Doctoral level winner of the 2011 AAG Geomorphology Specialty Group Best Student Paper Competition $ 250.

Graduate Research Fellow and Co PI for YCWA(2010-2011) funded project “Historic Geomorphic and Land Use / Land Cover Reconstructions of the Lower Yuba River: Based on a Remote Sensing Analysis” with PI Dr. Allan James: $ 61,000

 Paul E Lovingood award for excellence in graduate doctorate research, 2010: $500

Graduate School Travel Grant Award Spring 2011, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC: $600

Graduate School Travel Grant Award Spring 2010, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC: $700

Graduate School Travel Grant Award Fall 2007, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC: $1100

Graduate research assistant fellowship for NSF funded project(2006-2007) “Tracking Hydraulic Sediment in Sacramento Valley, California” under PI Dr. Allan James: $ 18,000

Award and Scholarship for the 2nd rank in MS in Applied Geology, 2002: INR 12,500

Award and Scholarship for the 2nd rank in MS in Applied Geology, 2001: INR 12,500