Fellowship, Honors, Awards 

OEA Young Economist Award, 2024, conferred by the Odisha Economic Association at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, India.

Best Paper Award, 2023, in the Conference on "LiFE" for Resilience - Case Studies & Best Practices (Pre-event of RESSUMMIT2047), awarded by Springer on behalf of RESSUMMIT2047, New Delhi, India

Internship (August – October 2011), International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka (through International Water Management Institute, Hyderabad) 

Invited as a Young Economist to participate in the ‘4th Lindau Noble Laureate Meeting in Economic Sciences”, organized by the Council for the Lindau Noble Laureate Meetings, on 23rd to 27th August 2011 in Lindau, Germany 

Qualified UGC-NET (University Grant Commission–National Eligibility Test) for Lectureship in December 2004 and December 2005

ICSSR Ph.D. Fellowship (October 2006–October 2009) by Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS), Chennai, India

Dr. Malcolm S. Adiseshiah PhD Fellowship, 2011, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India

Received First rank in the University for M.A. (Economics), 2005