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Biodiversity and Conservation

Present

  • Member, National Afforestation and Eco-development Board, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India.

  • Member, Expert Committee on Access and Benefit Sharing, National Biodiversity Authority, Govt. of India.

  • Member, Working Group for Community Agro-Biodiversity Conservation, Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority, Govt. of India.

  • Governing Council, Inst. of Bioresources & Sustainable Development, Manipur, India.

  • Member, Commission on Center-State Relations, Task Force on Natural Resources, Environment, Land and Agriculture, Govt. of India.

Past

  • Member, Steering Committee, National Biodiversity Board, Govt. of India.

  • Member, Expert Committee to frame Biological Diversity Bill.

  • Member , Forest Conservation Committee, Govt. of India.

  • Member, Steering Committee, Biodiversity Conservation Project – India.

  • Member , Research Advisory Committee, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, (NBPGR) Govt. of India.

  • Member, Expert Group on TRIPS- CBD linkage, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India.

  • Member, Steering Committee, Agricultural Diversity Group, International Development and Research Council ( IDRC), Canada.

  • Member, State Biodiversity Board, Government of Madhya Pradesh.

  • Governing Council, Asian Development & Research Institute, India.

  • Governing Board, Rashtriya Mahila Kosh, Govt. of India.

  • Member, Committee on Export Policy of Medicinal Plants, Govt. of India.

  • Fellow, Ashoka Foundation, Virginia, USA.

Agriculture & Food

Present

  • Member, International NGO Steering Committee of Global Forum for Agricultural Research (GFAR.

  • Member, Working Group on International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, Govt. of India.

  • Member, Committee on Plant Genetic Resources, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.

  • Member, Working Group on Knowledge Applications in Agriculture, National Knowledge Commission, Govt. of India.

Past

  • Member, Research Advisory Committee, National Academy of Agriculture Research Management (NAARM), Govt. of India.

  • Member, Expert Committee to frame the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Bill.

  • Member, Agriculture Commission, Jharkhand, India.

Education and Development

Present

  • Member, International Advisory Committee, STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex, UK.

  • Member, Board of Trustees, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai.

  • Member, Research Advisory Committee of National Innovation Foundation.

  • Member, Governing Board, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, University of Delhi.

  • Member, Governing Board, Vivekananda College, University of Delhi.

  • Member, General Assembly of ActionAid, India.

Past

  • Member, State Planning Board, Government of Meghalaya.

  • Member, Central Advisory Board on Education, Govt. of India.

  • Member, Scientific Experimentation Committee, Govt. of India.

  • Member, Committee on Ethical issues – Indian Council of Medical research (ICMR).

  • Member, Task force for mainstreaming gender in National Agricultural Technology Program (NATP), Agriculture Ministry, Govt of Inddia.

  • Governing Council and Syndicate, Veer Kunwar Singh University, Arrah, Bihar.

  • Member, Syndicate, BR Ambedkar University, Muzzafarpur.

  • Member, Ethics Committee, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi.

Biotechnology , IPR and International Trade

Present

  • Member, Expert Committee to develop Methodologies for Monitoring Environmental impacts of Genetically Modified Organisms in Crop Production, FAO, Rome.

  • Member, Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Rights and Indian Germplasm Resources, Govt of India.

  • Witness, Standing Committee on Agriculture, Seeds Bill, 2004.

  • Member, Expert Committee to frame the National Biotechnology Policy.

  • Chairperson, Task Force on Biodiversity & Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) for Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012), National Planning Commission, Govt. of India.

Past

  • Chairperson, Committee on Intellectual Property Rights, BCCP, India.

  • Member, National Commission on International Trade, Min. of Commerce, Govt. of India.

  • Working Group on TRIPs, Confederation of Indian Industry, India.

  • Member, High -Level Advisory Board, Biotechnology Consortium, India Ltd.

  • Consultant for Biotechnology, Business Council for Sustainable Development, India.

  • Member, Expert Group on WTO and CBD, Min. of Commerce, Govt. of India.

  • Witness, Parliamentary Select Committee on Patent Amendments.

  • Witness, Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Dunkel Draft and IPR.

  • Witness, Parliamentary Committee on Subordinate Legislation.

  • Witness, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce.