Prof. Avinash Sonawane
MFS – Department of Biosciences & Biomedical Engineering
🎖️ Honor
DAAD Research Ambassador (2022-2025), Germany
Ambassador (2021-Present), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), UK
Steering Executive Council Member (2023-2027), Indo-Europe Heritage Network Association
Indian Council Member (2022-Present), Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI)
Empanelled Expert (2024-Present), AICTE, GoI
Member, Project Review Committee (2025-Present), ICMR, GoI
PAC Member, Inclusivity Research Grant (IRG) (2025-Present), SERB, GoI
PAC Member (2023- Present), SERB-SURE Committee, SERB GoI
PAC Member (2023-Present), DST-PURSE, GoI
PAC Member (2022- Present), SERB-POWER Committee, SERB GoI
Member, Project Advisory Committee Life Sciences and Medical Biology (2021-Present), International Cooperation Division, DST, GoI
PAC Member, EMEQ Task Force Committee (2021- 2025), SERB, GoI
Member, DST-FIST Committee (2014-2023), DST, GoI
Scientific Advisory Committee Member (2020-Present), Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar
Elected as Fellow of Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), UK, 2020
Elected as Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (FMAS), 2020
Scientific Advisory Committee Member (2019-2022), SRTM University, India
Elected as a member of New Biology Section (2012-13), Indian Science Congress
Selected as a Sectional Secretary of New Biology Section (2012), Indian Science Congress
Prof. Avinash Sonawane
MFS – Department of Biosciences & Biomedical Engineering
🎖️ Honor
DAAD Research Ambassador (2022-2025), Germany
Ambassador (2021-Present), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), UK
Steering Executive Council Member (2023-2027), Indo-Europe Heritage Network Association
Indian Council Member (2022-Present), Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI)
Member, Inclusivity Research Grant (IRG), SERB
Empanelled Expert (2024-Present), AICTE, GoI
Member, Project Review Committee (2025-Present), ICMR, GoI
Member, DST International Cooperation Division
Expert Member, Indo-Norway & Indo-German AMR Programs
DBT Nominee, Institute Biosafety Committee
Member, Nobel Laureate Meet, Lindau
International Expert, Swiss National Science Foundation
International Expert, Executive Research Committee, Poland
Board of Mentors, Atal Incubation Centre – Indore
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports
🏅 Awards
- Best Paper Award, IIT Indore, 2025
- Best Technology Development award, IIT Indore, 2024
- Technology Translation Award (SERB-TETRA) by SERB, GoI, 2023
- Best Technology Development award, IIT Indore, 2023
- National Bio Entrepreneurship Award, NBEC, c-CAMP and BIRAC, 2021
- Best Technology Development award, IIT Indore, 2021
- Educational Leadership Award, Odisha for contribution in promoting education in Odisha state, 2017
- P. A. Kurup Endowment Award by Society of Biological Chemistry of India, 2016
- Major General Saheb Singh Sokhey award in Biomedical Sciences by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Government of India, 2015
- Best staff award of the year by KIIT University, 2014
- Young Scientist award by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2010
- Young Investigator by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, 2010
- Bill and Melinda Gates Global Health award, 2010
- Corporate Grant award by American Society of Microbiology, USA, 2003