awards

Awards and Scholarships

2024

JSPS Pre-doctoral Fellowship

• Awarded ¥200,000, in addition to other covered expenses
• Supporting four-month research in Japan with Prof. K-G Lee on the analysis of cosmic baryons along FRB sightlines

2023

UC Chancellor Dissertation Year Fellowship

• Awarded $9,750 for research support during dissertation year

2021

Newcomb-Cleveland Prize - American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

• Team award of $25,000 for an outstanding research publication in Science journal
• For the research article: A single fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy at cosmological distance

2018

UC Regents Graduate Fellowship

• 1-year research fellowship for graduate students in the University of California system
• Award upon entry to UCSC graduate program

2017

S N Bose Scholarship - Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF)

• $2,000 grant for Indian students to conduct summer research projects in the USA

2013-2018

Kishore Vigyan Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) - Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India

• INR 80,000 per year
• For undergraduates who cleared the KVPY competitive examination and majored in pure science fields
• Awarded for all five years of BS-MS program at IIT Madras