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2002- Member, Environment Pollution Authority for the National Capital Territory, Government of India, New Delhi.

2001-Present- Member, IUCN Council, IUCN – The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland

2001-Present- Board Member, Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

2000 - Present: UNDP CSO Committee to provide strategic, policy and substantive guidance to the Administrator of UNDP.

1999- Present: Founding Board Member, ILEIA Foundation (The information centre for low external input and sustainable agriculture), the Netherlands.

1997: Member, Scientific Planning Committee for the Global Environmental Change and Human Security Research Project of the International Human Dimensions Program on Global Environmental Change.

1997- Present: Member, Global Water Contract, established by The Group of Lisbon under the chairpersonship of Mr. Mario Soares, former President of Portugal.

1997: Member, Mid-size grant task force, Global Environmental Facility, Washington.

1996- Present: Chairperson, Disaster Mitigation Institute, Ahmedabad.

1995: Member, Independent Expert Group on Global Forest Policy established by the Swiss and Peruvian governments, Geneva.

1995-Present: Member, Program Committee of the Urban Waste Expertise Program of WASTE Consultants set up to oversee the project by the Netherlands Ministry of Development Cooperation, Gouda.

1995-1998: Member, National Standing Committee on Rural Technology of the Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology, Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment, Government of India.

1990-1998: Member, Grant in Aid Committee for assistance to voluntary agencies under the scheme of ‘Environmental Orientation to School Education’, Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.