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