Awards & Grants
External
2022
National Science Foundation Diversity and Networking in Law School: Are Students From Diverse Backgrounds Disadvantaged? (Waves 3 and 4) Law and Science Grant (lead PI, co-PIs Anthony Paik, Carole Silver, and Steve Boutcher) ($511,230)
Law and Society Association. Herbert Jacob Book Prize (Honorable Mention, Accidental Feminism)
New India Foundation. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize Shortlist (Accidental Feminism)
2021
Princeton University Press. Global Equity Grant ($5500)
Association of American Law Schools. AALS Teacher of Year
ASA Sociology of Law Section. Distinguished Book Award (Accidental Feminism)
Society of Hellman Fellows. 2021-22 Awardee ($50,000)
2020
International Sociological Association. 2020 Adam Podgòrecki Prize (for outstanding early-career socio-legal scholarship). Honorable Mention
American Sociological Association. 2020 Sociology of Development Section Faculty Article Award. Honorable Mention
AccessLex Institute Diversity and Networking in Law School: Are Students From Diverse Backgrounds Disadvantaged? Collaborative Project Research Grant (co-PI with Anthony Paik, Carole Silver, Steve Boutcher, and Kathryne Young) ($124,662)
2019
Canadian Review of Sociology. 2019 Best Article Award
Kanter Award. (for Excellence in Work-Family Research) 2019 Nominee
2018
Journal of Professions and Organization. 2017/18 Best Paper Award ($1000)
2016
Research & Empirical Analysis of Labor Migration (REALM). Migration and Kerala’s Gender Paradox. Project Grant, co-PI with Hannah Brückner ($31,820)
Law and Society Association. International Collaborative Travel Grant ($3456)
2014
National Science Foundation. Law and Social Sciences (LSS) Dissertation Improvement Grant ($19,999)
Institute of Global Law and Policy at Harvard. Santander & IGLP Doha Research Grant ($2000)
Institute of Global Law and Policy at Harvard. Collaborative Travel Grant ($1000)
2012
Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession. Travel Grant ($1800)
Law and Society Association. Travel Grant ($1800)
2011
The International Institute of Law and Sociology. Juan Celaya Research Grant ($6800)
Law and Society Association. Graduate Student Workshop Travel Grant ($500)
2007-08
Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation. University Scholarship, Harvard Law School
2000
Bar Council of India. Best Moot Court Advocate Award
Internal
2023
UCI Distinguished Faculty Awards 2023-4 Early Career Award for Research
2022
Noyce Fellowship. 2021 Awardee (with Isha Bhallamudi) ($15,000)
2021
UCI Law Student Awards. Professor of the Year (Upper Level Classes)
2015
The Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Marjorie Lozoff Graduate Prize for Research on Women and Gender
Stanford University Department of Sociology. Barbara and Sandy Dorbusch Award for a Contribution to the Understanding or Solution of a Social Problem
2013-15
Stanford Vice-Provost of Graduate Education (VPGE). Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Doctoral Fellowship Program
2014
Stanford Sociology Department. Research Opportunity Grant ($5000)
2013-14
Stanford University Center on Poverty and Inequality. National Poverty Research Fellow
2013
Stanford Sociology Department. Research Opportunity Grant ($5000)
Stanford University Centre for South Asia. Summer Research Grant ($2000)
Stanford VPGE. Diversity Research Opportunity Funds ($5000)
Stanford VPGE. Student Projects For Intellectual Community Enhancement ($1800)
2012
Stanford VPGE. Student Projects For Intellectual Community Enhancement ($2500)
Stanford VPGE. Student Projects For Intellectual Community Enhancement, co-PI with Brooke Conroy and Marion Coddou ($2500)
2011
Stanford Office of the Dean (H&S). Dean’s Teaching Fellow
Stanford VPGE. Graduate Research Opportunity Award ($2902)
2010
Stanford Center for South Asia. Summer Research Grant ($2500)
2009-10
Stanford University VPGE. Graduate Student Fellowship
2009
Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession. Research Grant, with David Wilkins ($3750)
2004
NALSAR University of Law. A.K. Murti Memorial Gold Medal (Best Student of the Graduating Class)