Dr. Rahul Vaish, Assistant Professor and Chairperson, School of Engineering, at IIT Mandi has been honoured with The Council of the Indian Ceramic Society’s Dr. R L Thakur Memorial Award - 2013 on December 19, 2013 at their 77th Annual Session, held at S.N.T.I. Auditorium, Bistupur, Jamshedpur. He shares this award with Dr. Amartya Mukhopadhyay, IIT Bombay. Given for his valuable contributions in the field of Material Science and Engineering, the award consists of a Silver Plaque of Honor and a Citation.