Association with professional and expert bodies

Member	Patent Screening Committee, Department of Biotechnology
Member	Indo-US Collaboration on Vaccine Action Programme
Member	Indo-US Collaboration on Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Research
Member	Indo-US Collaboration in Agricultural Biotechnology
Member	Indo-US Collaboration on Maternal and Child Health and Human Development Research, coordinated by Indian Council of Medical Research (D.O.No.6317/SBT/2003)
Member	Expert Recombinant Drug Advisory Panel Constituted for evaluation of r- DNA derived therapeutical product (Drugs and Pharmaceuticals) by Directorate General of Health Services (No.4-27/2001-DC)
Member	Committee of ICMR to prepare knowledge network for biological disasters for use High Powered Committee for Disaster Management Plans constituted by the Ministry of Agriculture
Member	National Committee on Research in Human Reproduction under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Department of Family Welfare, Government of India.
Member	International Scientific Programme Committee of the International Conference on Adolescent Reproductive Health: Evidence and Programme Implications for South Asia, November 1-4, 2000, Mumbai
Member	Small Group on Strategic Export Controls of the Ministry of External Affairs, Disarmament and International Security Affairs Division to implement decisions of the Committee of Secretaries - Core Group on Security
Member	Inter-Ministerial Working Group for export of Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies (SCOMAT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce, Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Member	Alternate Member for the Crisis Management Group on Biological Disasters of the Directorate General of Health Services, Nirman Bhavan
Member	Research Council of the National Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur.
Member	Research Council of the Central Drugs Research Institute, Lucknow
Member	Selection Committee for DBT Travel Support/Financial Support for Attending International Conferences/ Seminars/ Symposium/ Workshops/ Training Course/ Short Term Course
Member	Working Group of the Planning Commission on “Health Systems Research and Biomedical Research and Development” for the 9th Plan Coordinated by Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi
Member	Institutional Baiosafety Committee, All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi. Notification No. S.O. 843(E), Ministry of Environment and Forests, July, 2000.
Member	Institutional Baiosafety Committee, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi. Notification No. S.O. 843(E), Ministry of Environment and Forests, July, 2000.
Member	Institute Biosafety Committee of KMC, Mangalore
Member	National Screening Committee of USIF-DST
Member	Committee of Ministry of Environment & Forests on Controlling and Supervising Experiments on Animals.
Member	Indo-Israel Joint Committee on Science & Technology
Member	National Committee for S&T for collaboration with Israel
Member	National Coordination Committee of ILTPOC in S&T between India and Russia
Member	Indo-Bangladesh National Committee on Science and technology
Member	Indo-Malaysia Joint Committee on Science and Technology
Member	Indo-Indonesia joint Committee on science and Technology
Member	Indo-Vietnam joint Committee on Science and Technology
Member	SAARC Technical Committee on Science and Technology
Member	Planning Committee for the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) School in Immunology of the Department of Science and Technology (1991)
Member	Alternate Member of the Research Council of the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) Calcutta
Member	Joint Working Group of the Indo-FRG Cooperation in Science and Technology
Member	India-Japan Joint Committee on Science and Technology Cooperation held at New Delhi from December 2-3, 1999
Member	Indo-Polish Sub-committee on Science and Technology
Member	Inter-Agency Committee on Management of R&D funding
Member	Expert Committee at CDRI, Lucknow to evolve standard norms/guidelines for the use of animals in scientific research.
Member	National Committee on Research in Human Reproduction, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
Member	Core Group on Kala Azar Control Programme in Bihar
Coordinator	Joint Indo-US Programme on Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Research Initiatives
Coordinator	Standing Advisory Committee (Overseas) of the Department of Biotechnology
Coordinator	International Projects Approval Committee of the Department of Biotechnology
Coordinator	Interactions of the International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi Component with Government of India. Liaison Officer for India
Chairman	Committee to reorganize the structure of research activities in biotechnology of Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar and to set up a separate Centre for Biotechnology
Member	DBT-ICMR Committee for development of National Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Therapy in India
Leader	Leader of a high-powered IT and Biotech mission to Israel and Switzerland coordinated by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) from October 18-20, 2004
Chief Guest	Chief Guest at the Annual Day and Graduation Ceremony at the PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore on September 30, 2005
Address	Delivered Convocation Address at the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar on April 2, 2004.
Liaison Officer	Liaison Officer, India, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Participant	Regional Workshop on Ethical and Legislative Aspects of International Collaborative Research jointly held by WHO-NHS, USA and ICMR at Chennai 15-17 January, 2004