the american institute of indian studies (aiis) awarded pushkar sohoni a junior research fellowship in 2007-08. he was a member of the project art space and mobility in the early ages of globalization, organized by the kunsthistorisches institut in florenz. while in residence at green college, university of british columbia, pushkar sohoni served on the executive board of the dining committee, residents' council, and the membership committee. in 2013, he was a sub-reviewer for projects that had received the aga khan architectural award. he is interested in numismatics, and has lent coins to exhibitions, including the show "sultans of deccan india, 1500–1700: opulence and fantasy" at the metropolitan museum in new york. in 2016-17, he and c. ryan perkins won an award from the american institute of pakistan studies (aips) to conduct workshops for the cataloging and preservation of the anjuman-i taraqqi-i urdu library in karachi. pushkar sohoni was a non-residential visiting scholar of the center for the advanced study of india at the university of pennsylvania in the year 2016-17.