Membership In National Policy Forums

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Membership in National Policy Forums (Present And Past)

 

Agriculture & Food

  1. Member, National Advisory Board on Management of Genetic Resources, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Govt. of India,
  2. Member, Working Group for Community Agro-Biodiversity Conservation, Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority, Govt. of India
  3. Member, Working Group on International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, Govt. of India.
  4. Member, Committee on Plant Genetic Resources, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
  5. Member, Working Group on Knowledge Applications in Agriculture, National Knowledge Commission, Govt. of India
  6. Member, Commission on Center-State Relations, Task Force on Natural Resources, Environment, Land and Agriculture, Govt. of India
  7. Member, International NGO Steering Committee of Global Forum for Agricultural Research (GFAR)
  8. Member, Steering Committee, FAO-India Country Programming Framework
  9. Member, Expert Committee to frame the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Bill
  10. Member , Research Advisory Committee, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, (NBPGR) Govt. of India
  11. Member, Steering Committee, Agricultural Diversity Group, International Development and Research Council ( IDRC), Canada.
  12. Member, Agriculture Commission, Jharkhand, India
  13. Member, Research Advisory Committee, National Academy of Agriculture Research Management (NAARM), Govt. of India
  14. Member, Task force for mainstreaming gender in National Agricultural Technology Program (NATP), Agriculture Ministry, Govt of India

Biodiversity and Conservation

  1. Member, Expert Committee on Access and Benefit Sharing, National Biodiversity Authority, Govt. of India
  2. Governing Council, Inst. of Bioresources & Sustainable Development, Manipur, India
  3. Member, National Afforestation and Eco-development Board, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India.
  4. Member, Steering Committee, National Biodiversity Board, Govt. of India
  5. Member, Expert Committee to frame Biological Diversity Bill.
  6. Member , Forest Conservation Committee, Govt. of India.
  7. Member, Steering Committee, Biodiversity Conservation Project – India.
  8. Member, State Biodiversity Board, Government of Madhya Pradesh
  9. Member, Committee on Export Policy of Medicinal Plants, Govt. of India.

Biotechnology , IPR and International Trade

  1. Member, Expert Committee to develop Methodologies for Monitoring Environmental impacts of Genetically Modified Organisms in Crop Production, FAO, Rome
  2. Member, Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Rights and Indian Germplasm Resources, Govt of India
  3. Witness, Standing Committee on Agriculture, Seeds Bill, 2004
  4. Member, Expert Committee to frame the National Biotechnology Policy
  5. Chairperson, Task Force on Biodiversity & Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) for Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012), National Planning Commission, Govt. of India
  6. Member, Expert Group on TRIPS- CBD linkage, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India
  7. Chairperson, Committee on Intellectual Property Rights, BCCP, India.
  8. Member, National Commission on International Trade, Min. of Commerce, Govt. of India
  9. Working Group on TRIPs, Confederation of Indian Industry, India
  10. Member, High -Level Advisory Board, Biotechnology Consortium, India Ltd.
  11. Consultant for Biotechnology, Business Council for Sustainable Development, India.
  12. Member, Expert Group on WTO and CBD, Min. of Commerce, Govt. of India
  13. Witness, Parliamentary Select Committee on Patent Amendments.
  14. Witness,  Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Dunkel Draft and IPR
  15. Witness, Parliamentary Committee on Subordinate Legislation
  16. Witness, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce

Education and Development

  1. Member, Special Selection Committee, Networks of Centres of Excellence, Government of Canada
  2. Member, International Advisory Committee, STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex, UK
  3. Member, Board of Trustees, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai.
  4. Member, Research Advisory Committee of National Innovation Foundation
  5. Member, Governing Board, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, University of Delhi
  6. Member, Governing Board, Vivekananda College, University of Delhi
  7. Member, General Assembly of ActionAid, India.
  8. Fellow, World Academy of Art and Science, USA
  9. Member Ethics Committee Pushpavati Singhania Research Institute
  10. Member, State Planning Board, Government of Meghalaya,
  11. Member, Central Advisory Board on Education, Govt. of India.
  12. Member, Scientific Experimentation Committee, Govt. of India.
  13. Member, Committee on Ethical issues – Indian Council of Medical research (ICMR)
  14. Governing Council and Syndicate, Veer Kunwar Singh University, Arrah, Bihar
  15. Member, Syndicate, BR Ambedkar University, Muzzafarpur
  16. Member, Ethics Committee, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
  17. Governing Council, Asian Development & Research Institute, India.
  18. Governing Board, Rashtriya Mahila Kosh, Govt. of India.
  19. Fellow,  Ashoka Foundation, Virginia, USA.