A paper entitled “Photoactive, Hydrophobic Self-cleaning Titania Nanocoatings Through Band Gap Engineering” Smitha V. S., Baiju K. V. and K. G. K. Warrier*was presented (Oral Presentation) in the UGC sponsored National Seminar “Physical and Biomedical Applications in Nano Technology” held at S. N. College, Kollam during October 12-14, 2011 has won the Best Research Paper Award

A paper entitled “Synthesis of titania-silica-lanthanum phosphate nano-composites and functional coatings through aqueous sol-gel method”, V. S. Smitha, S. Sankar, K. B. Jaimy, K. G. K. Warrier, presented (Poster Presentation) in the 74th Annual conference of ‘The Indian Ceramic Society’ held at Calcutta, during January 11-13, 2011 has won the Best Poster Award.

A paper entitled “Titania coated terracotta and flyash tiles with enhanced photo activity for societal applications” V. S. Smitha, K. B. Jaimy, A. J. Mirash, K. Divish, P. Perumal and K. G. K. Warrier, presented (Oral Presentation) in the 73rd Annual conference of ‘The Indian Ceramic Society’ held at NIIST, Trivandrum during December 11-12, 2009 has won the Best Oral Presentation Award

A paper entitled “Textural and photo catalytic behaviour of titania-alumina nano composites and coatings” V. S. Smitha, K. B. Jaimy, C. K. Jyothi, Kishore, P. Perumal, K. G. K. Warrier was presented (Poster Presentation) in the ‘International conference on Advanced Functional Materials’ (ICAFM-2009) held at NIIST, Trivandrum during December 9-10, 2009

A paper entitled “Silica-titania nano precursors for photoactive particulates and coatings”, V. S. Smitha, K. A. Manjumol, K. V. Baiju, P. Krishnapillai, P. Perumal and K. G. K. Warrier, was presented (Poster Presentation) in the 72nd Annual Conference of ‘The Indian Ceramic Society’ held at Jaipur during January 30-31, 2009

A paper entitled “Synthesis and photo stability of organic dye intercalated natural layered silicates as eco-friendly nano composites”, Smitha V. S., P. Krishna Pillai, P. Perumal, K. A. Manjumol and K. G. K. Warrier, presented (Poster Presentation) in the 71st Annual Conference of ‘The Indian Ceramic Society’ held at CPRI, Bangalore during Jan 10-11, 2008

A paper entitled “Synthesis of light stable natural hybrid nano pigment for polymer composites”, V. S. Smitha, K. A. Manjumol, M. Brahmakumar, P. Krishnapillai, P. Pavitran, and K. G. K. Warrier, presented (Poster Presentation) in the International Conference on ‘Advanced Materials and Composites (ICAMC-2007)’ held at Trivandrum during Oct 24-26, 2007

A paper entitled “Sol-Gel Derived Functional Coatings of Titania-Silica-Lanthanum Phosphate Nanocomposite”, Venu Sreekala Smitha and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier, was presented (Oral Presentation) in the International Conference, “Nanoscience, Engineering and Technology” (ICONSET - 2011) held at Sathyabama University, Chennai during November 28-30, 2011

A paper entitled “Lanthanum phosphate added titania-silica nano composite coatings for self-cleaning applications’, V. S. Smitha, K. B. Jaimy and K. G. K. Warrier, presented (Poster Presentation) in the Platinum Jubilee Session of ‘The Indian Ceramic Society’ held at Agra during December 20-22, 2011 has won the Best Poster Award

A paper entitled “UV curable inorganic-organic hybrid coating on solar cell covers for photocatalytic self-cleaning application”, V. S. Smitha, K. B. Jaimy, P. Shajesh, J. K. Jeena and K. G. K. Warrier*, presented (Poster Presentation) in the Second International Conference on Advanced oxidation Processes (AOP-2012) held at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala during 5-8th of October, 2012 has won 3rd Prize for the poster presentation

A poster entitled “Effect of precursor particle size distribution on the morphology and hydrophobic character of photocatalytic nanocoatings on glass surfaces”, Smitha V. S., Petit Francois and Warrier K. G. K., was presented (Poster Presentation) in the XXV Kerala Science Congress held at Technopark, Trivandrum, Kerala during 29 January to 1st February, 2013.

A paper entitled “Europium doped titania-silica-lanthanum phosphate nanocomposite and its luminescence properties”, V. S. Smitha, Peer Mohammed A and K. G. K. Warrier was presented (Oral Presentation) in the Second International Conference on Advances in Materials Processing and Characterization (AMPC 2013), held at Anna University, Chennai during 6-8th February 2013

A paper entitled “Synthesis of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Coating through UV curing on Solar Cell Covers for Photocatalytic Self Cleaning Application”, V. S. Smitha, K. B. Jaimy, P. Shajesh, S. Sankar, Vidya Kattoor, M. Jayasankar, Saju Pillai and K. G. K. Warrier* was presented (Poster Presentation) at NanoIndia 2013 held at NIIST-CSIR, Trivandrum during February 19-20, 2014

A paper entitled “Functional Coatings of MTMS/GPTMS Hybrid Aerogels; A Facile Approach for Oil-Spill Cleanup”, Venu Sreekala Smitha*, Peer Mohamed A, Krishna Gopakumar  Warrier, Balagopal N. Nair, Unnikrishnan Nair S. Hareesh** was presented (Poster Presentation) at the International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processes held at Trivandrum during 14-16 December, 2017

A paper entitled “Sol-gel derived hybrid nanocomposites of zirconia incorporated organomodified silanes (ORMOSIL) for anticorrosive coatings” V. S. Smitha,* S. S. Syamili, A. Peer Mohamed, Balagopal N Nair  and U. S. Hareesh** was presented (Oral presentation) at the National conference on Emerging Trends in Science, Technology & Application of Electron microscope (STAEM 2018).

A paper entitled “Sol-gel derived organically modified silane (ORMOSIL)-lanthanum phosphate hybrid nanocomposites and coatings for multifunctional applications”, Smitha V.S., Visakh G., Hareesh U.S., Peer Mohamed A., Resmi T.R. was presented (Poster Preentation) at the International Conference on Energy and Environment (ICEE 2k19) held at T.K.M. College of Arts & Science, Kollam during 12-14 December, 2019

A paper entitled “Photocatalytic reduction of nitrates using Ag doped titania coated chitosan beads: A facile ground water treatment technique” Smitha V. S., Arathi A. R., Vimala T., Resmi T. R., Harikumar P. S. (2020) Abstract Volume of IIIrd Indian National Groundwater Conference (INGWC 2020), February 18–20, 2020, CWRDM, Kozhikode, Kerala, India. Page No. 258-259

A paper entitled “Integrated photocatalyst adsorbents based on titanium dioxide-bentonite nanocomposites suitable for waste water treatment” authored by V. S. Smitha, V. Athira, Neema M. Shaji, K. K. Jayasooryan, T. R. Resmi, P. S. Harikumar, Proceedings of International Virtual Conference, ITHES-2021 on Innovative Trends in Hydrological and Environmental Systems (ITHES-2021), organized by Water and Environment Division, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Warangal, during 28-30th April, 2021. (Oral Presentation) Page No. 121-122

A paper entitled “Impact of anthropogenic activities in deteriorating the groundwater quality in Kerala with special reference to nitrate contamination and its removal using functional nanocomposite materials” authored by Smitha V. S., Jayasooryan K. K., Vimala T., Resmi T. R., Harikumar P. S., (Oral presentation), Proceedings (Souvenir) of the 4th Indian National Groundwater Conference (INGWC-2021) on 22-24 March, 2021 on Groundwater Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Hard Rock Terrains, organized by Centre for Water Resources Institute of Science and Technology, JNTU, Hyderabad Page No. 45-46.

A paper entitled “Bentonite based functional nanocomposites for the removal of heavy metals from industrial waste water”, authored by V. S. Smitha*, Anu S. Pramod, P. P. Muhammad Dilshad, P. S. Harikumar in the International Conference on Advanced Materials and Mechanical Characterization (ICAMMC-2021), organized by SRMU, Chennai, held online during Dec 02-04, 2021 has won the Best Poster Award