1. Member, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC, an autonomous body of the Government of India, for evaluating higher education institutions such as universities);
2. Member, Expert Committees (Development Studies; Gandhian Studies), Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Delhi;
3. Member, Expert Committee (for mid-term appraisal of FAEA (Foundation for Academic Excellence and Access, funded by Ford Foundation)), Delhi;
4. Member, Expert Committee, FAEA (for selection of students from socially deprived sections for higher education scholarships; for the annual meetings of the Principals of the FAEA cluster colleges under the Pathways Programme);
5. Member, Advisory Committee for the development of the University Grants Commission’s Centre for the Study of Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Bharathidasan University;
6. Member, Planning and Development Board, University of Madras;
7. Member, Board of Research Studies, University of Madras;
8. Member, Board of Studies in Sociology, Universities and Colleges, Tamil Nadu;
9. Referee for manuscripts, Taylor and Francis (Routledge and Kegan Paul), London;
10. Referee for manuscripts, Oxford University Press, India;
11. Referee for various international journals;
12. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Sociological Bulletin;
13. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Peace and Democracy in South Asia;
14. Member, Editorial Board, History and Culture;
15. Member, Editorial Team, Milli Gazette;
16. Consultant, Project on the implementation of the PCR (Protection of Civil Rights) Act, National Law School of India University, Bangalore (sponsored by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.);
17. Peer Reviewer, Global Integrity, Washington (An International NGO like the Transparency International, tracking governance and corruption trends in various countries);
18. Member, selection committees of Universities;
19. Member, Governing Council, Madras Institute of Development Studies;
20. Member, Academic Council, Madras Institute of Development Studies.