{"id":132,"date":"2023-02-26T05:38:10","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T05:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cidr.iisc.ac.in\/shashank?page_id=132"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:20:13","slug":"awards-honors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cidr.iisc.ac.in\/shashank\/awards-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards &#038; Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;Awards &#038; Honors&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/cidr.iisc.ac.in\/shashankwp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/594.jpg&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rohan received <strong>Travel Award<\/strong> to attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psi.ox.ac.uk\/news-and-opinion\/join-us-for-the-international-pandemic-sciences-conference-2026\">International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2026<\/a>, Singapore.<\/li>\n<li>Gourav received <strong>Travel Award<\/strong> to attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isrv.global\/featured-events\/7th-isrv-school-of-respiratory-viruses\/\">7th ISRV School of Respiratory Viruses Course<\/a> 2026 at the University of Hong Kong- Pasteur Research Pole, Hong Kong.<\/li>\n<li>Mansi and Rajesh won the <strong>Best poster award<\/strong> at the the <a href=\"https:\/\/conference.manipal.edu\/viroglobal2026\/\">Viroglobal 2026<\/a>, Manipal Institute of Virology-Manipal Academy of Higher Education (NIV-MAHE), Mangalore.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Mansi and Sumandeep won the <strong>Best poster award<\/strong> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.embo.org\/event\/26-rna-virus\">India EMBO lecture RNA virus infection and host immune responses<\/a>, Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad 2026<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Rishad received a <strong>Travel Grant<\/strong> to attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.pasteur.fr\/en\/course\/pasteur-course-vaccinology\/\">Vaccinology workshop<\/a> 15 Feb to 15 Mar 2026 at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Shashank won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2205190&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=2\">Keshvi Sharma Memorial Award 2025<\/a> for excellence in Fundamental Virology, awarded by the\u00a0 NIV Research Foundation at VIROCON 2025<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Sumandeep won the <strong>Excellent poster award<\/strong> in <span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/meetings.embo.org\/event\/25-immunity\">India EMBO Cell Autonomous Defense and Innate Immunity Conference<\/a><\/span> held in Hyderabad 3-5th Dec 2025<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Shachee received the<span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><strong> travel award<\/strong> and the <strong>best poster award<\/strong> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/meetings.embo.org\/event\/25-immunity\">India EMBO Cell Autonomous Defense and Innate Immunity Conference<\/a> held in Hyderabad between 3-5th Dec 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Sumandeep received the <span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><strong>Travel award<\/strong> for <a href=\"https:\/\/seattle.cytokinesociety.org\/\">Cytokines 2025<\/a>; held in Seattle, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Rajesh won the <strong>Best poster award<\/strong> at <a href=\"https:\/\/immunocon2025.com\/\">52nd IMMUNOCON-2025<\/a>, Annual conference of Indian Immunology Society,19-22nd Nov, 2025 oragnized by the MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Mansi received <strong>Travel grant<\/strong> to attend the Keystone symposia 2025 &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.keystonesymposia.org\/conferences\/conference-listing\/meeting\/onpage-program\/f22026\">Predicting and responding to emerging viral infections<\/a>&#8221; Geneva, Switzerland<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Mansi and Rajesh were awarded the <strong>Best Poster<\/strong> and <strong>Best Oral presentation<\/strong> award respectively at the<span data-sheets-root=\"1\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iav.kerala.gov.in\/2025\/09\/24\/iav-hosts-8th-molecular-virology-meeting\/\">8th Molecular Virology<\/a>, Institute of Advanced Virology (IAV), Thiruvananthapuram,18-20th Sep, 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Rajesh is awarded the <strong>Best Poster Award<\/strong> from RSC Chemical Biology at the 10th Annual Research Symposium 2024, 11-13th Jan 2024, organized by the Bioengineering Department, IISc Bengaluru<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Rohan received ICGEB <strong>Travel Grant<\/strong> to attend the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/prp-ri.eu\/events\/#overview\">International Conference on Pandemic prepardness &#8211; Achievements, current challenges and new frontiers<\/a>&#8220;, 11-13th Nov 2024, Trieste, Italy<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Oyahida Khatun is awarded the <a href=\"https:\/\/sunpharmasciencefoundation.net\/\/directory_of_science_scholars\">Sun Pharma Research Scholar Award under pharma <\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Mansi\u00a0is awarded the\u00a0American Society for Virology (ASV) <strong>Travel Award<\/strong><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li>Oyahida gets SERB International <strong>Travel Award<\/strong> to attend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keystonesymposia.org\/conferences\/conference-listing\/meeting?eventid=7121\">Keystone Positive Strand RNA Virus Meeting in Killarney, Ireland<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Shashank\u00a0is awarded the\u00a0Axis Bank <strong>Travel Award<\/strong><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Shashank\u00a0is inducted into the\u00a0Early Career Board of ACS Infectious Disease<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li>Rohan gets awarded <strong>DBT-RA Fellowship<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Shashank is awarded the INSA Associate Fellowship 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Rohan is awarded the CSIR <strong>Travel Award<\/strong> 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Oyahida is awarded the ASV <strong>Travel Award<\/strong> 2023 by The American Society of Virology.<\/li>\n<li>Rajesh is awarded the <strong>Travel Grant<\/strong> to attend the International Vaccinology course held at Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.<\/li>\n<li>Mansi is awarded the <strong>Best Poster Award<\/strong> in BTMO 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Shashank is Awarded\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/asv.org\/asv-travel-awards\/\" href=\"https:\/\/asv.org\/asv-travel-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">Global Scholar Award<\/a>\u00a0(2022) by the American Society for Virology<\/li>\n<li>Rishad is selected for the\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.serbficci-iirrada.in\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serbficci-iirrada.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">SERB-FICCI-PMRF fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oyahida Gets ISIRV <strong>Travel award<\/strong> to attend\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.optionsxi2022.org.uk\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.optionsxi2022.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">OPTIONS XI Meeting in Belfast.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Abhijith Biji is awarded \u201c<strong>Best Oral Presentation Award<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Travel Grant<\/strong>\u201d at International conference on \u201cCoronaviruses:Past,Present and Future\u201d held in SKUAST,Jammu and Kashmir as a part of UK-ICN(UK-International Coronavirus Network)<\/li>\n<li>Oyahida Khatun is awarded \u201c<strong>Young achiever award 2021<\/strong>\u201d from InRes Institute of Researchers<\/li>\n<li>Abhijith Biji is awarded \u201c<strong>The Best Elevator Pitch<\/strong>\u201d in MCB Student-Postdoc Symposium 2021<\/li>\n<li>Sumandeep Kaur is selected for \u2018Prime Minister\u2019s Research Fellowship\u2019 2021<\/li>\n<li>Rajesh Yadav is selected <strong>Top 5 Finalist<\/strong>, BRICS Young Innovator Awards 2021<\/li>\n<li>Shachee Swaraj is selected for \u2018Prime Minister\u2019s Research Fellowship\u2019 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Oyahida Khatun is selected for &#8220;<strong>Awasar Award\u2019<\/strong> in best stories category for her story on Influenza A virus live imaging. (2019)<\/li>\n<li>Shashank is awarded Tata Trust International <strong>Travel Grant<\/strong>. (2019)<\/li>\n<li>Shashank is selected for Infosys Young Investigator Award. (2019)<\/li>\n<li>Shashank is awarded and activated Wellcome Trust Intermediate Fellowship. (2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pre IISc:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>EMBED fellowship by NIH for training in analysis of Global Proteomic datasets in University of California, San Francisco (2016)<\/li>\n<li>Travel Grant by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India to attend Gordon Research Conference (2012)<\/li>\n<li>Best Oral presentation, \u201cAntivirals for developing world\u201d symposium by ICGEB &amp; ICAV, New Delhi, India (2012).<\/li>\n<li>Best Student Award and Travel Grant, 2010 HKU-Pasteur Virology Course, Hong Kong (2010).<\/li>\n<li>Senior Research Fellowship awarded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi (2009-2012).<\/li>\n<li>Junior Research Fellowship awarded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi (2007-2009).<\/li>\n<li>Junior Research Fellowship awarded by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi (2006-2007)<\/li>\n<li>Junior Research Fellowship awarded by the University Grants Commission (UGC) (2004-2005).<\/li>\n<li>Gold Medal, Master degree program in Department of Biotechnology, University of North Bengal India. 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