Dhanbad, July 23 -- Three faculty members of IIT (ISM) Dhanbad have received major national and international recognition, with two winning the INAE Young Engineer Award 2026 and another securing a prestigious AI fellowship at the University of Oxford.

The Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) selected Dr Ajay Bhandari and Dr Antarip Poddar, Assistant Professors in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, for the INAE Young Engineer Award 2026 in recognition of their contributions to engineering research and innovation.

In another achievement, Dr Madhulika Gupta, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, has been selected for the Schmidt AI Science Faculty Fellowship Programme at the University of O...