Awards and Honors
- William States Lee College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award at Graduate Level, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2010)
- Engineer of the Year, Nominee, Safe Communities Partnership, Las Vegas, NV (2002)
- Best Paper Award (Paper Title: Evaluating Ground Holding Policy Implications in Real-Time Using Genetic Algorithms), Student Paper Competition held in Conjunction with the 25th American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) International Air Transportation Conference, Austin, TX (1998)
- Barrick Summer Session Scholar, Graduate College, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1997
- Best Paper Award (Paper Title: Optimal Scheduling of Urban Transit Systems Using Genetic Algorithms), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Transportation Engineering, New York (1996)
- National Merit Scholar, University Grants Commission, India, 1993-1995
- National Merit Scholar, National Council for Education, Research, and Training, Government of India, 1986-1988
- State Merit Scholar, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India, 1986-1988