Research Awards

Research Awards

In order to encourage students, scholars and faculty members of the University, the University has set a mechanism to appreciate the researchers by way of awarding research awards every year during its foundation day celebrations. Research award includes certificate of commendation and cash prize.

Guidelines/Policy for granting Research Awards for the year 2023-24.

List of research awardees conferred research award during foundation day on 28th February, 2024 under different categories is as under:

CUPB Outstanding Research Award: On the basis of the scoring system, the highest scorer in

  1. Category-1: Science
    1. Dr. Achchhe Lal Sharma (82.06), Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics.
  2. Category – 2: Human Science and Humanities.
    1. Prof. Sandeep Kaur (28.9), Dept. of Economics

Cumulative impact factor of 24 or above as corresponding author

  1. Dr. Achchhe Lal Sharma, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics.
  2. Dr. Shashank Kumar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry
  3. Dr. Balachandar Vellingiri, Associate Professor, Dept. of Zoology.
  4. Dr. Pardeep Kumar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products
  5. Prof. Suresh Thareja, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products
  6. Dr. Krishan Kanta Haldar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry
  7. Prof. Jaswinder Singh Bhatti, Dept. of HGMM
  8. Dr. Prafulla Kumar Sahoo, Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental Sciences & Technology
  9. Dr. Sachin Kumar, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics.
  10. Prof. Anjana Munshi, Dept. of HGMM
  11. Dr. Ashok Kumar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics
  12. Prof. Sanjeev Kumar Thakur, Dept. of Botany
  13. Prof. Aklank Jain, Dept. of Zoology
  14. Dr. Uma Shanker, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology
  15. Dr. Ravindresh Chhabra, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry
  16. Dr. Hari Krishna Reddy, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology
  17. Prof. Puneet Kumar, Dept. of Pharmacology
  18. Dr. Vikas Jaitak, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products

 Cumulative Impact Factor of 36 or above

  1. Dr. Achchhe Lal Sharma, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics.
  2. Dr. Shashank Kumar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry
  3. Dr. Balachandar Vellingiri, Associate Professor, Dept. of Zoology.
  4. Dr. Pardeep Kumar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products
  5. Prof. Suresh Thareja, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products
  6. Dr. Krishan Kanta Haldar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry
  7. Prof. Jaswinder Singh Bhatti, Dept. of HGMM
  8. Dr. Prafulla Kumar Sahoo, Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental Sciences & Technology
  9. Dr. Sachin Kumar, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics.
  10. Dr. Uma Shanker, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology
  11. Prof. Raj Kumar, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products
  12. Dr. Randhir Singh, Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology
  13. Dr. Shruti Kanga, Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography
  14. Dr. Pritam Chand, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography

Paper with Impact Factor of 12 or above as corresponding author

  1. Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry (IF13.30)
  2. Dr. Balachandar Vellingiri, Associate Professor, Dept. of Zoology. (IF13.1)
  3. Prof. Jaswinder Singh Bhatti, Dept. of HGMM (IF13.1)

 Published > 05 Papers in SCOUPS as corresponding/First Author

  1. Prof. Sandeep Kaur, Dept. of Economics
  2. Dr. RuchitaVerma, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Financial Administration
  3. Dr. Dhanarj Sharma, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Financial Administration

Role of Honour for Five Commendation certificates

  1. Dr. Prafulla Kumar Sahoo, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Environmental Sciences & Technology
  2. Dr. Ashok Kumar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics

Award for publication in a Journal IF>50

  1. Prof. Jaswinder Singh Bhatti, Dept. of HGMM

Category-III: PhD Students from Sciences

  1. Published Maximum Number of paper as corresponding/ First Author in SCOPUS/Web of Science indexed journals
    1.  Adarsh Kumar, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products
  2. Published papers with highest total impact factor as corresponding/ First Author
    1. Adarsh Kumar, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products

 Category-IV PhD Students from Social Sciences and Humanities

Nil

Year of Award Title of the innovation Name of the Awardee Name of the Awarding Agency with contact details Category- institution/teacher/research scholar/student
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
2020 Research Excellent Award Dr. Prafulla Kumar Sahoo IIRSG-Netherlands Teacher
2020 Fellowship on Media Literacy and Fact Checking by Data Leads Rubal Kanozia Fact Shala: DataLEADS and internews (USA) Teacher
2020 CRP-Research Grant Award, Trieste, Italy Manju Jain ICGEB, Italy Teacher
2019 ASLE, USA-FSLE Travel Grant Prof. Zameerpal Kaur USA-FSLE Teacher
2019 GYA Award to attend World Science Forum, Budapest, Hungary, 2019 Dr. Felix Bast International-Global Young AcademyNational-INSA-INYAS Teacher
2019 IOP TOP Citation award 2019 Dr. Prashant S. Alegaonkar IOP Publishing partner Teacher
2019 Travel award IIS to attend course on Basic and Advanced Translational Immunology Manju Jain IUIS-FIMSA-IIS Teacher
2018 Certificate of appreciation Prof. S K Bawa ICLIST, KMUTT Teacher
2018 Best Poster Award Ms. Lovlesh Thakur International Conference on the innovations for the eliminations and control of viscelral leishmaniasis, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Jamia Hamdard, Delhi Research Scholar
2018 Outstanding Poster Award (FEBS Journal Poster Prize) Ms. Lovlesh Thakur ICGEB workshop “Molecular Biology of Leishmania”, Italy Research Scholar
2018 NAM-ZMT International Guest Scientist Award Dr. Felix Bast International-Leibniz Foundation, Germany Teacher
2018 Best work presentation Manju Jain FEBS Journal Teacher
2018 Open Arm Grant for attending ICM 2018 in Brazil Dr. Sachin Kumar International Mathematical Union Teacher
2017 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Travel Grant Prof. Zameerpal Kaur University of British Columbia Teacher
2017 Travel grant to deliver talk at Humboldt University Berlin Dr. Sumedha Dutta Humboldt University Berlin Teacher
2017 Travel Grant including Full conference bursary for delivering Plenary address at a conference at Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria Dr. Sumedha Dutta Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria Teacher
2017 Travel Grant Award, 7th International T Cell Conference, Kyoto, Japan Manju Jain Global Thymus Network Teacher
NATIONAL LEVEL
2020 Inducted in INSA-National COVID-19 Task Force Dr. Felix Bast INSA Teacher
2020 Included in National Core Committee of YASH Program Dr. Felix Bast DST Teacher
2020 Elected national core committee member (Biology and Medicine), INSA-INYAS Dr. Felix Bast INSA-INYAS Teacher
2020 Nominated as Member of the Advisory Committee for Year of Awareness on Science & Health (YASH) Programme Prof Monisha Dhiman National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC) and Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. Teacher
2020 Young Scientist Award-2020 Dr. Shashank Kumar Bioved Research Institute of Agriculture,Technology & Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh Teacher
2020 Honorary membership of Society of Movement Education & Research Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Society of Movement Education & Research Teacher
2020 DRDO Oration Award Dr. Prashant S. Alegaonkar DRDO, Delhi Teacher
2019 MHRD Teaching Innovator Award Dr. Felix Bast National-Ministry of Education Teacher
2019 ICSSR-NRCT (India-Thailand) Exchange Award for visiting Thailand in relation to fieldwork for research project Dr. Chidanand Patil ICSSR Teacher
2019 ICSSR-NRCT (India-Thailand) Joint Seminar at Chiang Rai, Thailand for paper presentation Dr. Chidanand Patil ICSSR Teacher
2019 Elected as Fellow of INYAS-INSA Dr. Felix Bast INSA Teacher
2019 DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award Dr. Krishnakanta Mondal DST, Inda Teacher
2019 INSA Visiting Scientist program Dr. Yashi Srivastava INSA Teacher
2019 Certificate of appreciation Mr. Kunj Bihari Gupta Society of Young Biomedical Scientist, India Research Scholar
2019 Best Presentation Award in Conference "Climate Change Adaptations in Agriculture for Sustainable Livelihoods" Dr. Sandeep Kaur NIRDPR, HYDERABAD Teacher
2019 Award of Excellence for Brilliant and consistent high standards of workmanship in the field of scientific research on International Women’s Day, 2019. Prof Monisha Dhiman Bank of India Teacher
2018 Travel grant to attend International Workshop, ICGEB, Trieste (2018) Manju Jain DST-SERB Teacher
2018 ICSSR-NRCT (India-Thailand) Exchange Scholar Award for visiting Thailand in relation to fieldwork for research project Dr. Sumedha Dutta ICSSR, Delhi Teacher
2018 Travel Grant Ms. Lovlesh Thakur SERB, DST Research Scholar
2018 Fellowship on Combating Misinformation at Google News Initiative Rubal Kanozia Google and Datalead, New Delhi Teacher
2018 Best Poster Award, DAE Solid State Physics Symposium-2018 Dr. Ashok Kumar DAE Teacher
2018 Second Best Research Article award in the category of 'Dairy Economics, Extension and Management' for the paper "Growth and Structural Transformations in Dairy Sector of India" published by Indian Journal of Dairy Science for the year 2018. Dr. Naresh Singla Indian Dairy Association, New Delhi Teacher
2018 Sun Pharma Science Scholar Award-Ist Prize in Pharmaceutical Sciences Category Mr. Gaurav Joshi Sun Pharma Science Foundation, India Student
2018 Appreciation Certificate Ms. Heena Singla CSIR-CCMB Research Scholar
2017 SERB Travel grant awarded to attend IWA conference on Sustainable solutions for Small water and wastewater treatment systems conference in Nantes, France Dr. Yogalakshmi K N DST- SERB Teacher
2017 International Travel Support Grant Dr. Sachin Kumar DST Teacher
2017 Prof AR Rao Memorial Young Scientist Award Prof Monisha Dhiman Society for Mitochondrial Research and Medicine (SMRM) Teacher
2017 ISTE section Best Teacher Award-2017 Dr. Satwinder Singh ISTE under AICTE, New Delhi Teacher
2016 Member of Indian Antarctic Mission Dr. Felix Bast Ministry of Earth Sciences Teacher
2016 DST-SERB Travel Grant to attend IIS Copenhagen, Denmark Dr. Felix Bast DST-SERB, India Teacher
2016 Best Paper Award-2016 (co-published in Journal of Food Science and Technology) Dr. Khetan Shevkani Association of Food Scientists and Technologists, India. Teacher
2016 Best Poster Award- 25th National Conference by Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi Dr. Surjeet Singh Dhaka Soil Conservation Society of India Teacher
2016 Excellence AIASA, Member Award Dr. Surjeet Singh Dhaka All India Agricultural Students Association (AIASA), New Delhi Teacher
2016 Ramanujan Fellowship Shahnaz Rahman Lone SERB-DST Teacher
2016 Prof. N S Chouhan Memorial Award Prof. S K Bawa Praachi Psycho- Cultural Research Association Teacher
2015 International Travel Support Grant Dr. Sachin Kumar DST Teacher
UNIVERSITY LEVEL
2020 Best Academician of the year-2020 Dr. Shashank Kumar Audyogik Sikshan Mandal (ASM ) in collaboration with Center  for Education and Research (CEGR) and Jharkhand Rai University 2020
2020 Research Award 2020 Vinod Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2020 Research Award 2020 Achchhe Lal Sharma Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2020 Research Award 2020 Pankaj Bhardwaj Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2020 Award for Excellence in Research (Social Sciences and Humanities) Dr. Sandeep Kaur Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2020 Research Award 2020 Dr. Aklank Jain Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2020 Research Award 2020 Dr. Ashok Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2020 Best Teacher Award-2020 Dr. Shahila Zafar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2020 Best Teacher Award Dhanraj Sharma Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2020 Outstanding Research Award -2018-19 Prof. Raj Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2020 Research Award -2018-19 Prof. Raj Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2020 Research Award, 2018-2019 Dr. Vikas Jaitak Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2020 Faculty Research Award (2018-2019) Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Research Award (Cumulative impact factor) Dr. Sandeep Singh Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Outstanding Researcher Award Dr. Somesh Baranwal Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Research award (cumulative impact factor) Prof. Rajesh Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Outstanding Researcher Award Dr. Somesh Baranwal Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Research Award Dr. Felix Bast Central University of Punjab Teacher
2019 Research Award, 2019 Prof Anjana Munshi Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Research Award Dr. Jajati K. Parida Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Research Award 2019 Vinod Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Outstanding Researcher Award Prof Monisha Dhiman Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Best Teacher Award Prof. Raj Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Best Teacher Award Dr. Biplab Banerjee Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Best Teacher Award 2019 Dr. Kamlesh Yadav Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Appreciation Certificate Mr. Gaurav Joshi Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Student
2019 Best Student Award (Ph.D level-2018-2019) Mr. Kunj Bihari Gupta Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Research Scholar
2019 Best Teacher award (2018-19) Rajendra Singh Dhayal Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Research Award, 2017-2018 Dr. Vikas Jaitak Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Faculty Research Award for cumulative Impact Factor more than 15 (2017-18). Prof Monisha Dhiman Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Faculty Research Award for cumulative Impact Factor more than 15 (2017-18). Prof. Anil Kumar Mantha Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2019 Research Award -2017-18 Prof. Raj Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2018 Best Paper Presentation (III) at Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur Dr. Chidanand Patil Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur Teacher
2018 Research Award, 2018 Prof Anjana Munshi Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2018 Research Award 2018 Vinod Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2018 Appreciation Award-2018 Dr. Satwinder Singh Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2018 Research Award 2018 Dr. Ashok Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2018 Award for Excellence in Research (Social Sciences and Humanities) Dr. Shahila Zafar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2018 Best Teacher Award Dr. Shahila Zafar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2018 Best Student Award (Ph.D level-2017-2018) Sh. Shishir Upadhyaya Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Research Scholar
2018 Faculty Research Award for cumulative Impact Factor more than 15 (2016-17). Prof. Anil Kumar Mantha Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2018 Outstanding Research Award -2016-17 Prof. Raj Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2018 Research Award -2016-17 Prof. Raj Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2018 Faculty Research Award (2016-2017) Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2017 Merit certificate for commendable work in Community Development Cell Prof Monisha Dhiman Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2017 Research Award (Cumulative impact factor) Dr. Sandeep Singh Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2017 Research Award (Impact factor more than 10) Dr. Sandeep Singh Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2017 Outstanding Research Award in Social Science Dr. Sesadeba Pany Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2017 Research Award (for more than 10 impact factor) Jyoti Parkash Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2017 Award for publications with CIF more than 15 (2015-16) Rajendra Singh Dhayal Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2017 Research Award 2017 Vinod Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2017 Outstanding Research award 2017 Rajendra Singh Dhayal Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2017 Exchange visit fellowship 2017 Vinod Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2017 Research Award 2017 Jyoti Parkash Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2017 Best Teacher Award 2017 Dr. Yogalakshmi K N Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2017 Best Teacher Award 2017 Dr. Kamlesh Yadav Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2017 Best Teacher award (2016-17) Rajendra Singh Dhayal Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2017 Research Award -2015-16 Prof. Raj Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2017 Research Award, 2015-2016 Dr. Vikas Jaitak Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2016 2nd Best Poster Award Ms. Lovlesh Thakur 13th FIMSA advanced Immunology Course-2016, organised by PGIMER, Chandigarh Research Scholar
2016 Research Award, 2016 Prof Anjana Munshi Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2016 Best Teacher Award 2016 Dr. Yogalakshmi K N Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2016 Research Award -2014-15 Prof. Raj Kumar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2016 Research Award, 2014-2015 Dr. Vikas Jaitak Central University of Punjab, Bathinda Teacher
2015 Appreciation Award Dr. Surjeet Singh Dhaka IABM, SKRAU, Bikaner Teacher


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