Elected President - Psychological and Societal Development Division, International Association of Applied Psychology-2020-2022-President Elect, 2022-2026 President.
Editor-in-Chief Psychological Studies (Springer)
International Union of Psychological Sciences (IUPsyS) - National Member
Fellow National Academy of Psychology
Institute Chair Professor, IIT Delhi
President- National Academy of Psychology, (NAOP) India, 2014-2015.
Treasurer- National Academy of Psychology, (NAOP) India, 2006-2012.
Executive Committee Member of the Asian Association of Social Psychology - South Asian Representative, 2007-2015.
Representative South Asia, International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2014-2022.
Member- Board of Directors -International Association of Applied Psychology- 2018-2022.
Awards and Recognitions
Delivered Invited/Featured lecture at Division 3 - Psychology and Societal Development, International Congress of Applied Social Psychology, Montreal, July 26-30, 2018.
Invited by the International Congress of Psychology, July 24-29, 2016 at Yokohama, Japan to organize a symposium on Culture, group interactions and creating shared spaces.
Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship by the Commonwealth Association of Universities at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, 1991-1992.
Young Scientist Award by the Indian Science Congress Association in 1986.
Witkin Okanji Travel Award - International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2008.
Editorial Boards and Editorial Assignments
Member Editorial Board - International Journal of Psychology (Wiley). (2014-2016)
Associate Editor - Psychology and Developing Societies- A Journal, (Published by Sage).1989-2011.
Associate Editor - Psychological Studies-(Published by Springer).2009-to date.
Guest Editor (Special Issue) – Justice and diversity, Psychology and Developing Societies- A Journal (2009)
Co-Editor with Prof. G. Misra - Psychological Studies (Special Issue). 8th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology (2009).
Research Projects
Completed:
Understanding the psychological dynamics of retributive and restorative justice, Indian Council of Social Science Research, India.
Collective participation and identity. Nuffield Foundation and ESRC funded project with collaborators from University of Dundee, University of St. Andrews, University of Lancaster, UK and Allahabad University, Aligarh Muslim University, BHU and IIT Delhi, India.
Language, emotion and culture - Department of Science and Technology, India. (Co-PI) (with R.B.Nair and C.A.Tomy).
India studies research grant 2013 - Religion, community making and well being-(Co-PI).(with Joseph Bulbulia, Ronald Fischer, Rick Weiss, Shruti Tewari & Dimitris Xygalatas).
The shared spaces: Exploring the boundaries, bridges and barriers in contemporary India-Indian Council of Social Science Research, India. (P.I.).(with G. Misra, R.Siddiqui, A.K.Mishra and P.Kapoor).
Capabilities approach to education: Access, equity and quality. ICSSR, India (Co-PI).(with R.B. Nair, and V. Upadhyaya).
Assessing the Social & Economic Impact of CSR, Faculty Interdisciplinary Project sponsored by IRD, IIT Delhi (Co-PI) with Shveta Singh and Kanika T. Bhal.
Ongoing:
Philosophy of Geography (Templeton Foundation) with R.B.Nair