Grants + Awards
Engaged Student Fellowship, Harvard Radcliffe Institute Honoree for educational distribution of The Tent Village, 2021.
Operation Impact, Harvard University Co-recipient for work on a game-based sustainability curriculum, 2019.
Ayodhya Film Festival Winner, Best Documentary Story The Tent Village collaborative documentary, 2019.
New England Emmy Co-Nominee for PBS video about a Vietnam Veteran, 2018.
The UN World Peace Day A client-film was featured in the UN Youth Presentation, 2017.
To the Contrary Film Festival for Women and Girls Winner, Best Student Film — The Tent Village, which aired on PBS, 2016.
VT Dept. of Education Award Winner for an informational documentary about a teen wellness program, 2014.
Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship Awardee, to film and teach in India, 2012-13.
Fulbright Critical Language Enhancement Award Awardee, to study Hindi, 2012.
Enersen Foundation Grant Recipient of funding for Kimmy’s Schedule (M.F.A. thesis film), 2008.
Lintilhac Foundation Recipient of funding to support SLED Camp (a co-created program for refugee and VT-born teens), 2007.
Magna Cum Laude Designee when graduating from The UVM Honors College, 2006.
Phi Beta Kappa and Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honor Society) Inductee, 2006.
Wertheimer Prize for Outstanding Senior Honors Thesis Winner of cash award for work on media and education in India, 2006.
UVM Political Science Award in Comparative Politics Winner, for Latin American scholarship, 2006.
UVM CUPS Grant Co-recient for media equipment used in a service-learning trip to Ethiopia, 2005.
UVM URECA Grant Recipient, to make Jeevodaya, Hope through Education, a movie about education and child labor, 2005.
Press + Publications
(Does not include film festivals):
Vegan Life Magazine You Like Eating Blood? Why ‘rational’ arguments against meat often fail.
Fulbright 75th Anniversary Art Exhibit featuring The Tent Village.
Seven Days story featuring Kali Yuga Chants.
Seven Days story featuring Splice Cream’s creative consulting with Solid Threads.
Seven Days story about The Tent Village.
Featured Seven Days Jokes of the Week.
Zocalo Magazine article about The Tent Village’s special event screening hosted by The University of Arizona and Loft Theatre.
UVM Office of Sustainability piece covering Nilima’s documentary filmmaking class.
Vermont Quarterly article on Nilima’s Fulbright projects.
Seven Days story about Jeevodaya, Hope Through Education.
Mashable piece featuring Reward Volunteers mobile app.
Times Argus (VT Business Magazine) piece on a mobile app startup.
Practical Matters (Emory University Journal) featuring Lotus, a Stanford-MFA documentary,
Speaking + Workshops
American Cancer Society VT Keynote Speaker (comedic), Making Strides against Breast Cancer, 2018.
Vermont’s Funniest Comedian Competition Finalist, 2018.
The University of Arizona With collaborators from India, presented film and Q and A with 400 people about The Tent Village, 2017.
Participatory Video Workshop Center for Documentary, University of Arizona. Co-led workshop for graduate students, 2017.
South Burlington Middle School Presented to 80 students about volunteerism, focussing on youth activism, 2010.
UVM Hillel Awards Banquet Distinguished Alumni Panelist — spoke about integrating volunteerism with academics, 2012.
S. Asian Fulbright Conference Selected presenter on fellowship work, Kochi, India, 2013.
Landour Lecture series Speaker/presenter regarding documentary work, Mussoorie, India, 2012.