<p>Fellow of Institution of Engineers, Fellow of Insitution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 54.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -54.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt 54.0pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Awards:</span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 42.55pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: #c00000;">Prof. K. Arumugam National Award for Innovation Work in Engineering and Technology</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: #c00000;">&nbsp;by&nbsp;</span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: #c00000;">ISTE</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: #c00000;">&nbsp;in 2021.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 42.55pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;Excellent Performance Award five times since 2007 given and Best Teacher Award in 2010 and 2014 given by VIIT management.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -7.1pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>iii.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Nominated for the national award, &rsquo;Best Low Cost Technology for the Cause of the Disabled&rsquo; given away by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in 2004.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -7.1pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: #c00000; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>iv.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: #c00000;">&nbsp;&ldquo;Adarsh Dombivlikar&rdquo; Award by &ldquo;Dombivlikar&rdquo; run by Honorable Ravindra Chavan, Minister of State for IT, Medical Education and Ports. Dombivli is a town in Thane district having 1.4 million population.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -7.1pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>v.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;&ldquo;Best Paper Award&rdquo; in IEEE International Conference&nbsp;</span><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">ICCUBEA 2015 and 2016.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 54.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -54.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt 54.0pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></strong><!--[endif]--><strong><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Honors:&nbsp;</span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -7.1pt; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 42.55pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>i.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Invited panel member on CNBC Awaz for discussion on &ldquo;Pune: The Epicenter of Growth&rdquo;, September 2017.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -7.1pt; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 42.55pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>ii.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Invited panel member in webinar on &ldquo;How Higher Education will Change Post Pandemic&rdquo;, 25<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;April 2020 organized by Shiksha</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -7.1pt; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 42.55pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>iii.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;contributing team member in the workshop for enhancing quality of Indian Education during Educon 2014 in Paris, France.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -7.1pt; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 42.55pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>iv.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Participated in Panel Discussion on &lsquo;Remanufacturing: The Future of Sustainable Business&rsquo; on April 26, 2022 at the U. S. Consulate General, Mumbai jointly organized by Indo-American Chamber of Commerce and US Consulate General Mumbai.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -7.1pt; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 42.55pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>v.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Delivered a keynote on &ldquo;Sustainable Government Academia Relationships&rdquo; at a G20 event supported by AICTE, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, many edtech companies in India International Education Expo, 28-30 April 2023, Delhi.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42.55pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -42.55pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -7.1pt; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 42.55pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span>vi.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Invited panel member in EDNXT Conclave organized by Economic Times, 13<sup>th</sup> November 2024.</span></p>