Projects & Awards


Transformative Language Pedagogies Grant, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University. (2019)

Delia Koo Global Scholarship, Michigan State University. (2017-2018)

Affiliate member of W. Mellon Foundation to the Big Ten Academic Alliance for LCTLs. (2017)

Business Hindi, CIBER Michigan State University. (2016)

Enhancing the Midwest Knowledge Ecosystem (EMKE) Grants to develop Hindi language textbook and course (in collaboration with other faculties in other Midwest universities). (2015)
Graduate College Summer Fellowship, The University of Iowa. (2015)
Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship, The University of Iowa. (2015)  
First-Time Attendee Award, ACTFL. (2014)
Stanley Language Scholarship (for summer Urdu program in Lucknow, India). The University of Iowa. (2013)
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2011–2012). The University of Iowa. (2012).
Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA), IIE. (2010)  

University Grant Commission, National Eligibility Test (UGC–NET) for Lectureship, India. (2008)

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