Early Career Research Fellowship, ESRC, UK, 2007-2010
Maxwell Dean’s Fellowship for Dissertation Writing, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Fall 2002
Claudia De Lys Fellowship for Dissertation Writing, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University, Fall 2002
The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Syracuse University. 2000
Roscoe Martin Award, Maxwell School of Public Affairs and Citizenship, Syracuse University, for summer research. 1999
Roscoe Martin Award, Maxwell School of Public Affairs and Citizenship, Syracuse University, for summer research. 1998
Graduate School Research /Creative Project Grant 1998-1999, Syracuse University, for summer research. 1998
First Rank in M.A (Anthropology) and L.A.Ananthakrishna Iyer Gold Medal, University of Madras, India. 1995