contributions award, IEEE TCSIM, 2013

Selected Academic Honors and Distinctions:
  • Outstanding Alumni Award, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, 2026
  • Dhananjaya Chair Professor, IIT Delhi, 7/2025 –
  • Distinguished Professional, AICTE, Government of India, 2024 -- 2027
  • K L Chopra Faculty Research Award at IIT Delhi for applied research, 2024
  • Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship, 2021 -- 2024
  • Institute Chair Professor, IIT Delhi, 2019 -- 2024
  • Om Prakash Bhasin Award for Science and Technology, 2019
  • IETE Ram Lal Wadhwa Award for outstanding contribution in electronics & telecommunication, 2019

Selected Research and Technology Awards and Scholarships:
  • Among top 10 indigenous 5G technology developments, by DoT, Government of India, 2023
  • Among top 30 indigenous 5G technology developments, awarded by DoT, Govt. India, 2021
  • Among top 100 indigenous 5G technology developments, awarded by DoT, Govt. India, 2021
  • Erasmus Mundus Faculty Research Fellowship, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 2014
  • Erasmus Mundus Faculty Research Fellowship, Aalto University, School of Science and Technology, Helsinki, Finland, 2010
  • ERCIM fellowship: for 18 months, 1/2004–6/2005 (ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy; NTNU, Norway)
  • Best Paper Award, National Conference on Communications, Kanpur, India, 2021
  • Best poster paper award, IEEE ANTS Conference, 2009
  • Best poster paper, ACM MobiHoc, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2002