ACADEMIC AWARDS

i) Junior Merit Scholarship, Government of Orissa, 1962-1965 ii) National Loan Scholarship, Government of India, 1965-1970
iii) Junior Research Fellowship, IIT Kanpur, 1975-1977
iv) FIP Fellowship, University Grants Commission, Government of India, 1977-80.

HONOURS AND AWARDS

a) Chief Guest, 1st Convocation for the graduating students of PGDM at the National Institute
of Science Technology (NIST), Berhampore, Ganjam, August 09, 2010. Address delivered on “Prospects and Opportunities for the management professionals in the globalizing world of 21st century”.
b) Member, “Delegation on Higher Education to United States of America, Government of Odisha”, to explore Indo-US Academic Collaboration, July 22 - August 9, 2010.
c) Panelist, " AIU National Seminar on Evaluation Systems”, at the 84th Annual conference of VCs at Gurunanak Dev University, Amritsar, November 12-14, 2009. Keynote paper presented on “Rebuilding Higher Education Calls for Reforms in the Evaluation System to meet the Challenges in the Globalising World”.
d) Chief Guest, “National Seminar on Rehabilitation and Resettlement“, organized by NISWAS, Bhubaneswar, October 29, 2009. Inaugural address delivered on “National Resettlement & Rehabilitation (R&R) Policy of Government of India for Project Affected Persons (PAPs) : Issues and Challenges”
e) Member, “ 6th Indian Educational Mission to China” to explore Indo-Chine Academic and Cultural Exchange Programmes, 22-28 March, 2009
f) Member, “Expert Appraisal Committee for EIA of Mining Projects”, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF), Government of India, August 2006 – August 2009.
g) Keynote Speaker, “National Seminar on Environment and sustainable development in India” organized by CSESD, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. Lecture delivered on “Promotion of Mining Sector in the Globalising World calls for Sustainable Development approach in terms of EIA/SIA and EMP”
h) Chief Guest, National Seminar on “Corporate Governance”, organized by Department of MBA, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, October 24, 2008. Inaugural address delivered on “Growth of Industries in the Aegis of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
i) Chief Guest, 1st Convocation of the “Centre for Communication and Management” of Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, September 14, 2008. Address delivered on “New Challenges in the Globalising World”.
j) Chairman, Technical Session on “Conflict and Complementarity in Private and Public Planning”, 13th International Planning History Society (IPHS) Conference held at Chicago, USA, July 10-13, 2008
k) Convener, “12th International Planning History Society Conference ((IPHS- 2006)” held at New Delhi, India, December 10-14, 2006
l) Member, “Academic Senate”, NIT, Allahabad, U.P. August, 2005 – July,2008
m) President, “Orissa Economic Association”, Bhubaneswar, Orissa 1998-1999.
n) Member, “Board of Studies of Department Humanities”, NIT, Kurukshretra, Haryana, March 2005 – February, 2008
o) Member, “PG Board of Studies”, Economics Department, NEHU, Shillong, Meghalay, August, 2004 – July, 2007.
p) Member, “Academic Council” of BR Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow, October 1999-September, 2002
q) Member, “Citizen's Monitoring Committee of Ganga Pollution Control Board (Ganga Action Plan), Kanpur Maha Nagar Nigam, Kanpur, September, 1998- March, 2008.
r) Panelist, "Australia-India Interconnections" at the Conference on "Midnight to Millennium", University of Canberra, Australia, July 1-3, 1999.
s) Keynote Speaker, “All India Seminar on Solid Waste Management ” organized by the Institution of Engineers (India ), Brahmapur Local Centre, Brahmapur, Orissa, May 19-20, 2007. Lecture delivered on “Challenges of Solid Waste Management in our Urban Areas and Scope of Peoples’ Participation to Attain Sustainable Development”.
t) Keynote Speaker, “International Colloquium on Partnerships for Sustainable Development, invited by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 6-June 8, 2006. Lecture delivered on “Challenges and Opportunities in Promoting Public-Private Partnership for Sustainable Development of Water Resources in India”.
u) Key Resource Personnel, “Ph. D. Master class on Partnerships for Sustainable Development”, organized by the University of Utrecht and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 9-June 10, 2006. Special lecture delivered on “Role of Tradition & Culture in Promoting Partnerships in India”.
v) Keynote Speaker, “National Seminar on Sustainable Development of Land Resources: Opportunities and Challenges”, Armapore PG Degree College, Kanpur University, January 27-28, 2006. Lecture delivered on “Sustainable Development of Land and Water Calls for Application of IWRM Approach”.
w) Keynote Speaker, “LMA Convention 2006 on Public Private Partnership- Issues & Strategies,” October 27- 28, 2006, Lucknow. Lecture delivered on “Reformation Strategy for the key Infrastructure Sector in Uttar Pradesh calls for Public Private Partnership (PPP)”.
x) Keynote Speaker, “Workshop on Environment and Water Conservation”, Organised by Bharat Vikash Parishad, Ramakrishna Sakha, Kanpur, February 4, 2007. Lecture delivered on “Scope of Rehabilitation of the Lost Glories of the Ganges at Kanpur”.
y) Chairman, Technical Session on “Planning and Culture”, 11th International Planning History Society (IPHS) Conference held at Barcelona, Spain, July 14-17, 2004
z) Chief Guest, “Workshop on Overcoming Water Scarcity and Quality Constraints”, organized by Eco Friends at the St Mary Convent School, Kanpur, September 26-27, 2003. Inaugural Address delivered on “Management of Water Resources Projects in India: Pitfalls, Problems and Prospects”.
aa) Chairman, Second Technical Session of the National Seminar on “Issues in Human Development”, GB Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad, October 29-30, 2004
bb) Chairman, Technical Session on “Watershed Development Projects in India”, 37th Annual Conference of Orissa Economic Association, Christ Church College, Cuttack, Orissa, February.20, 2005
cc) Chairman, Technical Session on “Rehabilitation & Resettlementt”, National Work-Shop on Dams and Development, Institute of Development Studies Jaipur, March 2, 2005.
dd) Chairman, Technical Session on “Managerial Issues”, 11th International Conference on Productivity and Quality Research, IIT Delhi, December 12-15, 2005.