Mr. Ajith R. Mallia, Research Scholar, Dr. Mahesh Hariharan's group, School of Chemistry has received "Malhotra Weikfield Foundation Nanoscience Award" from Malhotra Weikfield Foundation for Advanced Studies in Nano Science Technology for the Academic Year 2016-2017, during 8th Bangalore India Nano conference held at Hotel Lalit Ashok, Bangalore, March 03-05, 2016. The award carries a certificate and a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/-. It is the second time a student of IISER TVM is receiving this prestigious prize.