Fellowships/Awards

Fellowships

Honors and Awards

2020-2021: Fulbright Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship funded by USIEF (India) and IIE (USA)

The research delved into the identification and examination of disruptions that impede the sources of socio-psychological stability required for the socio-political integration of Tibetan refugees who have been officially acknowledged as immigrants within American society. The study acknowledged the process of (re)constructing both subjective and objective identities and adopts a perspective that underscores the significance of social relations in shaping individual identity. In contrast to Edward Relph's dichotomous framework of insideness and outsideness, it introduced the concept of the 'intermediate' experience among refugees and immigrants, highlighting the pivotal role of their attachments to places in configuring their identities. The research was conducted with a cohort of 27 Tibetan individuals who immigrated to the Greater Chicago area in Illinois, United States, from 1992 onward. The semi-structured interviews conducted in this research unveiled that the conventional viewpoints presented by attachment and detachment theories concerning place and identity exhibit limitations. In lieu of these conventional views, the research posited an alternative perspective, contending that during the process of migration, the individual's sense of place identity becomes ingrained in their unconscious but does not dissipate entirely. This is evidenced by the persistent assertions of 'claiming' made by the Tibetan immigrants over Tibet.

Fulbright Fellowship Completion Certificate

2015: Awarded for standing 1st in Masters Degree at college level (Maitreyi College, DU).

 2014:  Scored highest marks in the second semester of Masters degree at university level (Delhi University)