Awards
JLG Gold Standard Selection 2025
Parag Honor List 2025
Atta Galatta Bangalore LitFest Shortlist 2025
Valley of Words Literature Award Longlist 2026
PADIBA Nominated 2026
Bal Sahitya Puraskaar 2023 Nominated
Diverse Verse Scholarship, Highlights Foundation 2023
SCBWI San Francisco North and East Bay Region Equity and Inclusion Awards – Tapestry of Voices Creator Award 2021
“Dream Home” – Winner, Arts Illustrated Short Story Contest, August 2019
Children’s Book Trust 2019 – Two awards in the short story and picture book category.
Best of Indian Children’s Writing Award 2018 for Manya Learns to Roar, 2019
Watch Me – Winner of the BalKatha Prize by Katha
Manya Learns to Roar – Originally called “Just Like Everybody Else” – Winner of the Children First Contest, organized by Duckbill Books, Parag (Tata Trusts) and Vidyasagar School, Chennai, March 2017
Susie Will Not Speak – Originally called “Jahan Refuses to Speak” – Shortlisted in the Children First Contest, organized by Duckbill Books, Parag (Tata Trusts) and Vidyasagar School, Chennai, March 2017
“The Awakening” – Winner of the DNA-Out of Print Short Fiction Award. – Link 1 and Link 2, July 2014
“Kanchenjunga” – winner of the Tagore-O’Henry Short Story Contest conducted by Final Draft Editing and Publishing [Link], 2013
“The Story Lady” – First Prize Winner in the Fiction for Children category, Unisun – Reliance TimeOut Competition 2011.
“All that Glitters” – Special Mention in the Sunday Herald Short Story Competition 2011 [Link]
“The Guide” – 3rd Prize in the Sunday Herald Short Story Competition 2008 [Link]
Interviews/Panels
WHEN SCIENCE STOOD STILL:
Uma Krishnaswami’s Blog – Guest Post
Interview with Shruthi Rao, author of When Science Stood Still by Sandy Brehl
Author Shruthi Rao on Holding your Ground with Lydia Lukidis
An in-depth analysis of WHEN SCIENCE STOOD STILL by Sandy Brehl
The Picture Book Buzz – October 2025 Interview with STEAM Team Books Members with Maria Marshall
Interview with Nancy Castaldo
THE FIRST GIRL ON STAGE:
Panel: When “Girl, you can do anything!” turns into “… this is what girls do.”
KADOOBOO:
Simply Seven with Jena Benton Lasley
Blissfully Bookish Blog with Lydia Lukidis
Interview with Jenny Lynn Pease
Tuesday Debut with Susanna Leonard Hill
INDIA IN TRIANGLES:
How Triangles Mapped India (Deccan Herald)
A MELODY IN MYSORE
Hindustan Times: Penguin Booklist (Sep 13 2024)
Deccan Herald Bookrack
OTHERS:
Tell Me a Story – Podcast about writing process, Malhar in the Middle, and Spaceship to the Universe
Beyond the Box – Author of the Month – Interview with Anupama Dalmia
Belongg Lit Fest – The Role of Literature in Disability
Education World – Women’s Day Special – Interview with Shruthi Rao – Mar 3 2020
Junior Imprint – August 7, 2019
Direct Dil Se – Toka Parent Blog – Aug 28 2017
Chandana Banerjee – April 6 2016
Interview with Chillibreeze – Aug 2012
Duckbill Children First Books – Swaddle
Media
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/artistry-with-words/article3797099.ece
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/stories-that-won/article2592703.ece