Chairman, Center for Managing Innovation and Technology (CMIT)
Chairman, Center for Social Sector Governance

Formerly: Special Secretary (Technical Education), Ministry of Human Resource Development; Director, Institute of Applied Manpower Research; Education Advisor (Technical), Government of India; Chairman, Engineering Council of India; President, Indian Society for Training & Development; Chairman, Indian Association of Social Science Institutions.

Founded IIM, Lucknow, All India Council of Technical Education, and several other national institutions.

Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering; Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India; Distinguished Fellow, Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers; Honorary Fellow, Broadcast Engineering Society, India; Fellow, Institution of Engineers, India; Fellow, Indian Academy of Social Sciences. Chairman, National Institute of Technology, Patna.

Consultant to UNESCAP, ADB, ILO, ASEAN, and CFTC.

Over ninety national and international publications and a number of major reports on policy and planning aspects.