• Received prestigious fellowship from Sichuan University, China to study India -China relations.

• Nominated on the Executive Council Board of IIMC, India's premier institute in the field of mass    communication, education and training – Indian Institute of Mass Communication New Delhi.    (2002- 03).

• Nominated on the Governing Council of India's largest university of journalism-Makhan Lal    Chaturvedi National University of Journalism, Bhopal, (2004-still serving).

• Youngest member of the Home Minister's Advisory Committee (HMAC), (1981-82) during Mrs.    Indira Gandhi’s regime.

• Was invited by the U.S. govt. to study its democratic institutions in 1990.

• Member of the media group of the Prime Minister of India to France, South Africa, Pakistan,    Malaysia.

• Member of the delegation of the President's media group to China

• Visited Switzerland with India's Labour Minister, Singapore, Uzbekistan and Nepal (2002 & 2003)    on various media assignments.

• Member of the media group of the Foreign Minister of India to Vietnam and Laos.

• Member of Central Official Language Committee, Chaired by the Prime Minister of India    (2002- 04)

• Member of Jury, National Film Awards, 2001.

• Member, Executive Committee, Editors Guild of India (2004-2005)

• Member, Authors Guild of India

• Invited by the European Commission to Brussels to study its democratic institutions, 2004

• Member of the India-Japan Eminent Persons' Group (2001-2003)

• Member of the India-China Eminent Persons' Group, (2002-2004) - both nominations approved by    the President of India.

• Vice-Chairman, Media Committee, Afro-Asian Games, 2001