- Chairman, Task Force for monitoring the implementation of Corporate Responsibility on Environmental Protection (CREP) recommendations for tannery sector – Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi.
- Member of the Committee of Administration of the Council for Leather Exports.
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Indian Institute of Leather Products.
- Member of the Executive Council, Institute for Energy Studies, Anna University.
- Member of the Festival Advisory Committee of the Science City.
- Member of the Executive Committee of Science City.
- Member of the Governing Council of Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering & Technology, Chembarambakkam.
- Member of the Governing Council of the Central Footwear Training Institute, Chennai.
- Member of the Governing Council of the Bharath Institute of Engineering (Leather Technology).
- Member of the Senate ( .
- Member of the National Advisory Committee for conduct of DST-NSF Advanced Study Institute on Nanoscale Science & Engineering, University of Madras.
- Member of the CII National Committee on Leather.
- Membership of the Steering Committee of the National River Conservation Authority, Ministry of Environment and Forests.
- Joint Treasurer of the Council of Chemical Research Society of India.
- Member of the Governing Council of the Karnataka Institute of Leather Technology.
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Indian Shoe Federation.
- Member of the Board of Directors, Indian Leather Industry Foundation.
- Member of the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology.
- Member of the Indian Leather Technologists Association.
- Member of the Monitoring Committee for Rare Earth Project under New Millennium Technology Initiative.
- Chairman of the Task Force of CSIR Network project on Zero Emission Research Initiative.
- Member of the Network project “Development of hollow fibre membrane technology for water disinfection/purification and waste water reclamation”.
- Member of the NMITLI Project on Biotechnology for Leather towards cleaner processing.
- Member of the Network project on “Functional organic materials for energy efficient devices”.
- Member of the Network project on “Nanomaterials and nanodevices for application in health and diseases”.
- Member of the Network project on “Remediation, Eco-restoration and cleanup of contaminated sites, water sources and ground water in selected polluted clusters”.
- Member of the RSWNET committee on:
- Development and demonstration of technology for better recovery and utilization of fallen animal carcasses
- Development of appropriate technology/techniques and demonstrations for improving rural tanning
- Development/Demonstration of technologies for strengthening rural leather footwear sector
- Development of novel leather products based on ethnic designs
- Chairman, Inter Agency Project (Design Centre for Products) under CLRI, NID and CLE initiatives.
- Member of the Steering Committee on Integrated Development of Leather Sector (IDLS) of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
- Member of the Expert Group to consider the issues related to requirement of Sanitary Import Permit for raw hides and skins into India.
- Vice-Chairman of the project for managing the International Leather Complex, Nellore, under the Leather Industries Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh, Government of Andhrapradesh.
- Member, Panel Evaluation Committee, Department of Science and Technology (Project for Chemical Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur).
- Chairman, Inputs Approval Committee, HRD Mission Program and Global Benchmarking Scheme and Non-leather footwear under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Industry, Government of India.
- Chairman, Inter Agency Project (Design Centre for products) under CLRI, NID and CLE initiatives.
- Member of the Governing Council of Footwear Design and Development Institute, Noida.
- Member of the Governing Concil of the South Indian Textile Research Association, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
- Chairman, implementation Committee at CLRI for Network project on Building a Scienctific Knowledge Grid, ICT infrastructure and Services for CSIR Labs
- Recently served as a selection committee member to select Chair Professors at the National Center for Catalysis Research Center, IIT, Madras.
- Membership in DST in Physical Chemistry
- Membership in CSIRs HRDG group
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.
- Member of the Materials Research Society of India
- Life member of the Chemical Research Society of India.
- Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences
- Life Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society
- Member of the Society of Surface Science and Technology
- Member of the Society of Biological Chemistry
- Member, Indian Science Congress Association
- Member, Management Board, CLRI
- Member, Management Council, CLRI (2000-2003) & CECRI (Jul 2005- 2007)
- Member, Forum for Science, Technology and Society (CSIR)
- Editorial Advisory Board member of International Journal of Surface Science and Technology (since 1994- till date) and also Proceedings of Indian Academy of Sciences (Chemical Sciences) (since Jan 2001-Dec 2003)
- Served as a Doctoral Committee member for Anna University, Madras University, IIT Madras, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, IISc Bangalore and also examined many Ph. D. theses and conducted Ph.D. viva voce exams for the same as one of the examiners including abroad Ph. D. thesis.
- Serves as a referee for J.Am.Chem.Soc., J.Phys.Chem., Langumir, Macromolecules, Biomacromolecules, J. Chem. Phys., Chem. Phys., Chem. Phys. Lett., J.Mol. Liquids, J. Electroanal. Chem., Bioeclectrochem., Biosensors & Bioelectronics, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., Biochim. Biophys. Acta., Chem. Com., Faraday Trans., Perkins Trans.2, J. Mater. Chem., Colloids and Surfaces, Colloid Poly. Sci., J. Colloid. Interface. Sci., Food Chem., and some Indian Journals, viz. Indian J. Chem., J. Ind. Chem. Soc., Ind. J. Biochem. Biophys., Proceedings Indian Academy of Sciences (Chemical Sci. ), J. Surface Sci. Tech., Bull. Electrochem. and Current Science and some Elsevier Journals.
- Delivered more than 100 invited lectures in India and Abroad and also chaired many scientific sessions for National and International symposia including American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Fine Particle Society, Colloid and Surface Sciences, Group Monitoring Workshop of DST funded projects in Physical Chemistry.
- Member of the Advisory Board of Madya Pradesh Science and Technology.
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