AWARDS AND HONORS


December 2022
Awarded the EuropeIndia 40 Leader by the Europe India Center for Business Industry. 

January 2019 
Awarded the ‘Indo-German Partnership Award’ for the year 2018 by the Indian Association Hannover. 

September 2018
was invited by the Office of the President of Germany Frank Walter Steinmeier to the annual Bürgerfest in recognition of my work and contribution to the civil society in Germany through my work. 

January 2012 – December 2014
Scholarship from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. for pursuing a PhD. 

January 2013 
Scholarship from the DAAD for a lecture in the international symposium in Johannesburg, South Africa 

September 2009 and September 2010 
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for the Program “Masters in Global Studies” (could not accept it because of personal reasons). 

Mai 2009 – July 2011 
Research Fellowship in the Project “Wertewelten” at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen at the Chair in Comparative Literature under guidance of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wertheimer. 

June – July 2008 
Participant in the “Australia India Universities Youth Forum” on the topic of “Environmental Sustainability” as a representative of the University of Pune. Active member in the presentation of the “AIUYF Protocol” during the “The Australian Association for Environmental Education Conference” at the Charles Darwin University, Darwin. 

October – November 2007
Scholarship in recognition of linguistic excellence granted by the Max Mueller Bhavan (Goethe Institut), Pune to visit a language course in Munich.