Awards and Grants

Fellowships & Scholarships

SOKENDAI Special Researcher (Pioneering Research) (Apr 2023 – Sep 2024) Doctoral fellowship with research grant support funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship (Oct 2021 – Mar 2022) from Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) for dctoral studies
Academic Scholarship (Aug 2014 – Jul 2016) from Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India for pursuing M. Sc. at Tezpur University

Dean’s Award (Sep 2024) Awarded by School of Life Science, SOKENDAI University in recognition of outstanding doctoral research and thesis.
Morishima Award (Sep 2024) Awarded by Dept. of Genetics (National Institute of Genetics), SOKENDAI University, in recognition of outstanding PhD research and performance.
MBSJ2023 Best Science Pitch Award (Dec 2023) Awarded by the Molecular Biology Society of Japan at the 46^th Annual Meeting for a 3-minute research pitch introducing my research work.
Hiroko Morishima Progress Award (Sep 2020) Awarded by Dept. of Genetics (National Institute of Genetics), SOKENDAI, for excellent PhD progress presentation.

ISME19 Travel Grant (Aug 2024) For attending 19th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology in Cape Town, South Africa