Congratulations to Varun Srivastava , PhD student of Dr Manoj A G Namboothiry, SoP, who attended the E-MRS fall meeting 2019 held at Warsaw, Poland, and has been awarded the Graduate Student Award. E-MRS Graduate Student Awards (GSA) are intended to honour and encourage graduate students for their academic excellence in the field of materials science and research. The current materials research displaying high level of excellence and distinction are taken into prime consideration for giving this award. E-MRS seeks to recognize students having exceptional ability towards significant future achievement in materials research in the future.