- Member of Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences (2018- 2023), Chief Editor of Journal of Oilseed Brassica (2009-12), Member of Editorial Board of the Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Indian Journal of Plant Protection, The Journal of Plant Protection Sciences, Indian Mycopathological Research and Sarson News; Co-Chairman of General Publication Core Committee of Indian Phytopathol. Soc., Referee for Crop Protection (Elsevier Publ.), BioControl (Kluwer Acad. Publ.), Crop Pasture Science (Australian Journal of Agricultural Research), Journal of Plant Interactions, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Indian Phytopathology, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Natural Product Radiance, Journal of Oilseeds Res., etc.
- Attended training programme on Leadership for the 21st Century: Chaos, Conflict and Courage during 02-07 Feb 2014 at Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government (Executive Education), Cambridge, MA, USA Attended Workshop on Climate and Agricultural Risk Management, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 15-22 Nov 2009 Mentored five Ph.D. and nine M.Sc. graduate programmes.
- Nominated from Oct 2013 by the permanent representative from India to the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM-16) as Expert Team Member for focussed area on pest/ disease modeling of the World Meteorological Organization, under which visited Tiradentes Brazil for meeting during 15-17 Mar 2017.
- Chairman, Research Advisory Committee (2017-2020; 2020-2023) of Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute (Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Govt of India), Berhampore 742101 (WB).
- Expert, Advisory Committee (13 Nov 2018-continuing) of a research project funded by the Australian government through the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) as part of the DFAT Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio (ACIAR SDIP) entitled ‘Institutions to support intensification, integrated decision making and inclusiveness in agriculture in the East Gangetic Plain’.
- Member, Research Advisory Committee (2021-24) of the ICAR-Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan, Almora.
- Served on panel of judges in professional competitions for ICAR Awards since 2016 and of professional societies, currently serving in one such contest, Chaired sessions in professional meets.
- Attended Review and Planning Workshop on Climate and Crop Disease Risk Management: an International initiative in the Asia-Pacific Region, Dhaka (Bangladesh), 11-13 Feb 2008.
- Attended Review and Planning Workshop on Climate and Crop Disease Risk Management: an International initiative in the Asia-Pacific Region, Dhaka (Bangladesh), 11-13 Feb 2008.
- Attended 16th Biennial Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference on Back to Basics: Managing Plant Diseases, Adelaide, 24-27 Sep 2007 (including Workshop on Scientific Writing, 24 Sep 2007)
- Attended 15th Australian Research Assembly on Brassicas, Geraldton (Western Australia), Australia, 10-14 Sep 2007. Worked as Visiting Scientist for five months at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK under the Indo- UK Collaborative Project on Oilseeds Brassicas (on deputation from ICAR), 15 Apr-15 Sep 2004
- Attended a Course on Technical Writing organized by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK, 21-22 June 2004.
- Attended the International training on Crop-Disease-Weather Relationship and Forewarning System, Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK, 20-31 May 2002.
- Course Co-ordinator of the training programme on IPM in Sunflower organized by the Directorate of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad for participants from private firms at the Directorate during 22-25 Jan 1997.
- Program Co-ordinator, International Training Program on Sesame Pathology for a Kenyan Scientist organised with sponsorship of the Government of Kenya at the Directorate of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad, 18 Sep-18 Nov 1996.
- Organized ICAR-sponsored Winter School on Advances in Rapeseed-Mustard Research Technology for Sustainable Production of Oilseeds, for 25 participants (Teachers and Researchers from State Agricultural Universities, Research Institutes of 13 states of India), 15 Dec 2004 – 04 Jan 2005
- Coordinator, Training Programme for Plant Pathologists under AICRP Chickpea, IIPR, Kanpur, 15-22 Feb 2010.
Member of Professional Societies:
- Life Member, Indian Phytopathological Society
- Life Member, Plant Protection Association of India
- Life Member, Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology (formerly Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology)
- Life Member, Indian Society of Oilseeds Research
- Life Member, Indian Mycological Society
- Life Member, Boshi Sen Society for Sustainable Mountain Agriculture
- Founder Life Member, Society of Rapeseed-Mustard Research
- Founder Member, Asian Agri-History Foundation
- Life Member, Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development
- Life Member, Society of Plant Protection Sciences
- Annual Member, The International Society of Plant Morphologists
- Annual Member, National Institute of Scientific Communication and Information Resources / NISCAIR (CSIR)
Countries visited:
- UK, USA, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Malawi, Brazil, Nepal
