Dr. H.S. Lalithamba

1. Received the distinction of ‘Top 10 most downloaded OBC article in January 2010’ for publication in Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8, 835–840, entitled “New and simple synthesis of acid azides, ureas and carbamates from carboxylic acids: application of peptide coupling agents EDC and HBTU’’.
2. Received ‘Best Project Award – 2013’ for the student project entitled  ‘An efficient protocol for the Synthesis of Nα-Protected β-Amino Alcohols and Peptidyl Alcohols employing EDC/HBTU’, organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers on 14th May 2013 held at M.V.J.C.E., Bangalore (Funded by KSCST).
3. Outstanding Project of the Year – 2013’ for the student project entitled ‘An efficient protocol for the Synthesis of Nα-Protected β-Amino Alcohols and Peptidyl Alcohols employing EDC/HBTU’, during the Seminar and exhibition held at Angadi Institute of Technology and Management, Belgaum on 30th and 31st August 2013 conducted by KSCST.
4. Award of seed money to Young Scientist for research’ by Vision Group of Science and Technology, Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka in 2013.
5. Outstanding Project of the Year – 2014’ for the student project entitled ‘One-pot synthesis of Fmoc/Cbz-protected β-amino alkyl  azides  directly from alcohols’ during the Seminar and exhibition held at KLE Society’s B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engg. & Technology, Hubli on 28th and 29th July 2014 conducted by KSCST.
6. Received First Prize for the student project entitled ‘Synthesis and biological evaluation of peptides as potential antimicrobial agents using in vitro and in silico studies’ for their poster presentation’ in the Oneday International Technical Seminar on “Advances in Biotechnology and Allied Sciences” organized by Dept. of Biotechnology, SIT, Tumakuru on 20th May 2015.
7. Received Second Prize for the project entitled ‘Synthesis of Nα-protected diazomethylketones employing BOP and its utilization in the preparation of bromomethylketones, thiazoles and studies on their biological activities’ for the poster presentation at the Advanced Lecture Series in Ocular Pharmacology held on 8th and 9th Aug 2015 at SIT, Tumakuru
8. Received Best Oral Presentation for the student project entitled ‘Transesterification of Pumpkin oil using nano calcium oxide catalyst’ in the National Conference on Recent Advances in Industrial Engineering and Applied Chemistry on 21st and 22nd October 2016 at SSIT, Tumakuru
9. Received Best Poster for the project entitled ‘Designing, Synthesizing and Biological evaluation of peptides as potential antimicrobial agents using in vitro and in silico studies’ in the National Conference on Recent Advances in Industrial Engineering and Applied Chemistry on 21st and 22nd October 2016 at SSIT, Tumakuru.
10. Received Second Prize for the project entitled ‘Antibacterial and Anti-inflammatory studies of dithiocarbamate-in silico and in vivo’  in the 1st International Conference on Recent trends in Bioengineering (ICRTB 2018) at MIT School of Bioengineering, Sciences & Research MITADT University, Loni Kalbhor, Pune on 17th February 2018
11. Received First Prize in Poster presentation, for the project entitled ‘Nano CaO catalyzed synthesis of acyl selenourea derivatives from acid chlorides of N- protected amino acids’ at REACT’19- A national level tech fest, on 29th & 30th March 2019 organized by the department of Chemical Engineering, R.V. College of Engineering, Bengaluru- 560 059.
12. Has secured position in World Scientist and University Rankings 2020 list. World ranking position-637864, Country-22732- and at SIT Tumakuru-01 surveyed by AD Scientific Index, 2021 AD ranking for Scientists. 
13. Secured position in World Scientist and University Rankings 2021 list. World ranking position- 589627, Country – 22250 and at SIT, Tumakuru – 01 surveyed by AD Scientific Index, 2022 AD ranking for Scientists.
14. Received Third Prize for the project entitled ‘Design and development of photocatalytic reactor and heterogeneous photocatalyst for biodiesel production’ from the department of Mechanical Engg. during the Major Project Exhibition -2022 on 13th July 2022.
15. Received  ‘Best Project Award – 2022’  for the student project entitled  ‘Development of Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Method for Biodiesel Production’, during the Seminar and Exhibition  held at Visevesavaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgavi on 12th and 13th August 2022 (Funded by KSCST).
16. Received ‘Certificate of Best Paper Presentation’ for the project entitled ‘Green Route to Synthesize CaTiO3 Photocatalyst using Terminalia Catappa seeds extract and its Utilization in green fuel – U163 in the International Conference on Recent Developments in Mechanical Engineering, ICRME-2022 on 24th and 25th June 2022 at SIT, Tumakuru.
17. Secured position in World Scientist and University Rankings 2022 list. World ranking position- 691624, Country – 22127 and at SIT, Tumakuru – 01 surveyed by AD Scientific Index, 2023 AD ranking for Scientists.