AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS

2025: Research Fellow, Benson-Bertsch Center for International Trade and Security, School of Public and International Affairs, UGA

2025: Pacific Trade and Development Fellow, Australian National University and Peterson Institute for International Economics

2024 : Outstanding Ph.D. Student Scholarship Award, CAES Alumni Association, University of Georgia (UGA), United States 

2024 : Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, UGA, United States

2023 : Best Research Paper Award by Research on World Agricultural Economy Journal

2023 : Diversity Fellow/Summer School on Environment and Energy Econ, University of California-Berkeley, United States

2023 : Selected Delegate, UNCTAD Youth Forum at the World Investment Forum, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

2022 : Rod Ziemer Outstanding MS Research Paper Award, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, UGA, United States

2022-23 :  Youth Fellow, International Monetary Fund (IMF), United States

2022-23 : Adam Smith Fellow, George Mason University, United States

2022 : Future Leader’s Fellow, Association of International Agriculture and Rural Development, United States

2020 : Integrity Fellow – 2019/20 for the Government of Nepal

  2019: Emerging Leader, UGA Graduate School

2019 : Young Scientist Award and Gold Medalist, Nepal; 1st Prize in Oral Presentation, Kathmandu, Nepal

2018 : Runner Up – Poster Competition - NPC, USAID/ UNICEF Symposium, Kathmandu, Nepal

2017 : Leo of the Year Award (Lions Clubs International - Leo Club), Nepal

2013 - 2018 : Government Merit Scholar for Undergraduate Degree (Agricultural Economics), Nepal

2013 : Jay-Durga Kiran Award, Nepal