2023 - Finalist at the 2023 Kipepeo Awards for the Innovation category for UNEP Air Pollution Note
2022 - Special recognition at the 2022 Kipepeo Awards for the Collaborative Teams category for UNEP Youth Working Group
2016 – New Generation of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Leadership Award
2011/2014 – Doctoral Fellow, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
2011/2012 – Research Fellow, DAAD Re-invitation Programme, University of Erfurt, Germany
2006/2007 – Leadership Fellow, East-West Center, United States
2005/2006 – Graduate Fellowship Award, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, University of Erfurt, Germany
2004/2005 – DAAD Graduate Fellowship Award, University of Erfurt, Germany
1999/2001 – Dean’s Merit List Award (twice), Hamdard University, Pakistan
1997/1998 – Student of the Year Award, Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute, Pakistan