Academic Awards and Honors
- Merit Scholarship Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business (2011-2012)
- Prize for "The Best Student Talk" At the 8th Annual Theoretical Astrophysics in Southern California (TASC) Meeting (2008)
- UCI Regents' Fellowship $5000 p.a. Fellowship at the University of California, Irvine for 2 years (2006-2008)
- $1175 Travel Grant For attending the Canadian-American-Mexican Graduate Student Conference (CAM 2007)
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Elected Associate Member since 2007
- Phi Kappa Phi, The Honor Society Elected and Inducted in November 2005
- Phi Beta Delta Honor Society Elected and Inducted in November 2005
- Sigma Pi Sigma, The National Physics Honor Society Elected and Inducted in April 2005
- Travel Grant For attending the Canadian-American-Mexican Graduate Student Conference (CAM 2005)
- Travel Award For presenting a poster at the APS April Meeting 2005
- Best M.Sc. Project Award At the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK) in 2003
- Gold Medal and Certificate of Merit National Graduate Physics Examination, India (2001)
- National Merit Scholarship 6th Rank in B.Sc. Physics Honors out of more than 600 Physics Majors (Calcutta University)
Professional Memberships
- American Physical Society (APS) Active member since 2005
- American Astronomical Society (AAS) Active member since 2006
- American Institute of Physics (AIP) Active member since 2007