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Awards and Scholarships

I have been humbled by the amount of trust that has been invested in me and the attention that my efforts have received from various organizations and societies. 

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Each award and scholarship represents persistence on pursuing an idea, a goal, or a new endeavor settling for nothing less than excellence in delivery. I am very competitive in nature and if I set my mind on a particular goal, I will not rest till I achieve it. The financial support that I received during the academic part of my life prepared me to launch our entrepreneurial career and use the learnings towards building and funding companies. 

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Awards and Scholarships

Awards

  • Top AgTech Solution Provider in Canada, AgriBusiness Review. 2025

  • CleanTech50 Leader in Canada for exceptional contribution to sustainable development and clean economy, 2022

  • ​Canada’s CleanTech rising star, winner of World in 2050’s Olympics of Innovation, 2020

  • Innovation Category Winner, The International Trade Fair for Horticulture Technology, GreenTech, Amsterdam 2018

  • BIV Top Forty under 40, 2017

  • Category winner, Pest Management and Loss Prevention, AgriTech Innovation Challenge, 2017

  • Ag-Tech Challenge Winner, BC Tech Summit, 2017 

  • North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce Award of Excellence in Innovation, 2016 

  • Investment Agriculture Foundation, Award of Excellence in Innovation, 2015 

  • New Ventures BC Top Ten Award, 2014

  • British Petroleum Post-doctoral fellowship, UIUC, IL , 2010 

  • May L. Barnett Memorial Scholarship in Plant Science, 2009 

  • Entomological Society of America Young Professional Award, 2008 

  • Entomological Society of America Presidential Award for best paper, 2008 

  • LFS Academic Excellence and Leadership Award, 2008 

  • Graduating Class of Agriculture 1921 - Academic Excellence and Leadership Award LFS, UBC June 2008 

  • Professional Pest Management Association of British Columbia annual meeting. Burnaby, BC, First prize in student paper competition, October 2006  

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Scholarships

  • Energy Biosciences Institute / University of Illinois / British Petroleum. Postdoctoral Fellowship.January 2010-October 2012 

  • NSERC Industrial R&D Postdoctoral Fellowship (IRDF), 2009- 2010 

  • May L. Barnett Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Plant Science, LFS, UBC 2009

  • MITACS ACCELERATE BC internship in collaboration with EcoSafe Natural Products and EcoSMART Technologies Inc. 2009-2010  

  • NSERC Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship, UBC, BC Greenhouse Growers’ Association 2006 – 2009

  • Faculty of Graduate Studies, Student travel award UBC, December 2008  

  • International Society of Chemical Ecology annual meeting, PSU, PA, Second place in student paper competition, August 2008.

  • International Society of Chemical Ecology Student Travel Award. August 2008  

  • Faculty of Land and Food Systems Graduate Travel Award UBC July 2008

  • Industrial Fellowship, 2006-2009

  • University of British Columbia Graduate Tuition Scholarship. Sept 2003-Jan 2006 

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