Ratna Nandy Memorial Endowment Award — Rotary Club of Calcutta, India —15 March 2022

Awarded by the Rotary Club of Calcutta, India, for ranking First in the graduating Master of Arts batch in the Department of English (2018-2020), Presidency University, Kolkata, India.

Merit Certificate for First Rank in M.A. English — Presidency University, India —26 August 2020

Awarded by Presidency University, India, for ranking First in the graduating Master of Arts batch in the Department of English (2018-2020), Presidency University, Kolkata, India.

Junior Research Fellowship — University Grants Commission, Government of India—31 December 2019

A fellowship awarded by the Government of India on qualifying within the top 6% of candidates sitting for the National Eligibility Test (NET). Funds 5 years of Ph.D. research at any university in India.

Best Paper Prize — 4th National Interdisciplinary Conference, Maharaja Agrasen College, Delhi, India—19 January 2019

Awarded by Fortell: Journal of Teaching English Language and Literature, for paper titled “Mytho-nukes: Aryavarta Chronicles, Shiva Trilogy, and the Indian Nuclear Debate.”

Best Team Prize — 3rd National Students’ Paper Reading Competition, Department of English & CLS, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India—8 January 2019

Kar, Souvik and Biswas, Preeshita, awarded by Saurashtra University for excellence in scholarship and presentation in the 3rd National Students’ Paper Reading Competition.