<p class="Default"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #7030a0;">Honours</span></strong></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin-top: 12pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/public-files/datasets/btchxktzyw/files/1b1cbb0c-9ec9-4482-ac6d-cc9d5586bd3f/file_downloaded"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">World&rsquo;s Top 2% Scientist (Elsevier - 2024 and 2025)</span></a></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;"><a href="https://scholargps.com/rankings/highly_ranked_scholars.php?id=5&amp;ranking_duration=LAST_5_YEARS&amp;type=field"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #e36c0a;">India Rank (Education):&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #e36c0a;"><br /></span></strong><a href="https://scholargps.com/rankings/highly_ranked_scholars.php?id=5&amp;ranking_duration=LAST_5_YEARS&amp;type=field"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #e36c0a;">World Rank (Education): 16</span></strong></a></p>
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<p class="Default"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #7030a0;">Awards</span></strong></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">Awarded UGC-NET-JRF in Education (June 2019)</span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">Awarded UGC-NET-JRF in Adult Education (December 2019)</span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">Awarded UGC-NET in Public Administration (November 2020)</span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">Qualified GATE (2021) Humanities and Social Sciences - Sociology</span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">5.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">Awarded with &lsquo;Best Poster Presentation&rsquo; Award on 02-07-2022 by IIT Patna and Frontiers.</span></p>
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