Press & Awards

🏆 Awards

Fulbright Elsevier Award 2024–2025
UK-US Fulbright Elsevier Data Analytics Award
Fulbright UK | Rice Profile | Rice Engineering
IBM Masters Fellowship Awards in AI (Nominee) 2024–2025
Finalist, Women in AI North America Awards Mar 2025
Announcement

Finalist — Women in AI Summit & Awards, North America 2025

3rd Prize 2017
Code First: Girls web development competition
Work Experience Bursary 2012
University of Warwick
Ranked 11th in Mauritius 2010
Cambridge International Examinations A-Levels, Girls' Science Side
Best Delegate and Delegation 2010
Model United Nations Conference, representing Georgia
Ranked 1st in Economics in Mauritius 2008
Cambridge International Examinations O-Levels, Girls' Side

NRLC 2026 Judge Mar 2026
Judge at the Napier Rice Launch Challenge 2026.
Mercury Fund Day at the Ion Feb 2026
Panel speaker on "The New FDE Model: How to Deploy with Scale in Legacy Industries", hosted by the Ion and Mercury Fund.
Lilie Founders Journey Feb 2026
Guest speaker in the Founders Journey class at Rice Entrepreneurship, filmed as a Lilie podcast episode.
Rice MDS Student–Alumni Panel Dec 2025
Panelist at the Master of Data Science student–alumni discussion, invited by Dr. Marmar Orooji.
Houston AI Club May 2025
Invited speaker at Houston’s largest AI meetup community.

Invited speaker at Houston AI Club — May 2025

Rice MBA Summer Startup Sync May 2025
Guest speaker invited to present to Rice MBA students on startups and venture building.
Generative AI & ML in the Enterprise Feb 2025
Presented applications of generative AI and computer vision in e-commerce at the Data Science Salon.
Fulbright "Connect with Your Community" Webinar Oct 2024
Panelist in a Fulbright Program webinar on community engagement and finding opportunities. Recognized on the Fulbright Program Star list.

Presenting and sharing insights on generative AI at Data Science Salon, Austin — Feb 2025.

Featured at the DSS ATX Startup Showcase, Austin — Feb 2025

Lilie Accelerator Feature Jun 2024
Rice News | InnovationMap | Rice News (Startups) | Rice Entrepreneurship Blog
Houston Fulbright Enrichment Seminar Feb 2024
Selected to attend a Fulbright enrichment seminar in Houston featuring panel discussions, site visits, and workshops.

Selected for Rice University's Lilie Demo Day 2024 — pitched JewelVision to 100+ investors, researchers, and startup leaders.

AI After Dark Podcast Feb 2026
Guest on the AI After Dark podcast, hosted by Alex Gras at Collide and Mercury Fund.
Lilie Founders Journey Podcast Feb 2026
Featured episode from the Founders Journey class at Rice Entrepreneurship.
Don’t Panic Podcast Feb 2023
Listen to the episode