Awards
Trophy for best Elocution 2026
The Raghvendra Trophy Elocution competition conducted by the Indian Medical Association, Solapur Branch in 2026 awarded Dr Kusum the best elocution for her speech on “Air Quality, who is responsible?”
Selected for the Women in Global Health Speakers Bureau
2025
Dr Kusum Moray was selected for and completed the Women in Global Health Speakers Bureau Program. She was one of the 33 speakers from across 10+ countries chosen by this one-of-a-kind inaugural program, which allows event organisers to select health experts as speakers.
Young IAPSM Orator award 2024
Dr Kusum Moray was awarded “The Dr. Sushila Nayar Young IAPSM Orator award” in the Non-academic category (affiliated to non-profit organisations) as a part of the 5th Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM)- Young Leaders Conclave, organised at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi on the 9th and 10th of November, 2024. The award recognised past academic and research-related accomplishments, future vision, and activities of the non-profit work of the StreeArogya Rural Foundation.
Women Lift Health Leadership Fellowship (2023-2024)
Dr Kusum was selected for this fully funded leadership training program conducted by WomenLiftHealth, a global leadership development organization.
Scholarship to attend Health System Strengthening course in Belgium (2022)
Dr Kusum was awarded a full scholarship to attend a three-week long short course on Health System Strengthening at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, by the Belgium Directorate-General Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD).
First place in poster presentation (2020)
Dr Kusum secured first place in the Maternal and Child Health Poster category in the 64th Annual National Conference of the Indian Public Health Association in 2020.
Scholarship to attend conference in 2015
Dr Kusum was awarded a scholarship at the first International Conference on Medical and Social Sciences, Mysore, India, for the poster “Marriage preparedness among rural women in Southern India.”
