Selected Honorary Positions and Honorary Works

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.