Awards
Travel Grants (worth $200,000):
- Visited 68 countries over five years for various talks and competitions, with 99% of the expenses covered by various organizations
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 (worth $620,000):
- Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition Lite Edition Winner (prize worth: $45,000)
- 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 (single holder)
- Forbes Under 30 - Asia Pacific Healthcare & Science, 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 (worth $175,000 + $200,000 for patents):
- 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
- 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:
- 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
Startup support:
- NVIDIA, Amazon, and Microsoft through Inception Program
- Spark Labs, South Korea
- Entrepreneur First, Singapore
- Innopolis, South Korea
- YC Startup School (online)
- IoT Tribe Accelerator, Singapore
- OASIS Multiple Govt Startup Programs, KISED Korea Startup, South Korea
- Ministry of SMEs and Startups, South Korea
- Singapore Management University (SMU) BIG Incubator, Singapore
- Inbound Program, Seokyung University/ Campus Town, Seoul Government Program, South Korea
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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