Overseas Research Students' Award (by the Universities UK) and Major Studentship (by the University of Southampton) for doctoral research at the University of Southampton, 2002-2005
Endeavour Research Fellowship by the Australian Government for post-doctoral research at the University of Sydney, May-November 2012
Erasmus Mundus Fellowship (for research at the University of Amsterdam in May-June 2014)
Baburav Bagul Shabda Puraskar for the short-story collection, Vivade Vishade Pramade Pravase, 2012
P. N. Pandit Puraskar for the short-story collection, Vivade Vishade Pramade Pravase, 2012
