International Appointments:

• Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) to Global Environment Facility (GEF) – 1995-1998.
• Inter-governmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC):
• Convening lead author for the Second Assessment (1993-95)
• Reviewing editor for the Third Assessment (1999-2000)
• Reviewing editor for the SRES (1998-99)
• Member of the Advisory Panel of Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme on Biodiversity, 1994-1996.
• START (A Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training) Scientific Steering Committee (SSC), USA. – from May 1997.
• Advisory Board for the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research,  based at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, 2000.
• Invited member of the Steering Committee and part of the management of the on. EU-LDC Network Foundation, Netherlands Hq.,  2000.
• Member, Core Committee, Global Society Dialogue, Hq. Germany,  2000.

 

• Chairperson of EERC (Environmental Economics Research Committee) of EMCaB Project of the World Bank, 1997-2003 distributing US$ 1.5 million for 56 projects across India in Universities, NGO and Research Institutes.
• Capacity Building for Environmental Governance (1995-2000): UNDP project that involved government, academic and research organisation, stakeholders, industries, pollution control boards. Involved 15 organisations across India, 20 workshops - regional, national and international. More than 1000 persons were involved.
• Gender, Pollution and Health: Conducted one of the largest studies that for the first time captures pollution, health, energy, water, housing and socio-economic characteristics for 14000 households in 4 states of India in 12 districts and 100 villages. It involved surveyors, medical doctors, pollution measurement and stakeholders perceptions. Massive (statistical) analysis exercise is underway.
• Vice President, Executive Committee of Indian Chapter of Society for Ecological Economics, 2000-2001.

 

• Member, Committee for CDM projects Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, New Delhi, 2001-2003.
• Member, Advisory Group on Energy and Environment, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, 2001.
• Member, Steering Committee,  (Centre & State), Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources, Government of India, New Delhi, 2000.
• Member, Major and Medium Irrigation Working Group Programme for the Formulation of the Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007), Planning Commission, Delhi, 2000.
• Member of Advisory Panel on Global Environmental Issues set up by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, 1996-1998
• Advisory Committee on AIJ Issues, Ministry of Environment and Forests, 1997-2000.
• Member, Advisory Committee, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (1998-2002).
• Member, Tariff Policy Committee, Uttar Pradesh Electricity Board (1989).

 

First rank in the entire Gujarat State (45000 students) during high school finals. Merit cetificate from Ministry of Education, Government of India and following prizes:

Achievement Awards:

• Special energy award by IBPL Urja Research Foundation on the occasion of 50 years of independence of India (1998).
• Second prize IFORS in "Operations Research for development" (1996).
• Boutros Ghali Award in the area of Energy and Environment (1995) by UN foundation in Japan.
• V. Bhasin Award for contribution in Energy systems (1995)
• Systems Society of India - Gold medal in Energy and environment modelling (1989)
• Women Achievers Award on International Women's Day (2000)

Others:

• Stood first in entire Gujarat State in secondary school certificate examinations.
• Advanced diploma in Sanskrit, Hindi and North Indian Classical music.
• Given lecture in more than 40 countries at reputed institutes such as Yale University, Harvard University, OECD, Columbia University, Oxford and so on.