2015 - Current
Vice Chair of International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working
Group 10.5 (Design and Engineering of Electronic Systems).
2014
Best Paper Nomination @2014 IFIP/IEEE VLSI-SOC Conference
Best Paper Nomination @ 2014 IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Inte-
gration (VLSI-SOC).
2013
2013 USF Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher Award
2013 USF Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher Award
2012
ACM SIGDA Service Award
2012 SIGDA Service Award, In Appreciation for Contributions To ACM/SIGDA.
2009
Certificate of Recognition, USF CSE Department
2009 Certificate of Recognition by USF Computer Science & Engineering
Department, ``For his leadership and outstanding service as Graduate Program Director,`` for service from May 2006 to April 2009.
2008
Elevation to Senior Member, ACM
Elevated to Senior Member Status in Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).
2007
Certificate of Appreciation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Minority Ph.D. Program
In appreciation for my commitment to advancing under-represented minority students in mathematics, science and engineering and for my leadership in the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Minority Ph.D. Program.
2008
USF Outstanding UG Teaching Award
Recieved USF Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award for the academic year 2007-2008.
2005
IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award
2005 National-level IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award. Nominated by IEEE Florida West Coast Section.
2005
IEEE Florida Council - Outstanding Engineering Educator Award
2005 Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, IEEE Florida Council Award (Region 3), Nominated by the IEEE Florida West Coast Section (FWCS).
2004
Member of Sigma Xi
Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientic Research Society, 2004 (By Invitation)
2004
Elevation to Senior Member, IEEE
2004 Elevation to Senior Member Status, IEEE
2003
Faculty Advisor, IEEE Student Chapter Award
Recognised by IEEECS student chapter and awarded with ``2003 Outstanding Chapter Award,`` under Dr. Katkoori's Advisorship.
2003
Best Paper Nomination, 2003 ASP-DAC Conference
Best Paper Nomination at 2003 International Conference on Asian and South-Pacic Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC).
2003
Outstanding Faculty Research Achievement Award
2003 University of South Florida Outstanding Faculty Research Achievement Award.
2001
Faculty Early Career Development Grant (CAREER)
2001 Faculty Early Career Development Grant (CAREER), National Science Foundation, Design Automation Program, to conduct research for ve years on ``Interconnect centric High Level Synthesis in Deep-Sub-Micron Regime.``
1997-1998
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, Honorable Mention , ECECS Department, University of Cincinnati
1997-98 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, Honorable Mention, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati.
1996
NATO Advanced Study - Sponsorship Award
Awarded sponsorship to attend NATO Advanced Study Institute Workshop entitled ``Low Power in Deep Submicron Electronics,`` Italy, August 20-30, 1996.
1993-1997
Univesity of Cincinnati, ECECS Research Assistantship
Research Assistantship, Digital Design Environments Laboratory, University of Cincinnati, June 1993-95, 1996-97
1992-1997
University of Cincinnati - University Graduate Scholarship
University Graduate Scholarship, University Of Cincinnati, Fall 1992 - 1997
1990
Third place at AP State Mathematics Olympiad
Third Place at Under-Graduate level AP State Mathematics Olympiad, India, 1990.