Invited to the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), under the theme Food Security and Sustainability Development, United States of America, May 2011.
Member, Committe on Unorganized Sector Statistics, National Statistical Commission, Government of India, 2012.
Member, Task Force on Credit Related Issues of Farmers, Government of India, 2009.
Coordinator and Member, Drafting Committee and Permanent Invitee, Expert Group on Agricultural Indebtedness, Government of India, 2007.
Invited to deliver keynote addresses at the at the annual conferences of (i) the Bengal Economic Association, 2012, (ii) the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, 2007 (iii) the Indian Society of Agricultural Marketing, 2007 and (iv) the Orissa Economic Association, 2007.
Member, Working Group to Suggest Measures to Assist Distressed Farmers, Reserve Bank of India, 2006.