Fellowships and awards

• Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation – Summer Scholar (2025)
  Selected to advise the City Manager’s Office in Newport News on public innovation and urban policy, translating community-based research into actionable strategies for city leadership
  
  

• Atlas Corps/AIF Banyan Impact Fellowship (2023)
  Highly selective Indo–U.S. leadership fellowship (<1% acceptance rate) focused on social impact, systems change, and public leadership
  
  

• Women Economic Forum — Exceptional Woman of Excellence (2020)
  Awarded at the Women Economic Forum (Egypt), under the auspices of H.E. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of Egypt, recognizing leadership and impact
  
  

• HerRising Women in Education (2020)
  Recognized by JobsForHer for leadership and professional advancement in education and public-facing roles
  
  

• The Lioness Inspiring Young Achiever (2018)
  Conferred by the VR Oneness Foundation in partnership with India’s Ministry of Women and Child Development at the First National Conference of Women Leaders
  
  

• ITER India — Engineering Design Selection (2012)
  Design of a 2 MW continuous-wave RF Dummy Load (35–65 MHz) for Ion Cyclotron Resonant Heating selected for production by ITER India, contributing to the world’s largest thermonuclear fusion project in France

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