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# Achievements

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="113">Year</th><th>Achievement</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2026</td><td><a href="https://sp2026.ieee-security.org/awards_papers.html"><strong>Distinguished paper award</strong></a> at IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 2026, a top-tier conference in Computer Security.</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>Selected for <a href="https://gyss.nrf.gov.sg/gyss-2025/speakers/"><strong>Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS 2025)</strong></a> programme and got an opportunity to meet Nobel Lauretes from different fields.</td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>Recipient of <strong>Conference Presentation Award</strong> by the university.</td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>Secured <strong>Second Place</strong> in a week-long hackathon organized during <a href="https://www.initc3.org/events/2020-07-26-IC3-Blockchain-Camp.html">Blockchain Camp</a> by IC3 (The Initiative For Cryptocurrencies &#x26; Contracts).</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>Felicitated with <strong>University Gold Medal</strong> by Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani for best overall academic performance among the entire graduating batch of 2018 at Goa Campus.</td></tr><tr><td>2014-2018</td><td>Recipient of <strong>Institute's merit scholarship</strong> for all the 8 semesters of undergraduate study and ranked 1st in the Institute's Merit List among 650+ students.</td></tr><tr><td>2014-2018</td><td><strong>Course Topper</strong> in the courses: Mathematics-II (Linear Algebra and Complex Numbers), Probability and Statistics, Logic in Computer Science, Data Structures and Algorithms, Information Retrieval, Artificial Intelligence, Network Security.</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>Selected for <strong>Black Hat Asia Student Scholarship</strong> which provided me an opportunity to attend the prestigious Black Hat briefings held in Singapore.</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>Selected for <strong>NTU-India Connect Research Internship program</strong> to pursue 5 month long internship at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>Qualified for <strong>ACM-ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest regionals</strong> and represented college at regional sites of Kharagpur and Amritapuri.</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>Amongst 19 candidates in INDIA to be selected for the prestigious <strong>IUSSTF-Viterbi Program</strong> which provided me an opportunity to carry out 2-month long research internship at University of Southern California.</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>Merit Certificate for being among <strong>Top 10</strong> performers in a batch of 150 students in Nettech <strong>Network Management Workshop</strong> conducted at BITS Pilani, Goa by Dr. Swapan Purkait.</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td><strong>School Rank 2</strong> in a batch of 200 students in Indian School Certificate - Senior Secondary School Examination.</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Awarded <strong>SHE (Scholarship for Higher Education) INSPIRE Scholarship</strong> by virtue of performance within top 1% (in the country) in Indian School Certificate - Senior Secondary School Examination.</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>Recipient of <strong>Brij Narain Subhadra Devi Memorial Scholarship</strong> by Ambalika Welfare Foundation Trust for exemplary academic performance in Class 11 PCM group 2012-13.</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td><strong>School topper</strong> in a batch of 200 students in ICSE Secondary School Examination.</td></tr></tbody></table>