Awards

Invited Talks/Presentations (few selected):

• Honored to be invited for Startup Korea Strategy Meeting at the Blue House, hosted by President Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea
  
• ETHOS supported by the World Bank and State University of New York (v-ethos)
  
• Chief Guest for Graduation Ceremony, Daekyeung University, South Korea
  
• Deloitte, Singapore
  
• Innopolis Showcase, South Korea Government
  
• IoT Tribe Demo Day, Singapore
  
• MIT Sloan School of Management, USA - host - Keri Pearlson, The Interdisciplinary Consortium for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (IC)3 (audience includes Prof. Stuart Madnick) 
  
• Global Solutions Summit, the world policy forum, Germany to interact with top-ranking members from WTO, G20/T20 including Angela Merkel, Frans Timmermans, Nobel Laureates... (policy recommendations on major G20 issues)
• Lindau Delegates Briefing, Science at the Shine Dome, Australia
  
• Australian Innovation Road Show (Australian delegation of innovators), China
• Venture Week for International Elites, China
• Intel/IEEE International Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Eco-system Innovation Forum
• Science at the Shine Dome, a scientific discussion/meeting with Nobel Prize Winners/Scientists, and Politicians, Australia 
  
• Technology Innovation and Intelligent Manufacturing Forum, China
• BIT's 6th Annual World Congress of InfoTech, China (Chair/Keynote Speaker)
• University of Technology Sydney Housing, Australia
• MIT CSAIL, USA - host - Prof. Stefanie Mueller, HCI Engineering Group
• Presented current research on Fog Robotics to the Nobel Laureates and world's top 200 young researchers at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, Germany (30 out of 200)
• Australia China Business & Innovation Center, Australia/China (various talks) ​

​Grants (awards with prize money not included):

• Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition Lite Edition Winner (prize worth: $55,000)Office space funded by the Ministry of Justice at Guro Tower, Seoul
  
• Grant-supported workspace at Innopolis
  
• Seokyung University sponsored workspace, South Korea
  
• Grant-assisted office at SMU BIG Incubator
  
• Funded office from IoT Tribe, Singapore
  
• Campus Town, Seoul Government Startup Grant, South Korea
  
• Innopolis Startup Grant, South Korea Government
  
• Patent Grant, Ministry of Justice, South Korea
  
• Startup Exhibition, Ministry of Justice, South Korea, 2nd Place
  
• Incorporation Grant, OASIS, South Korea
• Startup Prototype Grant Competition, Ministry of Justice, South Korea, Winner
• European Satellite Navigation Competition (Norwegian region), Winner (prize worth: $20,000), Norway/Europe
  

List of Recent International Competitions/Challenges/Awards (few selected):

• Patent registered with personal possession
  
• Forbes Under 30, Finalist
  
• Incubation Program, Ministry of SMEs and Startups, South Korea
  
• Publication of PCT International Coverage of Patent Rights
  
• Taihu Innovation Challenge, Innovation Paradigm Award, China
  
• Wuxi International Innovation Technology Competition, Finalist, South Korea
  
• DevOps Workshop, Inbound Incubation for Tech-based Startups, Winner, South Korea
• Foreign Invention and Entrepreneurship Competition, Korea Invention Promotion Association(KIPA), Silver (signed by the President of South Korea)
• Seoul International Invention Fair, KIPA, South Korea, Bronze Medal
• Entrepreneurship Competition by Seoul Global Center, South Korea, Finalist
  
• Google Ph.D. Symposium
  
• (2nd time) Invited to attend the prestigious Heidelberg Laureate Forum, Germany for interacting with Nobel Laureates and world's most qualified young researchers 2020.
  
• Special Appreciation Letter from Vice Chancellor, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
  
• Invited as among the top 200 of the most qualified young researchers(top 100 for CS field) globally to attend the Heidelberg Laureate Forum for meeting Nobel Laureates, Germany 2019
  
• Higher Degree Research Excellence Award, University of Technology Sydney, Australia (runner-up)
  
• Sunan Startup Competition, Suzhou, China, Third Place
• Self Driving Car Race, Finalist, DIY Robocars, Kuaikai, Guiyang, China
  
• Yara Open Innovation Challenge 2018, Finalist, Oslo, Norway
  
• Secur'IT Cup'18, Finalist, Kaspersky Lab, Hungary
  
• 3rd China (Shenzhen) Innovation & Entrepreneurship International Competition, Top 4, Australia
  
• Selected as top 120 young entrepreneurs from all around the world, APIA International Innovation Accelerator Camp, Beijing, China
  
• OpenFog Hackathon on Fog Computing, Finalist, Shanghai, China
  
• Nokia Open Innovation Challenge 2017, Top 20, Finland
• 3P IBISWorld Business Competition, Top 5, Australia
  
• RoboCup@Home Social Standard Platform League, Nagoya, Japan, 2nd place (Team Website)
• RoboCup@Home Social Standard Platform League, Nagoya, Japan, Best Human-Robot Interface Award (Team Website)
• Best Thesis Award, Master's by Research, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, South Korea (only one award out of all master students in the academic year)
  

Summer Schools:

• Joint Summer School on Future Energy Information Networks, Norway
  
• AI Summer School, AI Singapore
  
• IEEE ComSoc Summer School, Shanghai, China
• Summer School on Fog Computing, OpenFog Consortium, China
  

List of Scholarships:

• Intel Edge AI Scholarship - Udacity
  
• Australian Academy of Science HLF Fellowship
  
• APIA International Innovation Accelerator Camp
  
• FEIT HDR Excellence Award Scholarship, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• UTS President’s Scholarship, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• UTS International Research Scholarship, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) Top-up scholarship, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
  
• Recipient of Brain Korea 21(BK21) Award
• Recipient of Global IT Talent of Korea Award
• Recipient of Full Scholarship through WENS Lab for a Master's Degree (Graduate Research Fellowship)
  

Collaboration(includes internships)

• NVIDIA, Amazon, and Microsoft through Inception Program (Startup support)
  
• Robotics Innovation Lab, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (REEM Robot)
  
• Indian Space Research Organisation (Handheld device for controlling cassegrain antenna)
  
• Defense Research and Development Organisation (K-16 Submarine based nuclear missile)
  
• Indian Railways (Digital automation for coaches)
  
• Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (Telecom Training)

Entrepreneurship Programs:

• Spark Labs, South Korea
  
• Entrepreneur First, Singapore
  
• Innopolis, South Korea
  
• YC Startup School (online)
  
• IoT Tribe Accelerator, Singapore
• OASIS Multiple Govt Startup Program, South Korea
  
• Singapore Management University (SMU) BIG Incubator, Singapore
  
• Inbound Program, Seokyung University, South Korea
  
• UTS Hatchery Entrepreneurship Program, Australia
  
• Pop-Up Workshop on Digital Innovation and Inclusive Entrepreneurship (TU Berlin/UTS)
• Cicada Innovations Entrepreneurship Program (MDCTP), Best Incubator of Australia
• Academy Xi, Growth Hackers Entrepreneurship Program, 2nd place

List of Past Awards(bachelor’s degree):

• 2013 Challenge Yourself India, Sweden, Top 10, Finalist
• 2013 Distinction, Bachelor of Electronics and Communication Engineering
• 2013 Topper in Thesis marks, 1st place
  
• 2011-2013 Topper (1-3 places)
  
• 2012 Best Engineer Award (for excellence in studies)
  
• 2011 Best Paper Award, World Congress and Expo Conference
  
• 2011 Best Paper Award, NCAICT Conference, Jabalpur (featured in Patrika hindi newspaper)
  
• 2010 Topper (1st place), 1st year exams
  
• 2009 Mr. Fresher Award

Other Prizes at Technical Symposiums/Competitions (bachelor’s degree):

• 2012 Techgenie-2012, Project Exhibition, 1st place
• 2012 Techno Wiz-2K12, Paper Presentation, 2nd place
• 2012 Vaibhav-2012, Robo GP, 2nd place
• 2011 OISTOS-2KB, Technofiesta, 1st place
• 2011 OISTOS-2KB, Poster Presentation, 1st place
• 2011 Electrofest -2k11, Technical Exhibition, 1st place
• 2011 Prayaga, Project Presentation, 1st place
• 2011 Prayaga, Project Presentation, 1st place
• 2011 Srujana-PACE 2k11, Project-Expo, 1st place
• 2011 Vikas IT Fest, Vikshepa(Project Presentation), 1st place
• 2011 Uniquest-2K11, Technical Exhibition, 2nd place
• 2011 Techno Jignasa 2k11, Poster Presentation, 2nd place
• 2011 Srujana-PACE 2k11, Paper Presentation, Consolation prize
• 2011 Electrospora, Mini Project, Special prize
• 2011 Engineers Day, JAM, 1st place
• 2011 Engineers Day, Project Expo, 2nd place
• 2010 E-Seeds'10, C&VHDL Coding, 1st place
• 2010 E-Seeds'10, Poster Presentation, 1st place
• 2010 E-Seeds'10, Documentary, 1st place
• 2010 E-Seeds'10, Special Prize for winning 3 prizes
  

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