Ashish Kishore Lele

[8] In 2018, he opted to take the role of Senior Vice President (R & R&D) at Reliance Industries Ltd where he served till 31 March 2021.

[2] He was the first scientist to elucidate the amoeba-like dynamics of ring polymers and proposed the mean field theoretical framework of specific weak molecular interactions in gels for the first time.

[10] He developed tailored molecules of stimuli responsive smart hydrogels and explained the anomalous rheological behaviour of complex fluids.

[21] He was a member of the National Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology held in Thiruvananthapuram in January 2017[22] and has delivered several keynote or invited talks;[23][24][25] the list includes the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology at Portland, Maine in October 2006[26][note 3] and COMSOL Conference 2015 where he presented a paper on Sensitivity Analysis of MEA Parameters on the Performance of HT-PEM Fuel Cell via COMSOL Multiphysics Modeling.

[7] At University of Delaware, he was selected for the Competitive Graduate Research Fellowship in 1988 and later, he was chosen for the R. L. Pigford Best Teaching Assistant Award in 1992.

[31] His alma mater, UDCT, honoured him in 2003 with the UAA Distinguished Alumnus Award,[32] and The Week magazine included him in the list of India's 50 Emerging Stars the same year.