Awards

1.The Public Outreach Grant to make a documentary film from the Deutches Museum and the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Germany.(2017)

2.The Rachel Carson Center Writing Fellowship from the Ludwig Maxmillans–Universtat Munchen and Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, University of Munich, Germany ( 2016)

3. The Fulbright Fellowship in the Doctoral and Professional Research Category (2008-2009)

4. 1st Rank Holder in the MPhil examination (1995)

5. 1st Rank Holder and gold medalist in the MA degree in the University of Madras (1995)

6. 1st Rank Holder and gold medalist in the BA degree in the University of Madras (1992)

Sponsored Research Project

1.A Book Project titled, “Where the Bougainvillea Blooms: Stories of Place from a Resilient Landscape” from O.M.A.R. Foundation.(2014). The O.M.A.R Foundation works with OUP and funds Regional Literatures in English/Translation.

2. The Public Outreach Grant to make a documentary film from the Deutches Museum and the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Germany for the year 2017-2018.

3.A Seed Grant Project from IIT Jodhpur to make a documentary film called, Under Another Sky.