Awards & Honors

1. Best Poster Award: All Spice leaf oil for sustainable food preservation, IISF YSC (Nov–Dec 2024).[4]
2. Best Poster Award: Cello-oligosaccharides from coffee husk, National Seminar on Microbiome, Nutrition and Health (Sep 2024).[4]
3. Dr. Kalpana Chawal State Award: Young women scientist (Sep 2024), Government of Karnataka.[4]
4. Top Cited Research Paper: “Green coffee polyphenols in functional yoghurt”, Wiley (2022–2023).[4]
5. Best Poster Award: Coffee Husk Polysaccharides, National Conference on Biotechnology, Tiruvannamalai (Mar 2024).[4]
6. Best Poster Award: Environmental impacts of Robusta coffee, International Conference on Biotechnology, Trivandrum (Nov 2023).[4]
7. Best Young Innovative Award: Allspice leaves oleoresins, ICAN3 (Aug 2023).[4]
8. Best Poster Award: Innovative coffee start-ups, OLOW, CSIR–CFTRI (July 2023).[4]
9. Annual Institute Award: External Cash Flow, CSIR–CFTRI (2019–2020).[4]
10. Distinguished Researcher in Food Biotechnology, International Research Awards Council, Trichy (Jan 2020).[4]
11. Biotechnologist Award, Scire Recognition (Nov 2019).[4]
12. Har Gobind Khorana Best Scientist Award: Food Biotechnology, Bose Science Society, Pudukkottai (Aug 2019).[4]
13. Distinguished Biotechnologist Award, Venus International Foundation (Aug 2019).[4]
14. Travel Grant from ACSTM: Oral presentation, Dubai (Feb 2019).[4]
15. Best Paper Award: Sustainable management of coffee industry by-products, Resource Conservation & Recycling Journal, Elsevier (2019).[4]
16. Fellow of Bose Science Society (Affiliated with Vigyan Prasar, DST, Govt. of India), 2019.[4]
17. Bio Standups Honours: “SHERO,” Face of the Month (July 2018).[4]
18. Global Food and Nutrition Expert, OMICS Online, 2018.[4]
19. Best Oral Presentation—Food & Nutrition: Green coffee beverages, International Conference, Pune (Aug 2018).[4]
20. Best Oral Presentation—Microbial Science: Coffee fermentation enzymes, International Conference, Pune (Aug 2018).[4]
21. Best Technology Transfer Award: Turmeric powder process from fresh rhizomes, CSIR–CFTRI (2016–2017).[4]
22. Microbiologist Award–2017, SCIRE Science, International Conference, Cochin.[4]
23. Best Oral Presentation Award: Aspergillus oryzae enzyme for coffee flavor, Scire Science Conference, Cochin (Aug 2017).[4]
24. Best Oral Presentation Award: Green coffee with probiotics, Scire Science Conference, Cochin (Aug 2017).[4]
25. Best Poster Award: Mycotoxins in chilli, National Spice Conference, Mysuru (Feb 2017).[4]
26. UNU-KIRIN Fellow, National Food Research Institute, Japan (2014–2015).[4]
27. Fellow of Society for Applied Biotechnology, 2012.[4]
28. Travel Award from CSIR: Invited speaker at World Congress of Biotechnology, China (2012).[4]
29. Honoured as National Jury for Evaluating Indian Coffee, SCAA & SCAE international competitions (2004–2017), Coffee Board of India.[4]
30. Honoured as National Jury for Evaluating Coffee Quality, Indian Barista Championship (2003–2005), SCAI & Coffee Board of India.[4]
31. Best Poster Award: Extension of shelf life of aloo paratha by hurdle technology, International Food Convention, CFTRI (2013).[4]
32. Best Oral Presentation: Bioconversion of coffee husk cellulose, UAS Bangalore (Mar 2012).[4]

Notable Publications & Technology Transfer

• Top Cited Research Paper: Wiley for “Green coffee polyphenols in formulations of functional yoghurt and their quality attributes” (2022–2023).[4]
• Best Paper Award: Resource Conservation & Recycling Journal (Elsevier) on sustainable management of coffee industry by-products (2019).[4]
• Best Technology Transfer: Innovative turmeric powder process by CSIR–CFTRI (2016–2017).[4]

Conference Achievements (Selected)

• Best Oral Presentation: Chlorogenic acid enriched beverages from green coffee, International Conference, Pune (2018).[4]
• Best Oral Presentation: In-Silico interaction of enzymes in coffee fermentation, International Conference, Pune (2018).[4]
• Best Oral Presentation: Enhanced coffee flavor by acid carboxy peptidase, Current Trends in Bio International Conference, Cochin (2017).[4]
• Best Oral Presentation: Green coffee with probiotics, Current Trends in Bio International Conference, Cochin (2017).[4]
• Best Poster Award: Mycotoxins in chilli and their inhibition, National Spice Conference, Mysuru (2017).[4]
• Best Poster Award: Extension of shelf-life of aloo paratha using hurdle technology, International Food Convention, CFTRI, Mysore (2013).[4]
• Best Oral Presentation: Coffee husk cellulose bioconversion, National Conference, UAS Bangalore (2012).[4]

• Professional Positions & Council Memberships

• Expert member, Geographical Indications Registry, Government of India.[4]
• Research Council Member, 10th Cashew Research Institute (2024–2027), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR–DCR).[4]

• Key Speaker Engagements & Public Outreach

• Speaker, IGNITE, Spice Pharmacology SpARC Meeting, July 2025, NCBS Bengaluru.[4]
• Speaker, CFTRI technologies pertaining to coffee, Boniest, June 2025, in association with Coffee Board, CFTRI Mysuru.[4]
• Jury Member, Food Hackathon, Feb 2025, CSIR–CFTRI, BIRAC Bionest.[4]
• Speaker, Hindu Economic Forum, Kodagu and Laghu Udyog Bharti, Mysore, August 2024.[4]
• Invited Speaker, National Webinar on Coffee Processing and Value Addition, Nov 2024, PMFME Scheme.[4]
• Invited Speaker, Barista Training Workshop, Coffee Board & Bionest CFTRI Incubation Center, June 2024.[4]
• Invited Speaker, Annual TATA Coffee R&D Day—INVENTICA, Aug 2023.[4]

• Broadcasting & Public Science Communication

• Featured Expert, Forty-episode series “CFTRI—Shodha—Anushodha” on Innovations and Research at CFTRI, All India Radio (Akashvani), Mysuru, Kannada.[4]
• Featured Speaker, Akashvani on Plantation Products and Spices, CFTRI technologies, Feb 2025.[4]