• SEED Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Success (IDEAS) grant from the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa (February 2024).

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• Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship (OVPRS) Faculty Research Travel Award from the University of Hawaiʻi (September 2023).

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• Grant awarded by the Innovation Hub (2023), Purdue University to create a transdisciplinary learning experience for undergraduate students. 

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• Sponsored registration (2022) from the Systems Thinking SIG of the AERA for conference participation.
   

• Received a Professional Development Conference Scholarship (2021) from the AECT Foundation Board of Trustees towards conference participation.

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• Recipient of the 2021 UPCEA Central Region Excellence in Instructional Design Award for "PoRTAL: Purdue Repository for Online Teaching and Learning – Tier 2.”

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• Recipient of the 2020-2021 Mary Kay Sommers Dissertation Award from the College of Education, Purdue University.

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• Recipient of the 2020-2021 Outstanding Dissertation Award for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Purdue University.

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• Recipient of the Best Paper Award at the TEEM 2020 Advances on Sustainable Development in Higher Education track.  Topic: Digital Games for Environmental Sustainability Education: Implications for Educators.

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• Selected to participate in the Early Career Symposium at the 2019 AECT Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada organized by The Research & Theory Division.

 

• Recipient of the 2019 AECT Division of Distance Learning Best Practice Award for a team project titled, "PoRTAL: Purdue Repository for Online Teaching and Learning.”

 

• Awarded the Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship (August 2019 to December 2019) by the College of Education, Purdue University for outstanding academic record and to devote full-time effort to the completion of all doctoral degree requirements. The award is worth $ 8,538 and will be paid on a monthly basis.

 

• Awarded the Frank B. De Bruicker Graduate Award in Educational Technology (2018) by the Learning Design & Technology program at Purdue University. The award is worth $3000.

 

• Recipient of the David Ross Fellowship (2016). This competitive and prestigious fellowship was awarded by the Graduate School, Purdue University. The total award package is worth $54, 849 approximately per year for 4 years.

 

• Awarded $800 Dissertation Research Grant from College of Education and Learning Design & Technology program.

 

• Awarded a $500 Community Service-Learning Grant (2018) by Purdue University’s Office of Engagement for STEM projects at Imagination Station and Bauer Center, Lafayette.

 

• Awarded a $350 Travel Grant (2019) by Global Ambassadors organization in Purdue Graduate School. Responsibilities include being a Purdue ambassador to India and to organize a presentation that addresses admission, residential, subject majors and other details that are informative to prospective graduate students.

 

• Awarded several travel grants every semester from 2016 to 2020 for travel to conferences.

 

• Recipient of the Honorary In-Progress Poster Presentation Award at the Annual Graduate Student Educational Research Symposium (AGSERS 2017). Awarded a plaque by GSEC, Purdue University.

 

• Won the first prize for a character sketch titled, “I, Me, Myself,” in 2013 written for a competition organized by Pothi.com a publishing house in India.

 

• Awarded a certificate of recognition by Scholastic India in 2005, for an “Innovative Idea” to improve student reading habits.