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Awards and Memberships

  • MRSI Medal-2025 by the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI). (Dec. 2025)
    Best Technology award 2025, (A molten salt solid-state reaction-based process to obtain a high purity Ti₃AlC₂ max phase) by IIT Indore. (Feb. 2025)

  • Best Research Paper award 2023, (J. of Power Sources 538 (2022) 231525) by IIT Indore. (Feb. 2023)

  • Mobility Grant-2023, award by IIT Indore for internationalization of the Institute. (April 2023)

  • Listed in the World Ranking of Top 2% of most Influential Scientists by Stanford University (2021-2025)

  • DUO-India Professor Fellowship Award, ASEM-DUO, South Korea (Jan. 2020-2022).

  • Outstanding Researcher in Materials Science, by Venus International Foundation, India. (July 2022)

  • Elected Fellow, Maharashtra Academy of Science (Nov. 2021).

  • INSPIRE Faculty Award (2014-2019) Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Science and Technology (DST), 

  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Aug. 2007-Dec. 2013) Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan.

  • Professional member, International Solar Energy Society (Oct. 2019).

  • Affiliated Member, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (686999, Since May 2020,)

  • Most Downloaded Article: ChemistrySelect 3 (2018) 7891-7899, among top 10 % most downloaded papers in Wiley (2020)

  • Excellent grade, for INSPIRE Research Project from ‘Department of Science and Technology (DST)’ (Feb. 2017).

  • Elected Young Associate Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (Since, 2015)

  • Elected Associate Member Institute of Physics, London (U.K.) (Since, 2006)

  • Excellence in Ph. D. research (2006) Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

  • Nano Today Cover competition winner - 2014.

Academic and Corporate Activities

Editorial Activities

  • Board of Governance (BOG) Member, nominated by AICTE, MPD Government Engineering College (REC), Gonda, Uttar Pradesh (Since 27/01/2026).

  • Expert Member, Life Sciences Research Board (LSRB) BTB panel, DRDO-DRDE (Since Apr. 2025)

  • Editor, Taiwanese Physical Society’s ‘Chinese J. of Physics’ by Elsevier, I.F.: 4.6 (Since Jan. 2018)

  • Expert Member, Peer Review Committee (PRC) DRDO, for Project by DRDE Gwalior (Feb. 2025)

  • Member, University Development and Ranking Framework (UDRF) Committee, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Feb. 2026).

  • Editor Book: Application of One-Dimensional Nanomaterials, American Scientific Publishers; Editors: Dr. Rupesh S. Devan (IIT Indore) and Dr. R. S. Chaughule (TIFR Mumbai), ISBN: 1-58883-263-5, (2019)

  • Guest Editor, Proceeding of International e-Conference on Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering and nanoTechnology in Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier  (2021).

  • Guest Editor, Proceeding of International Conference on Materials & Environmental Science in Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier  (2020).

  • Lead Guest Editor, special issue on Functional Nanomaterials for Energy Applications, ‘Journal of Nanomaterials’  (Hindawi, 2015).

  • Editorial Board Member, ‘American J. of Materials Science & Engineering', Science & Education publishing (SciEP), (2014 onwards)

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Institutional Activities

  • Convener, Institute Safety and Security Committee, IIT Indore. (6th Sept. 2021 - 23rd Feb. 2023).

  • Member, Institute Seminar and Public Lecture Committee, IIT Indore (Feb. 2020 - Dec. 2021)

  • Member, Convocation Preparation Committee, IIT Indore (Sept. 2021, Aug. 2022)

  • Convener, Departmental Safety and Security Committee, Department of MEMS, IIT Indore. (Jan. 2020 to Sept. 2021)

  • Member, Institute Governing Body for Sophisticated Instrument Centre, IIT Indore (Sept. 2019 - Sept. 2020)

  • Member, Cafeteria Committee, IIT Indore (Sept. 2018 to Jan. 2020)

  • Convener, Departmental Post Graduate Committee (DPGC), Department of MEMS, IIT Indore. (Sept. 2018 to Jan. 2020)

  • Convener, DST-INSPIRE and Ramanujan Fellow recruitment committee, Department of MEMS, IIT Indore. (Apr. 2017 to Jan. 2020)

  • Member, Departmental Under Graduate Committee (DUGC), Department of MEMS, IIT Indore. (Apr. 2017 to Sept. 2018)

  • Coordinator of Centre (Head), Centre for Physical Sciences, School of Basic and Applied Science, Central University of  Punjab. (Feb. 2016 to March 2017)

  • Chairman, Academic and Administration Committee (AAC), Curriculum Development Committee (CDC), and Board of Studies (BoS) Centre for Physical Sciences, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab. (Feb. 2016 to March 2017)

  • Member, School Board Committee, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab. (Feb. 2016 to March 2017)

Indian Institute of Technology Indore

© 2024 by Prof. Rupesh S. Devan, MEMS, IIT Indore

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