2024 – Recipient, Distinguished Scholar Award
School of Social Sciences & Office of the Vice Chancellor, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
2024 – Recipient, 15 Years Long Service Award
Nanyang Technological University (NTU); awarded by Professor Ho Teck Hua (President)
2019 – Recipient, 10 Years Long Service Award
NTU; awarded by Professor Subra Suresh (President)
2018 – Recipient, MIT Visiting Scholar Award
Abdul Latif Jameel Water & Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS), MIT
2017 – Recipient, Outstanding Scientist Award (Publication Excellence)
i-Proclaim Annual Research Award, Malaysia
2017 – Recipient, UN Day Award
United Nations Association of Singapore (UNAS)
2017 – Recipient, Ministry of Education (MOE) Certificate & Token of Appreciation
Humanities and Social Sciences Research Programme (HSSRP) Symposium
2017 – Nominated, Canada 150 Research Chair in Food and Global Environmental Sustainability
(Nominated by Lakehead University, Canada)
2016 – Recipient, Teaching Appointment (Summer School)
Nankai University, China
2015 – Recipient, Early Investigator Award / Prix jeune chercheur
Canadian Sociological Association (CSA)
2015 – Nominated, Tang Prize in Sustainable Development, Taiwan
2015 – Nominated, Nanyang Research Award, NTU
2014 – Nominated, Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award
American Sociological Association
2013 – Recipient, Awards to Scholarly Publication Program (ASPP), Canada
2013 – Nominated, Canada Research Chair in Leadership for Sustainability and Social Change
(Nominated by St. Francis Xavier University, Canada)