Affiliation

Fellowships and Honorary Professorships

Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences
Fellow, Indian National Science Academy
Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences
Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering
Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad
Fellow, Institution of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineers
Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Honorary Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies

Professional activities

Membership of Editorial Boards

Electromagnetics, Taylor & Francis
International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (USA)
IETE Journal (Computers)
International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Taylor & Francis
Current Science Association

National Advisory Committees

Member, National Security Advisory Board, 2006-
Member, Part-Time Member of Telcom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), 2006-
Member, Consultative Group on Higher and Technical Education (including Vocational Education), Planning Commission
Adviser, Society for Natural Language Technology Research (Bhasa Projukti Gabeashana Parishad), 2008-
Member, Multidisciplinary Committee for Engineering and Applied Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, 2004-
Chairman, CERT-IN, Department of Information Technology, 2003-
Chairman, Steering Committee, Mobile Digital Library Committee, Ministry of Information Technology, 2003-
Member, Society for Electronic Transactions and Security, 2003-
Chairman, Technical Resource for Cyber Forensics, ER&DC-CDAC, Thiruvananthapuram, September 2002-
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet, Government of India, 2001-2008
Member, Information Security Committee, Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, March 2001
Member, All India Council for Technical Education, May 2000-
Member, TIFAC Task Force on IT, MIT, 2000
Member, Information Technology Committee of Scientific Advisory Committee, Government of India, 1999-

Task force/Working Groups

Chairman, Technical Evaluation Committee, HPC Solutions, Ministry of Earth Sciences, 2006-
Chairman, Working Group on Technology Development for Indian Languages Programme, 2006-
Chairman, Project Review and Steering Group (PRSG), Wireless Research Center, IIIT Hyderabad, MCIT
Member, Working Group on Computing and Human Resources, Indian Climate Research Programme for Extended Range Monsoon Prediction, Department of Science & Technology, July 2004
Member, Task Force on Human Resource Development in IT, Department of Information Technology, 2003-
Member, Working Group on Information Security Education and Awareness, Department of Information Technology, for New Delhi, 2003-
Chairman, All India Board of Information Technology Education, All India Council of Technical Education, 2003-
Member, Working Group for E-Commerce & Information Security, Department of IT, New Delhi, 2003-
Chairman, SVRS Committee, Indian Institute of Science, 2003
Chairman, Heritage Funds Co-ordination Committee, Indian Institute of Science, April 2003
Member, Networking of Engineering Colleges in the State, Government of Karnataka, April 2003-
Member, Working Group on Encryption Policy, MCIT Dept, March 2003-
Member, MBA Review Programme, Indian Institute of Science, December 2002
Member, Inter-Ministerial Working group on Cyber Security Education and Awareness, MCIT Dept, October 2002
Chairman, Committee for preparation of Final Configuration of the New Supercomputer System for National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, New Delhi, January 2002
Member, Inter-Ministerial Committee, Submarine Cable Landing Stations for Inter National Gateways for Internet, Department of Telecommunications, New Delhi, August 2000
Member, Indian Delegation for the Indo-US Round Table on S & T Collaboration Washington DC, 1999
Chairman, Amenities & Facilities Committee, Indian Institute of Science, January 1999

Expert committees

Expert Member, Academic Committee, Information Security Education and Awareness Project, Department of Information Technology, GoI, 2006-
Chairman, Expert Committee, Wireless Research Centres, DIT, 2003-
Member, Campus Visualisation Committee, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, CSIR, February 2003-
Member, Networking Committee of Visvesvariah Technological University, Govt. of Karnataka, February 2003
Member, Expert Committee for Academic & Research Program, Ministry of Human Resources Development, December 2002
Convener, Technical Review Committee, Center for MST Radar Related Areas, University Grants Commission, New Delhi, September 2001
Member, Committee on Information Security, OPSA, April 2001
Member, Aero India 2001-Committee, Aeronautical Society of India, Bangalore, International Aerospace Show, February 2001
Chairman, Expert Committee, Projects in thrust areas of technical education, Ministry of Human Resources Development, January 2001
Member, National Advisory Committee, Seminar on Knowledge Networking in Engineering & Technology Education & Research, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, November 2000
Member, Advisory Committee, Establishment of School of IT, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, November 2000
Chairman, University Computer Network Committee, Bangalore University, Bangalore, August 2000
Member, Network Committee, University Grants Commission, New Delhi, July 2000
Member, Technical Committee, High Court of Karnataka, 1999-
Member, Sub-Committee, Department of Science and Technology, July 1999
Member, Committee for Visioning, Finalizing Campus Layout & Architect, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, December 1998

International Committees

Conference Co-Chair, International Conference on Digital Libraries: Information Management for Global Access, New Delhi, 5-8 December 2006.
Program Co-Chair,The 2nd International Conference on Universal Digital Library, Alexandria, Egypt, 17-19 November 2006.
Program Co-Chair, The 1st International Conference on Universal Digital Library, 31 October-2 November 2005, Hangzhou, PR China
Co-Chair, Program Committee, ICADL 2005, December 2005, Bangkok
Member, Academic Advisory Committee, University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka, March 2003
Member, Scientific Committee on Data for Science & Technology (CODATA), Paris, February 1997 to 2000
Principal Investigator, Indo-US Million Books to the Web Project

Academic Advisory Committees/Councils

Member, Academic Council, Indira Gandhi National Open University, 2007-
Member, Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Member, Academic Council, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore
Member, Academic Council, Shanmugha Arts Science, Technology & Research Academy, Thanjavur
Member, Research Council, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, CSIR, 2004-
Secretary, Indian Academy of Sciences, 2001-2004
Member, Governing Council, Amrita Institute of Technology, Bangalore, 2004-
Treasurer, Indian Academy of Science, January 2004-
Member, Governing Council of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, 2003-
Member, Board of Governors, Punjab State E-Governance Society, 2003-
Visitor's Nominee, Council of Nagaland University, Kohima, Nagaland, May 2003-
Visitor's Nominee, Academic Council, Ministry of Human Resources Development, April 2003
Director, Bharat Electronics Limited, 2002-
Member, Academic Council, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 1998-2002
Member, Advisory Board, Centre for American Education, September 2002
Member, Advisory Committee, GM Institute of Technology, Davangere, January 2002
Member, Advisory Committee, Amrita Institutes, Coimbatore, January 2002
Member, Advisory Committee, Centre for Mathematical Modeling & Computer Simulation, CSIR, 2002
Member, School of Genomics Committee, University of Delhi, October 2001
Member, Academic Council, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, February 2001
Member, Committee of Board of Directors, Government of Karnataka, February 2001
Member, Research Council, Central Electronics & Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, CSIR, December 2000
Member, Board of Studies in Electrical Engineering, Anna University, September 2000
Member, Executive Council, Sri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu, August 2000-
Secretary, Scientific Educational Panel, Indian Academy of Sciences
Member, Advisory Council, NMAM Institute of Technology, NITTE

Planning and Development Committees

Expert Member, Campus Visualization Committee, Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, New Delhi, 2003-
Member, Expert Committee, Ministry of Human Resources Development, December 2002-
Chairman, R & D Working Group for TDIL Programme, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, August 2002-
Member, AIB-ITE Committee, All India Council for Technical Education, May 2002
Chairman, National Review Committee for INDEST Consortium, Ministry of Human Resources Development, April 2002-
Member, Information Security Technology Development Council, New Delhi, 2002-
Member, Task Force Committee on Bio-Informatics, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, 2002-
Member, Steering Committee, Formulation of Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007), Ministry of Science & Technology, January 2001
Chairman, Expert Committee on Information Technology, Department of Defense Research Development, Ministry of Defense, July 2000
Member, Expert Committee on Engineering Science, Ministry of Science & Technology, May 2000
Member, Executive Advisory Council, Product Development Process, Sun Micro Systems, 2000
Member, Board of Directors, Software Engineering Institute, Government of Karnataka, 2001-

Advisory Committees

Member, Technical Advisory Board, Microsoft Research Lab, Bangalore
Member, Board of Director TICEL Bio Park Limited, Chennai
Director, CDOT- Alcatel Research Centre, Chennai
Member, Research Advisory Committee, IIIT Bangalore November 2003
Chairman, Steering Committee, Project "Print your own book - mobile digital Library", Dept of MCIT, New Delhi since February 2003
Co-chair, Advisory Committee, International Conference on Digital Libraries, TERI, 2003
Member, Technical Advisory Board, Media Lab Asia, 2003-
Co-ordinator, Indo-French Cyber University
Advisory Committee, IT Task Force, TIFAC
Member, Advisory Committee, E-Governance Establishment, Rashtrapathi Bhawan, 2002
Advisory Committee, CMR Institute, Bangalore, January 2002
Member, Committee on Establishment of Seismological Observations in Karnataka, Drought Monitoring Cell, Bangalore, November 2001
Member, Programme Advisory Committee of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, Department of Science & Technology, April 2001
Member, Project Advisory Committee, Kerala IT Task Force, October 2000
Chairman, Steering Committee for Learning Materials Projects, AICTE, May 2000
Member, Advanced Bio-Residue Energy Technologies Society, since 2000

Review Committees

Member, Peer Review Committee, Project SHANTI, DRDO, 2003-
Chairman, Project Review and Steering Group, ER&DCI Trivandrum MCIT, September 2002
Chairman, Expert Review Committee, Ministry of Human Resource development, December 2001
Chairman, Governing Body (SASTRA), Technology Vision 2020 Mission Projects, Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council, 2001 Member, National Review Committee for INDEST Consortium, Ministry of Human Resources Development, December 2000
Member, Project Advisory Committee, Review of School Computerization Project, Secretariat General Education Department, Thiruvananthapuram, November 2000
Member, Program Advisory Committee, Project Review, Ministry of Science and Technology, November 2000
Member, Executive Committee, School of Computer Science & Engineering, Anna University, October 2000
Member, National Review Committee, Review of INSAT-2 Space Segment Performance, Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore, July 2000
Member, SECNET Evaluation Team, Defense Research and Development Organization, April 2000
Member, Project Monitoring Committee, Development of Technologies for Camouflage & Low observable devices, Defense Research and Development Organizations, Jodhpur, September 1999
Member, Designated Inspection Team, Scheme of Pre-Examination Coaching for Economically Weaker Sections, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, October 1998
Chairman/Member, of several PARCs of Defence Research & Development Organisation, notably for Project Sandesh, LCA Multimode Radar Test Bed, Air Borne Interrogator for ASP, INSAT satellite systems and Information Security Committee

Awards Selection Committees

Member, Screening Committee for the National Technology Award, CSIR, August 2003
Expert Member, Advisory Committee, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Council of Scientific Industrial Research, New Delhi, June 2000 and 2003
Convener, Sectional Committee-VI (Electrical Communication Engineering), Indian Academy of Engineering, November 2001
Member, Selection Committee, Lucent Global Science Scholars Program Award, Institute of International Education, Lucent Technologies, New Delhi, December 2000
Expert Member, Selection Committee for Professors/Associate Professors/Assistant Professors, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
Member, Expert Committee, Selection of Swarna Jayanthi Fellows, Government of India, Ministry of Science and Technology