Lakshya is a recent Ph.D. graduate from Purdue University, where he studied electrochemotherapy for aggressive forms of breast cancer. He received his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2013 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) in 2015 and subsequently worked as a Post Graduate Engineer Trainee at ALSTOM Transport India Ltd. until 2016.
Abbott Laboratories
Plymouth, Minnesota, USA
ISEBTT Travel Grant
Doreen J. Putrah Cancer Research Foundation
The Doreen J. Putrah Cancer Research Foundation kindly sponsored travel grants for both graduate students and post-doctoral researchers to attend the 3rd World Congress on Electroporation (September 3-6, 2019), held in Toulouse France, in September 2019. The Foundation is interested in supporting young researchers working in the field of electroporation related biomedical research, particularly, but not limited to, nanosecond pulsed electric fields, electrochemotherapy and IRE.
IEEE Graduate Student Fellowship- 2018
IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society
Every year, students pursuing a Ph.D. are invited to apply for a graduate fellowship, which are offered by DEIS to further graduate education in the areas of electrical insulation and dielectric phenomena of interest to the Society and are open to suitable candidates from all over the world. Typically, three applicants are awarded a fellowship.
Graduate Research Internship in Science and Engineering (RISE) Fellowship
Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum
Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) supports the Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) to provide unique opportunities for science, technology, engineering and medical students from the United States to undertake internships in national laboratories, federal research centers, academic research institutes, and private R&D laboratories in India. Internships are envisaged as a source of mutual cultural and professional enrichment for both the interns and their host.
Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship (2019-20)
Purdue Graduate School
The Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship is awarded by departments and colleges to PhD students who will enter their final year of their program in 2020. Recipients are expected to devote full-time effort to the completion of all requirements necessary to receive their doctoral degree at the conclusion of the year of funding, which includes a stipend/salary and tuition coverage.
Purdue Interdisciplinary Audience Choice Award - 2019
The Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (OIGP) Spring Reception, Purdue University
The Purdue Interdisciplinary Audience Choice Award is a crowd preference award determined by the attendees of the OIGP Spring Reception the day of the event. The award consists of a certificate of recognition and a $150 prize. Attendees will be given a ballot asking them to select their top three favorite research presentations. Ballots will be collected at the event, scores tallied, and a winner will be announced on the OIGP website.
Honorable Mention: Most Outstanding Interdisciplinary Project Award - 2018
The Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (OIGP) Spring Reception, Purdue University
The Most Outstanding Interdisciplinary Project Award (MOIPA) is an award given to a recipient and runner-up whose research is deemed, by a select faculty and administrative panel, to be particularly interdisciplinary, while making broader connections to the world.
Dean’s Graduate Student Travel Grant
Purdue University - Polytechnic Institute
The purpose of this program is to promote and support scholarship and participation in national and international academic venues by providing a portion of the travel costs to those who will have an active role presenting papers or serving as officials at recognized meetings.
1st Place, Student Paper Competition
Annual Meeting of the Electrostatics Society of America (ESA)
The ESA is a nonprofit professional society devoted to the advancement and improved understanding of electrostatics. The ESA was founded in 1970, when 30 scientists working in the field of electrostatic phenomena were invited by A. D. Moore, Vincent Schaefer and Bernard Vonnegut to an informal conference to discuss their interests. The conference was a great success, and the participants decided to continue this meeting on an annual basis.
Best Poster Award
14th Annual Purdue Polytechnic Faculty Convocation
Dean’s Award GRA (2016-17)
Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University