Educational Background
THE GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (IHEID)
(August 2019-June 2025)
PhD in International History and Politics (Specialization in Gender Studies)
PhD GPA and Mémoire Préliminaire de Thèse Grade: 5.75/6; Dissertation Defence Grade: Summa cum Laude (with No Corrections Required)
Swiss Government Excellence Scholar (2020-2022)
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY- LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS (August 2015-September 2017)
Master of Arts, Master of Science Dual Degree Program (International History)
GPA: 3.8/4; Distinction
CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Cornell Tata Scholar) (August 2010-May 2014)
Bachelor of Arts (History, Political Science)
GPA: 3.9/4; Magna Cum Laude Honors
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (MANSFIELD COLLEGE) (October 2012-June 2013)
Study Abroad Program (History, Political Science)
Awards, Scholarships, and Grants
• Swiss National Science Foundation Doc.Ch Fellowship (2022-2024)
• Swiss National Science Foundation Gender Equality Grant (2022-2024)
• Swiss National Science Foundation Project Completion Grant (2024)
• Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship – FCS Switzerland Government (2020-2022)
• Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences Conference Travel Grant (2023)
• Swiss Network of International Studies International Organizations PhD Fellow (2021)
• North American Oral History Association Conference Grant (2021)
• Pierre Du Bois Foundation Research Grant (2021)
• Geneva Graduate Institute Community Scholarship (2019-2020)
• London School of Economics Postgraduate Merit Scholarship (2016-2017)
• Davis Peace Projects Award (2016)
• Service Fellowship – Odisha State Government (2016)
• Columbia University Graduate Teaching Scholarship (2016)
• Columbia University Dean’s List (2016)
• Columbia University Alliance Fellowship (2015)
• Women’s International Leadership Award – International House, New York (2015)
• Cornell University Anne Macintyre Litchfield History Award (2014)
• Cornell University Cornelis W. Dekiewet History Award (2013)
• Cornell University Dean’s List (2011-2014)
• Cornell University Tata Scholar (Tata Trust India, 2010-2014)
Web Links
Institutional Profiles: https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/discover-institute/shriya-patnaik | https://worldhistory.columbia.edu/content/shriya-patnaik
Project Pages: https://data.snf.ch/grants/grant/207197 | https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/research-centres/gender-centre/re-constructing-and-re-imagining-matriarchal-community-mahari?fbclid=IwAR3DhETftyILaR1ywEeYdMCBdxgRwc9mCnwlwu_Iv6L6eP8Whae9tABCHGg
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1503-3975
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XiRPIb4AAAAJ&hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shriyapatnaik/