拉维·席尔瓦对碳纳米材料的建立和研究做出了可持续性的贡献，在应用科学和环境科学领域做出了杰出贡献（Prof. Silva won the James Joule Medal and Award for contributions to the establishment and research on carbon nanomaterials to sustainability given by the Institute of Physics to distinguished contributions to Applied and Environment Sciences in 2018）。（英国物理学会评）