Awards and Honors
Metropolis MedEngage Scholarship 2025
Metropolis Scholarship supports academic excellence and Research initiatives, which can help to shape the health / medical domain of the country. The Program is an initiative to acknowledge medical students having outstanding academic and extra-curricular achievements including community service in a given academic year.
Health and Well-being Changemaker - Top 50 Students Worldwide, Chegg.org Global Student Prize 2022
Chegg.org, the impact, research, and advocacy wing of Chegg recognizes 50 students aged 16 years and above worldwide who have made a real impact in the field of education, lives of their peers, community, and society through the Global Student Prize. I have been selected as one of the Top 50 young changemakers worldwide for my work in the field of Health and Well-being.
Short Term Studentship
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) runs a Short-Term Studentship program with the objective to encourage medical and dental students to pursue research. Every year ICMR selects 1200 medical and 300 dental students' research proposals to be completed within 2 months duration post-ethical approval. Students who complete their projects and submit satisfactory reports to the ICMR are then rewarded for studentship for those 2 months of research work.
The Excellence Award
The Asian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) International recognizes the commitment and enduring efforts of members who have made notable contributions to the organisation; be it an improvement, inspiration, or an achievement for his/her AMSA Member and for AMSA International. Therefore, these contributions shall be acknowledged and rewarded with the highest gratitude through Excellence Award.
International Society of Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) Carlyn Halde Fund
This special fund exists to provide a limited number of memberships for applicants who are working in the field of medical mycology, having limited income and no alternate financial support.
Representative of Asia for MeSAGE
ScholarRx founded MeSAGE in 2019 with the aim of empowering different student organizations with the tools and training that allow them to work together to close educational gaps. Through MeSAGE, ScholarRx has partnered with leading student organizations to address educational needs at a global and societal level and help medical students define, build, and learn the key content that may be missing from the standard curriculum.
World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific (WPRO)
Through AMSA International, Oshin has had the opportunity to join the -
1. 72nd WHO Reginal Committee Meeting of the Western Pacific (WPRO) as an AMSA Intl delegate representing the youth of WPR.
2. 2nd Western Pacific Partner's Forum as a delegate as well as set-up a booth for AMSA Intl.
Best Undergrad/Graduate Hack in Neuroarts Track
Oshin along with his two team members from Indonesia designed a potential application to provide telemedical alternative to exposure and behavioral therapies with as well as without the active presence of the treating physician dueing each exposure session during Synaptic Hacks 2021 - A Neuroscience Hackathon organized by Simply Neurosciences, an association of multi-disciplinary neuroscience enthusiasts including but not limited to engineers, healthcare professionals, and neuroscientists.
Research and Innovation Hall of Fame November 2021
The Rotaract Club of Medicrew, Rotary International District (RID) 3141 honors one member among all its members for their active participation and contribution to a specific avenue of the club.
Winner of the Global Surgery Research Proposal Programme 2021
InciSioN International Students’ Surgical Network through its Global Surgery Research Proposal Programme invites research projects proposals from students and trainees across their network and selects 2-3 projects to be implemented throughout InciSioN Intl and its National Working Groups.
Nomination and Recommendation for membership of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)
The President & Governor and the Executive Committee of American College of Surgeons - India chapter is delighted to nominate, recommend and sponsor selected medical students for Member of American College of Surgeons for their outstanding academic performance based on a rigorous selection process during the International Medical Students' Congress hosted by ACS India and Gurrukul of Surgical Disciplines.
Research Grants
Indian Society of Medical Mycologists
Young Researcher Grant 2022 for Poster Presentation at ISHAM Congress 2022 (Post-COVID Pulmonary Fungal infections reported from a tertiary health center in the Himalayas.)
Association of Medical Education in Europe
Student Initiative's Grant 2021 for FORLER - Fundamentals of Research Learning and Educational Reform. (Effectivity of Hands-on Near-peer teaching in Scientific Writing for Medical Students.)
Association of Medical Education in Europe
Student Initiative's Grant 2021 for The Heart: Putting it all together. (Efficacy of Module-based Small Group Discussion & Virtual Patient Simulation on knowledge & clinical skill of Indian Medical Students.)
Award-Winning Scientific Presentations
Asian Medical Students' Conference 2022, Seoul
Runner Up, Best Scientific Poster - Preparedness of Diabetic Patients for Receiving Telemedical Healthcare: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Asian Medical Students' Conference 2022, Seoul
Second Runner Up, Best Scientific Paper - Telehealth Interventions for improving Anti-Retroviral Therapy retention of HIV Infected Mothers and Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission: A Systematic Review.
AMSACON 2022, Amritsar, India
Runner Up, Best Scientific Poster - Neck Circumference: An emerging indicator of Obesity and Metabolic Dysfunction.
AMSACON 2022, Amritsar, India
Second Runner Up, Best Scientific Paper - Waist Circumference: A potential indicator of Autonomic Dysfunction and Cardiac Comorbidities in the setting of Metabolic Syndrome.
Asian Medical Students' Conference 2021, London
Runner Up, Best Scientific Poster - Post-Traumatic Major Depression (PTMD) among Repetitive Trans-Cranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and Sham controlled Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Asian Medical Students' Conference 2021, London
Finalist, Best Scientific Paper - Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Cognitive Enhancement in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
East Asian Medical Students' Conference 2021, Manilla, Philippines
Finalist, Scientific Paper and Poster- Healthcare Information Seeking Behaviour among
the unaffected Indian population during COVID -19 pandemic and its impact on mental health: A cross sectional study
AMSACON 2020 (Virtual)
Best Paper - Mass Communication in the setting of a pandemic: Correlating pandemic awareness with anxiety.
International Medical Students' Congress-ACS India, 2020
Best Paper - Exposure to Fearful Stimuli - A Psychophysiological Study.