Honors, awards, grants

Research Grants

• JPAL/MIT Research Grant (submitted), (PI: Robyn Meeks)

• International Growth Centre, London School of Economics, 2025 (PI: Ayesha Ali)

• World Bank, 2022/23 (PI: Maria Vagliasindi)

• University of Technology Sydney Grant, 2022 (PI: Adeline Delavande)

• Essex University Grant, 2022-23 (PI: Adeline Delavande)

• University of Michigan, 2022-23 (PI: Basit Zafar)

• JPAL/MIT Energy Research Grant, 2022-23 (PI: Robyn Meeks)

• AUS Comprehensive Faculty Research Grant (Large) 2020-23 (PI: Myself)

• UK Government/DFID Grant, 2021-22 (PI: Robyn Meeks)

Major Honors and Awards

• Published an refereed paper with my talented and self-driven undergrad student, Julia Jose (2023).

• Got first prize on a coauthored paper at the 1st International Conference on Economics and Sustainable IBA, Karachi (2021).

• Judge for the Undergraduate Global Research Award - Dublin (2016). 

• Lead organizer for Noble Laureate Lecture by Professor Peter Diamond at AUS (2016).  

• Member Scientific Committee of the Middle East Economic Association (2016).

• Member Graduate Students Research Award Committee, SAI, Harvard University (2015).

• Co-chaired AUS-Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) Workshop (2014).  

• Nominated for the Teaching Excellence Award, AUS (2010).

• Kendrick Free Market Research Award, WVU (2007).

• Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation Doctoral Publication Award, WVU (2007)

• Dadisman Supplementary Scholarship, WVU (2006/07)

• Full Doctoral Scholarship, WVU (2005/07)

• Full Doctoral Scholarship, KSU (2003/05)

Media Coverage of Research

• The Academic Times

• Journalist’s Resource of Harvard Kennedy School

• The Slate

• Oxford University Press Blog

• Daily Business Recorder

• Dawn International

• Gallup International

• Several times my research was spotlighted and commented by the faculty and experts at Harvard, Princeton, UC Berkeley, University of 

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