Dr Ameera Zarrin was awarded a Small Study and Research Grant (India) 2010-11, when a student Aligarh Muslim University, for a study of cultic objects relating to the Azadaari (ritual practice) during Mohurram of the Bara and Chota Inambara of Lucknow,
Dr Zarrin was awarded her Ph.D. in Museology from AMU in 2016. Her doctoral thesis, titled Documentation and Study on the Conservation Status of Avian Collection of State Museum Lucknow, was the product of five years of intensive research, including two years of fieldwork conducted at the Natural History Section of the State Museum, Lucknow. She has also been awarded UGC Junior and Senior Research Fellowships (2012–2016) and a Getty Bursary Programme grant (2017).
Dr Zarrin’s teaching career spans 2014–2026. She began as a Junior Research Fellow from September 2012 to October 2014, and subsequently served as Senior Research Fellow from October 2014 to June 2016. She joined the Department of Museology as a Guest Teacher in October 2014 and continued in that capacity until August 2021, thereafter has served as Assistant Professor (Contractual) across multiple sessions from September 2021 to 2025. She currently holds the position of Guest Teacher in the same department. Her research has resulted in several publications including the book, Safeguarding India’s Intangible Heritage: Custodians of Culture, co-authored with Farha and published by Gyan Publishing House in 2023 (ISBN: 978-81-212-7137-0), which reflects her sustained scholarly interest in intangible cultural heritage. Her book chapters have been published in notable edited volumes, including a Festschrift in honour of Padma Shri Dr. O.P. Agrawal, and a volume on Climate Vulnerability and Sustainable Development Goals published by Nitya Publications.