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2025
George Greenia Fellowship by the Institute for Pilgrimage Studies, William & Mary (USA). Awarded for the project “Moved by the Goddess: Linking Embodiment, Emotion, and Devotion in a Himalayan Pilgrimage,” supporting field research and documentary filmmaking on Himalayan Goddess processions.
Merry Bullock Graduate Student International Research and Leadership Award given by the International Council of Psychologists (ICP). This award is presented annually to a graduate student in psychology who has demonstrated excellence in research and who has a solid record of international leadership and professional service.
SEMPRE Conference Award 2025 by The Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE) to attend Sempre Spring Conference 2025, 9th Apr 2025 – 10th Apr 2025 at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK.
Division 39 Scholars Award 2025 given by the American Psychological Association (APA). This award recognizes one's contribution to the field of psychoanalysis and makes one a part of the Division 39 and International Relations Committee (IRC) of APA's Division 39.
Honorable Mention – New Scholar’s Prize 2025 Irish Society for Theatre Research (ISTR), Annual Conference: “The End(s) of Empire”, IADT Dún Laoghaire (June 2025). Shortlisted among the top four entries for the essay “Journeying with the Divine Feminine: Emotion and Deity Possession in the Worship of a Mountain Goddess” with an honorable mention. The paper was selected from a highly competitive international pool of submissions.
IAHR Bursary 2025 by the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) to attend XXIII IAHR World Congress in Kraków, Poland from August 24 to 30, 2025.
IITH Travel Grant 2025 given by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad as an additional support to the Research Excellence Award winners. Utilized to present Ph.D. work at the XXIII IAHR World Congress in Kraków, Poland, from August 24 to 30, 2025.
2024
Excellence in Research Award 2024 given by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad. Excellence in Research Award is given to Ph.D. students who have showcased outstanding academic performance in the previous calendar year. The Honorable Director gives the award on the occasion of the IIT Hyderabad Foundation Day.
IITH Travel Grant given by the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad to present at the International Congress of Psychology (ICP) 2024 held in Prague, Czech Republic.
Emerging Psychologists’ Programme 2024 winner of the International Congress of Psychology (ICP) 2024 held in Prague, Czech Republic. The Emerging Psychologists’ Programme is intended to enhance communication between Emerging Psychologists from different countries and diverse cultural backgrounds, to promote an exchange of knowledge between established and younger scientists, and to help younger scientists acquire new insights into specific fields of psychology and psychology in general. Emerging Psychologists’ Programme – ICP 2024 Congress
Emerging Scholar Award 2024 by Religion in Society Research Network, USA, for the Fourteenth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society. 2024 Conference | Religion in Society Research Network
Division 36 Social Justice Task Force Research Grant given by the American Psychological Association for my Ph.D. proposal on ritual journeys of Devī-Devtās and divine embodiment in the Garhwal Himalaya.
2023
Student Diversity Award from the American Psychological Association (Division 29) for the paper titled “Linking Body, Memory, and Divine Embodiment: Two Cases of Ritual Healers from the Garhwal Himalaya.” Dr. Lillian Comas-Diaz Student Diversity Paper Award | Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (societyforpsychotherapy.org)
IITH Travel Grant given by the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad to present at the European Conference for South Asian Studies (ECSAS) (26th July to 29th July 2023).
APS Student Research Grant by the Association for Psychological Science (APS) for my doctoral research proposal, “Analysis of Psychological Meanings, Origins, and Patterns in Spiritual Ideation and Practice in Uttarakhand Himalayas.” Grants, Awards, and Symposia – Association for Psychological Science – APS
Emerging Scholar Award by Religion in Society Research Network, USA, for the Thirteenth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society. 2023 Conference | Religion in Society Research Network
IAPR Grant from the International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR) to attend the IAPR 2023 conference at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands (21st to 24th August 2023).
EASAS Grant by the European Association for South Asian Studies (EASAS) as a conference registration waiver to attend the European Conference for South Asian Studies (ECSAS) (26th July to 29th July 2023) in Italy.
2022
Excellence in Research Award by the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad for outstanding research performance.
2021
Asian Student Membership Scholarship by The Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies.
Student Research Award by the Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Division 36 of the American Psychological Association (APA) for the Doctoral Proposal on the research on the Uttarakhand Himalayas.
Medal and a certificate for completing a 100 km cycling challenge organized by dare2gear.com.
Psychoanalytic Research Exceptional Contribution Award by the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) for the paper titled “Bhagavad Gita and Psychotherapy: A Cure for Soul?” https://www.ipa.world/en/Awards_and_Prizes/Award_Pages/Psychoanalytic_Research_Exceptional_Contribution_Awards.aspx
Stephen Mitchell Award by the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology, Division 39 of the American Psychological Association (APA) for the paper titled “On Wilfred R. Bion’s Way of Being: Linking Truth, Thought, and Nostalgia”. He wrote about how Wilfred Bion is a Psychoanalytic Mystic.
2019
Awarded Junior Research Fellowship from University Grants Commission (UGC) with 99.78 percentile.
2016-2018
Academic Merit Scholarship in M.A. Psychology (All 4 semesters).
2013-2016
Academic Merit Scholarship in B.A. Psychology (5 semesters).
Winner of “X-Factor” and Battle of Bands, inter-university competitions organized by the Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, Delhi, India.
“Best Performance Award” for dance by Greenway Modern School, Dilshad Garden.
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