- Visiting Research Fellowship, Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), University of Oxford
- Research Consultant, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, SOAS, University of London
- Visiting Fellow, Department of Anthropology, the London School of Economics (LSE), University of London, UK (2014)
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany (2012-2013)
- Visiting Fellow, South Asia Institute (SAI), University of Heidelberg, Germany (November, 2013).
- Visiting Fellow, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands (May 2013).
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada, Wilfred Laurier University, Canada (2012).
- Institute of Culture and Development Research (ICDR), Research Grants (2010-2011)
- Visiting Fellow, Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India (2010-2011).
- British Academy Visiting Fellowship, the University of Hull, UK (2009)
- The MEXT (Ministry of Education, Youth, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology, Japan), (2004-2008)
- 21st Century COE Fieldwork Grant (Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University) (2006)
- 21st Century COE Fieldwork Grant (Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University) (2005)
- Grant from the Chittagong University Research Cell, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh (2003).