Project Grants, Awards, and Fellowships
A.S. Hornby Dictionary Research Award (ASHDRA) for designing and developing a bilingual dictionary to promote inclusive language education among school students in India (2025-2027)
TAPMI Academic Research Grant for conducting a research project in the area of Digitality and Urban Street Food Cultures (2024-2026)
JPN Center for Excellence in Humanities Grant for conducting a research project in the area of Digitality and Urban Street Food Cultures (2024-2026)
Emerging Scholar Award in Food Studies by CGRN, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, The USA (2024)
Center for Rural Development and Technology (IIT Indore) Grant for conducting research on Regional Food Cultures in Madhya Pradesh (2024-2025)
IIT Indore YFRSG Research Grant for conducting a research project in the area of Food Education (2023-2025)
NFMLTA Travel Support Grant for attending a conference at Chicago, The USA (2020)
Fulbright Award by the US Department of State, IIE, and USIEF (2019)
IATEFL grant for presenting one of the best papers at AINET International Teacher Research Conference supported by British Council and RELO (2017)
UGC-Plan fellowship (2013-2018) for conducting Research (M.Phil & PhD)
Indira Gandhi Fellowship by UGC for scoring 1st class marks in MA (2011-2013)
Invited Resource Person
"From Scholar to Educator: Navigating Faculty Roles and Responsibilities in the Contemporary Higher Education Landscape", (FDP for new recruits), GITAM Deemed University, Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India (Role: Program Designer and Facilitator; 8/08/2025-9/08/2025)
"Reimagining Pedagogy in the Age of AI and Digital Natives", Faculty Development Program (FDP), Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Bengaluru, India (Role: Invited Distinguished Resource Person; 18/07/2025)
"Contemporary Teaching and Learning Practices", Faculty Development Program (FDP), GITAM Deemed University, Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India (Role: Program Designer and Facilitator; 28/05/2025-30/05/2025)
“Andragogical Approaches to Teaching English Language to Engineering Students” at the National Workshop on Educating Ethical Technologists: Humanistic Perspectives in the AI Era, Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ University BGR Campus in collaboration with Mozzila’s Responsible Computing Challenge. (Role: Invited Speaker; 5/04/2024)
“Doing Ethnography” at Research Methods Workshop, Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ University BGR Campus. (Role: Resource Person; 17/02/2024-06/03/2024)
Rethinking General English Curriculum in India at National Seminar on English Language Teaching: Pedagogy and Practice, Rabindrabharathi University, Kolkata, India. (Role: Plenary Speaker; 2022)
Exploring Rhetoric as a Framework for EAP in India at Expansions and Concerns: Mapping EAP for Higher Education, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. (Role: Distinguished Invited Speaker; 2022)
Reading in the Digital World: Concerns and Opportunities, KSRTC. (Role: Resource Person; 2021)
Academic Writing and Getting Published Workshop, Anthropos India Foundation (AIF), New Delhi, India. (Role: Resource Person; 2020)
Conference Chairs/Conveners
A Place at The Table at the 14th International Conference on Food Studies organized by Food Studies Network, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre Portugal Europe, and CGRN, University of Illinois, USA (Role: Moderator; 2024)
Innovation Showcases at the 14th International Conference on Food Studies organized by Food Studies Network, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre Portugal Europe, and CGRN, University of Illinois, USA (Role: Moderator; 2024)
Folk in Academic: Institution, Curriculum, and Pedagogy at Vachana 2023 Folk Verse: Exploring Folk Culture in the 21st Century organized by CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India. (Role: Chair; 2023)
Research Tools and Methodologies in Humanities at 5 Days Faculty Development Program Organized by the Department of English and Cultural Studies, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India. (Role: Convener; 2022)
Pandemic Pedagogies in Language Education: An International Conference organized by Christ University Bangalore, India in collaboration with Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, and Dhofar University, Salalah, Oman. (Role: Convener; 2021)
Pandemic Pedagogies in Language Education: An International Conference organized by Christ University Bangalore, India in collaboration with Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, and Dhofar University, Salalah, Oman. (Role: Moderator/Chair; 2021)
Food in/of Pandemic: An International Conference organized by Christ University Bangalore, India and Liverpool Hope University, The United Kingdom. (Role: Convener; 2021)
Gastronomy and Cultural Commodification at Food in/of Pandemic: An International Conference organized by Christ University Bangalore, India and Liverpool Hope University, The United Kingdom. (Role: Session Chair; 2021)
Professional Development Activities
Pedagogy and Teaching Excellence at 3 Days Faculty Development Program Organized by Indian Institute of Technology Indore, M.P., India. (2023)
Curriculum Design and Revision with specific focus on OBE at 5 Days Faculty Development Program Organized by Christ University Staff Development College, Bangalore, India. (2022)
Research Tools and Methodologies in Humanities at 5 Days Faculty Development Program Organized by the Department of English and Cultural Studies, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India. (2022)
Outcome Based Education at 5 Days Faculty Development Program by Center for Education beyond Curriculum & IQAC, Organized by CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India. (2022)
Preferred Future: Ideas and Strategies at 5 Days Faculty Development Program Organized by Center for Education beyond Curriculum & IQAC, Organized by CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India. (2021)
Hybrid Teaching at 5 Days Quality Improvement Program Organized by Christ University Staff Development College, Bangalore, India. (2021)
Orientation for New Foreign Language Instructors organized by Center for Language Excellence, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, The USA. (2019).
Fulbright Summer Orientation Program Organized by University of Arizona, Tucson, The USA. (2019).
60 hours workshop titled “From Synopsys to Thesis Writing” organized by Linguistic Empowerment Cell, JNU, New Delhi. (2016).
2day workshop titled “EAW: Mind Mapping for Academic Writing” organized by Linguistic Empowerment Cell, JNU, New Delhi. (2016).
Academic Memberships
Fulbright Alumni Association
Global Alumni Network at Fulbright
Indian Network of Memory Studies (IIT Madras)
Education South Asia Network (University of Oxford)