SANJAY THAKUR AWARD FOR YOUNG ECONOMIST (2007):I was awarded the above said award for the best paper presented at the 49th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics. The Paper was titled "growth and Inequality of Wages in INdia:Recent Trends and Patterns".This is published in the Indian Journal of Labour Economics, December 2007 issue.
ICSSR STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS (2005): A short term grant for continuing research scholars to complete their last leg of their PhD work. I had recieved this for six months.