Two awards were named the 'SAYRID Social Research Excellence Award' for two excellent researchers in senior and junior categories. One award was given to a young researcher aged 30 and below. Another award was for a senior researcher aged above 30. I got the prize in the young researcher category.

The award was given in the conference called 'Young Scholar Summit 2017' at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, with a theme of "Empowering Knowledge Production," which aims to trigger a debate in the public discourse of Bangladesh.It was organized by the South Asian Youth Research Institute for Development (SAYRID).