Member, Selection Board for
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Centenary Award for excellence in biomedical research,
instituted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi; Member,
Central Advisory Committee on Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Delhi
(Two years from July 2006); Chairman, Sectoral Group on Rural Development for
the formulation of Eleventh Five Year Plan; Chairman, Committee on the
formulation of Eleventh Five Year Plan Proposal in the area of Biotech-based
Programmes for Societal Development; Member, Board of Directors of Dena Bank;
Member, Board of Directors of National Research Development Corporation;
Member, Advisory Committee for Recruitment and Assessment Board, Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research, Delhi and Member Editorial Advisory Board
of International Journal of Sustainable Development till 2005; Member, Advisory
Board of Innovations, a quarterly journal, jointly hosted at the School
of Public Policy, George Mason University and the Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University, USA; Member, Editorial Board of Indian Journal of
Traditional Knowledge (Jan 2006-Dec 2008), A publication of National Institute
of Science Communication and Information Resources; Member, Delhi; Member,
Member, Sec 8 (1) Committee of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata;
Member, Advisory Board of Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the
Environment (ATREE); Member, Research Council for National Institute of
Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi; Sub Committee on
Finance and Governance of Accreditation Board of ICAR, Coastal Zone Management
Authority, Gujarat, National Committee to prepare twenty year plan for
Forestry, MoEF; Member, Technical Advisory Group of Media Lab, Asia; Member
Expert, Research Council of National Botanical Research Institute Lucknow.
Served on the advisory committee
of an international cross country research project of International Service for
National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), The Hague on On‑Farm Client Oriented
Research;, was member External Advisory Committee, Centre For Indigenous Knowledge
for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa state University, USA; was member,
National Land Use and Conservation Board, and working group on soil
conservation for 7th and 9th Five Year plan, Rainfed agriculture and
watershed planning for seventh and ninth five year plan, Sub Group on Resource
Mobilisation for Indian Council of Agricultural Research, 9th FYP;
Planning Commission; was regional/ country representative of International Association
of Rural Sociology and International Society of Advancement in Socio‑
Economics; International Society of Ecological Economics; life member, Gujarat
Sociological association, Gujarat Economics Society, Indian Institute of
Public Administration Society, Member
Board of Directors, International Association For Studies of Common Property
Resources; Gujarat Institute of Development Research; and National Institute of
Vocational Education, Bhopal; Member Research Advisory Committee of Biological Sciences Division of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, National Academy of Agricultural Research
Management, Hyderabad; National Centre for Agricultural Policy, ICAR; Central
Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur; Board member VIKSAT, Ahmedabad.
Have guided FPM (doctoral) theses
on Ecological Movement, Incorporating Farmers’ Interests in Biotechnology
Input Development and Endogenous Innovations for Sustainable Pest Management,
besides being member of several other FPM committees on Trade and environment,
organizational change, risk and uncertainty in agriculture etc.
