Academic Scholarships and Awards:

• Mirae Asset Merit Scholarship (2022) ($9,126).

• Fully funded $7,183 yearly fellowship for 5 years

• Best Thesis Proposal Award (2023) at the Doctoral Colloquium on Management and Development, Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Anand ($240).

• Scholarship ($1,000) to pursue the MicroMasters in Designing and Running Randomised Evaluations by MITx.

• Travel grant awards to present at international conferences: 

  • American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, USA, 2024 ($620), 

  • UK Forum for International Education and Training, 2023 ($160)

  • International Research Society for Public Management, 2023 ($375) and 2024 ($372).

• Outstanding Reviewer at Academy of Management conferences – Public and Nonprofit (PNP) Division (2025) and Management Education and Development (MED) Division (2023)

Fellowships:

• Fellow, University of Bath Global Early-Career Accelerator for Representation Programme (2025).

• Participant, Anubhav Lecture Series, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago Centre, New Delhi (full scholarship), 2019.

• Selected Youth Leader, LEAD India and American Centre Initiative; received seed funding to execute a community project ($70 grant), 2019–2020.

• Qualified, National Eligibility Test (NET) and awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), 2018 - certifying eligibility for PhD and teaching positions in Indian universities.