2025–26
- Mellon / American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Dissertation Innovation Fellowship for Dissertation Fieldwork. Link
2025
- The Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy Prize, for the most distinguished student or early-career person’s paper on the performing arts of South Asia, Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM). Link
- The Martin Hatch Prize, Best Student Paper on Asian Music and/or Performance, Society for Asian Music (SAM). Link
2024–25
- 21st Century Music Dissertation Fellowship, Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM). Link
- Small Grants for Dissertation Research, Society for Asian Music (SAM). Link
- Hart Fellowship for Tamil Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Link
2024
- South Asian Literature in Translation (SALT) Fellowship for Multi-lingual Poetry with Ranjit Hoskote, University of Chicago.
- Performing Voices of Bhakti Fellowship, Voices of Bhakti (Bay Area).
- Bibliography Fellowship, South Asian Performing Arts Section, Society for Ethnomusicology.
- Dean’s Arts “University of the Future, Now!” Fellowship, UC Santa Cruz.
2023–24
- Graduate Research Award, Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS), UC Santa Cruz.
- Graduate Pedagogy Fellowship, Teaching and Learning Center, UC Santa Cruz. Link
2023
- Humanities Institute Fellowship, Winter Podcasting Institute, National Humanities Center (NHC).
- Arts Dean’s Fund for Equity and Excellence, UC Santa Cruz.
- Digital India Learning Fellowship, American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS). Link
- Summer Pathways Fellowship Grant, Arts Research Institute, UC Santa Cruz.
2022–23
- Graduate Fellowship, Arts Research Institute, UC Santa Cruz. Link
2022
- BITS Global 30 Under 30 Alumni Excellence Award, BITS Pilani University.
- Arts Dean’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Grant, UC Santa Cruz.
- Arts Dean’s Fund for Equity and Excellence, UC Santa Cruz.
2021
- Regent’s Fellowship for Graduate Education, UC Santa Cruz.
2020
- Art Omi Music Residency Fellowship, New York.
- Flow Fund, Santok Trust, for Independent Artistic Work.