Commendations
The Vice-Chancellor is pleased to recognize the achievements of the following faculty of Nitte (DU) who have been recognized at the State, National and International levels during the year 2017-18.
| Name of the faculty | Institution | Recognition |
| Prof. (Dr.) U.S.Krishna Nayak | A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences | Most Enterprising Dean of the Year Award 2017 by Indian Health Professional Awards 2017 |
| Dr. Chethana | A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences | Best Paper award at 15th National Conference of IAFO, Bangalore |
| Dr. Varsha Salian | A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences | Best Poster award at 2nd Biennial Conference on Stem Cells and Recent Advances- STEMCON |
| Dr. Amita Rao | A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences | Best Paper award at 42nd National Conference of Indian Society of Periodontology- 2017 |
| Dr. Shipra Sonkusare | K. S. Hegde Medical Academy | Albert Nelson Marquis Life Time Achievement Award in 2018 |
| Dr. Prabhath Kodancha | K. S. Hegde Medical Academy | Best poster presentation in 2nd International Symposium on OCD at NIMHANS |
| Dr. Swathi Acharya | K. S. Hegde Medical Academy | Best Paper award at National Conference on Health Economics and Quality Use of Medicines |
| Dr Lekha Pandit | K. S. Hegde Medical Academy | Fulbright Nehru fellowship |
| Dr Rathika D Shenoy | K. S. Hegde Medical Academy | India Giani award |
| Dr. Rashmi Kundapur | K. S. Hegde Medical Academy | Presidential Appreciation Award by National body IAPSM for 2018 |
| Dr. Rashmi. Kundapur | K. S. Hegde Medical Academy | Best Research Paper in NCD for 2018 |
| Dr. Uday Venkat Mateti | Nitte Gulabi Shetty Memorial Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences | International Travel Grant from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) |
| Dr. Uday Venkat Mateti | Nitte Gulabi Shetty Memorial Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Travel Scholarship from the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) |
| M. Vijay Kumar | Nitte Gulabi Shetty Memorial Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Best Paper award at National Seminar on Applications of 4 Rs in alternatives to animal testing |
| Rajisha K | Nitte Gulabi Shetty Memorial Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Secured Third place in the poster presentation competition in the International seminar on Herbals and Natural Products for Liver and Pancreatic Disorders held at Al Shifa College of Pharmacy, Kerala |
| Dr.Biswajit Maiti | Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research | Dr. (Mrs.) Gouri Ganguli Memorial-Young scientist Award, Indian Science Congress,2017-2018 |
