The paper titled “Development of Process Parameters and Tool Path Strategies for Laser Powder Directed Energy Deposition of Axisymmetric Components”, authored by Akhil A I (IIST), V S Sooraj (IIST), Anilkumar V (VSSC), Pradeep P I(VSSC), Apurba Roy (VSSC) was conferred the best paper award under the category of “Innovative Applications of Additive Manufacturing” Mr. Akhil A I, research scholar from Department of Aerospace, presented the research in International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN), 2024, under the sub-theme of Aerospace/Space Manufacturing.