Tri-Council Grants:

2011- 2014: Governance Transfer and Corporate Risk Taking: Evidence from U.S. and International Mergers$68,261, Social Sciences Humanities Research Council (SSHRC),  with N. Boubakri and J.-C. Cosset. (Principal Investigator)

2008 to 2011: The Political Economy of Transparency, Corporate Governance, and Cost of Capital: International Evidence, $92,000, Social Sciences Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), with N. Boubakri,  J.-C. Cosset, O. Guedhami.  (Co-investigator 2008-09, Managed Grant Fund 2009-2011).

Best Paper Awards:

Receipient of the “Research in International Business and Finance Prize” (jointly with N. Boubakri and J-C. Cosset) at the Academy of International Business – UK & Ireland Chapter Annual Conference 2012.

Winner of 2011 Moskowitz Prize for Socially Responsible Investing,  awarded by the Center for Responsible Business at the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley.

Nominated (and Finalist) for Temple/AIB Best Paper award by International Accounting and Finance Division at the 2007 Academy of International Business conference at Indianapolis, USA, June 2007

Outstanding International Paper Award (jointly with O. Guedhami) at Eastern Finance Association annual meeting, April 2007.

Medals:

Nepal Bank Gold Medal (Gunjman), for the best academic performance (Ranked #1) in the Faculty of Management’s MBA Program, Tribhuvan University

Mahendra Vidya Vhushan (Kha) Gold Medal, for the best academic performance (Ranked #1) in the Faculty of Management’s MBA Program, Tribhuvan University

Mahendra Vidya Vhushan (GA) Gold Medal, for the best academic performance (Ranked #1) in the Faculty of Management’s BBA program, Tribhuvan University

Nepal Bank Gold Medal (Chattrapati), for the best academic performance (Ranked #1) in the Faculty of Management’s BBA program, Tribhuvan University

Fellowships/Scholarships: 

Beta Gamma Sigma

Graduate Fellowship Award, University of Connecticut

Fulbright-Hays Scholarship

International Graduate Fellowship Award, Indiana University - Bloomington

Merit Scholarship, Tribhuvan University

South Asian Youth Invitation Program, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs