PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/ROLES:
 

1. Jury Member (Jun 2022- Jun 2025 Term) of Dannie Heineman PrizeCommittee (chaired by Nobel Laureate Prof Andrea Ghez) of AmericanAstronomical Society to rank and select prize candidates for outstanding achievements in astronomy.

2. Member of Executive Committee Working Group for Astronomy for Equity and Inclusion, International Astronomical Union.

3. Member of Executive Committee Working Group for Global Coordination of Ground and Space Astrophysics, International Astronomical Union.

4. Member of Executive Committee Working Group for Women in Astronomy, International Astronomical Union.

5. Member of Sub-Working Group on Management of Diversity and Inclusion in Large International Collaborations, International Astronomical Union.

6. Member of Sub-Working Group on Neurodiversity and Mental Health, International Astronomical Union.

7. Member of Sub-Working Group on Hospitals, Children’s Homes, Nursing Homes and Prisons, International Astronomical Union.

8. Member of Sub-Working Group on Migrants, Displaced People and Refugees, Underrepresented Ethnic Groups, Underprivileged, International Astronomical Union.

9. Voting Member, Commission F1 Meteors, Meteorites, and Interplanetary Dust, International Astronomical Union.

10. Voting Member, Inter-Division A-F Commission Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, International Astronomical Union.

11. Voting Member, Inter-Division A-F Commission Solar System Ephemerides, International Astronomical Union.

12. Voting Member, International Meteor Organization, Belgium.

13. Voting Member, Division of Dynamical Astronomy, American Astronomical Society.

14. Voting Member, Division of Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society.

15. Elected Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society, England.

16. Full Member, American Physical Society.

17. Full Member, American Meteor Society.

18. Life Member, Astronomical Society of India.