<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">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; </span></span><!--[endif]--><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Project Director</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> for an ongoing Indian Council of Social Science Research </span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">(ICSSR) minor research grant</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> of Rs. 7,50,000 for the year 2024-2025 for the proposal titled <em>&lsquo;Analysing the Opportunities and Challenges of FPOs in Organic Farming in Maharashtra: A Mixed-Method Study&rsquo;</em></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: justify;">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; </span></span><strong style="text-align: justify; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Project Director</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"> for the </span><strong style="text-align: justify; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">ICSSR minor research grant</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"> of Rs. 5,00,000 for the year 2022-2024 for the proposal titled <em>&lsquo;Understanding Menstrual Waste Disposal Behaviour of Schoolgirls using the Theory of Planned Behaviour&rsquo;</em>. (completed)</span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><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;</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">3. Granted copyright on 20<sup>th</sup> May 2025 for a questionnaire to bridge the skill gap in the blue economy, an analysis of national policy and its impact.</span></p>
<p><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">4. Granted copyright on 26<sup>th</sup> December 2023 as the 1<sup>st</sup> author for a questionnaire to study intensions and attitudes of school girls behind discarding their menstrual waste irresponsibly.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">5. Awarded the Jasoda Gauri Thakorlal Shah Prize for commendable application to study by St. Xavier's college in 2012</span></p>