Membership in Committees

• Member, Research Council, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar (2001-03).
• Chairman, Committee to Evaluate Chemical Tank Leak at Kandla, January 2001, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India.
• Cochairman, Programme Advisory Committee, National Programme on Smart Materials, DRDO, Government of India.
• Member, Committee for Selection of S.S. Bhatnagar Prize Awards in Chemical Sciences (1999-2001).
• Member, Research Council, Human Resource Development Group, CSIR, New Delhi
• Member, Standing Committee for Selection of CSIR Emeritus Scientists 1999 - ).
• Chairman, Technical Working Group on Hazardous Waste Management and Handling Amendment Rules, 1999, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India (1999).
• Member, Governing Council, Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (1999).
• Titular member, IUPAC Standing Committee on Chemical Research Applied to World Needs(CHEMRAWN) (1998-2005)
• Member, Committee on Modifications in the Organizational Structure of CSIR, CSIR, New Delhi (1998).
• Founder Member and Member of Governing Council, Indian Council for Plastics in the Environment, New Delhi (1998-2001).
• Member, Governing Council, Indian Plastics Institute, Bombay.
• Member, Research Council, Central Leather Research Institute, Madras
• Member, Research Council, Central Lac Research Institute, Ranchi.
• Convenor, Theme Session on Polymers, The 5th International Union of Materials Research Society � International Conference in Asia, Bangalore, India, October 1998.