Professor Anil K. Gupta

Membership of Research Advisory Committees and other boards:

Visitor’s Nominee on the Selection Committee, Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas, IIT, Mumbai [nominated by Hon’ble President of India for three years from 9th June 2009] Member, Committee on Credit Flow of Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India, Expert Committee for the schemes STARD, STAWS,YS, TSP and SCSP under the Science and Society Programme of DST, New Delhi; Member, Selection Board for Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Centenary Award for excellence in biomedical research, instituted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 2006-2008, New Delhi; Member, National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai; Member, Board of Studies for Masters Programme in Landscape Architecture at CEPT University, Ahmedabad; Advisory Committee of World Economic Forum on Entrepreneurship Education; Thermax Innovation Council; Member, Central Advisory Committee on Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Delhi (2006-2008); Member, Section 8 (1) committee of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata; Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal; Member, Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences (JMAPS) published by CIMAP, Lucknow; Member, Editorial Board of IASCP (International Association for the Study of Common Property), USA; Journal of Rural Development, National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad; Advisory Board of the newsletter, Business.2010, published by Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Canada; Chairperson, Committee on the formulation of Eleventh Five Year Plan Proposal in the area of Biotech-based Programmes for Societal Development; Member, Board of Directors of Dena Bank (2005-2008); Member, Board of Directors of National Research Development Corporation; Member, Advisory Committee for Recruitment and Assessment Board, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Delhi and Member Editorial Advisory Board of International Journal of Sustainable Development till 2005; Member, Advisory Board of Innovations, a quarterly journal, jointly hosted at the School of Public Policy, George Mason University and the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA; Member, Advisory Board of Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE); Member, Research Council for National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS), New Delhi; Sub Committee on Finance and Governance of Accreditation Board of ICAR, Coastal Zone Management Authority, Gujarat, National Committee to prepare twenty year plan for Forestry, MoEF; Member, Technical Advisory Group of Media Lab, Asia; Member Expert, Research Council of National Botanical Research Institute Lucknow (2006-2007).

Served on the advisory committee of an international cross country research project of International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), The Hague on On Farm Client Oriented Research;, was member External Advisory Committee, Centre For Indigenous Knowl¬edge for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa state University, USA; was member, National Land Use and Conservation Board, and working group on soil conservation for 7th and 9th Five Year plan, Rainfed agriculture and watershed planning for seventh and ninth five year plan, Sub Group on Resource Mobilisation for Indian Council of Agricultural Research, 9th FYP; Planning Commission; was regional/ country representa¬tive of International Association of Rural Sociology and International Society of Advancement in Socio Economics; International Society of Ecological Economics; life member, Gujarat Sociological associa¬tion, Gujarat Economics Society, Indian Institute of Public Administration Society, Member Board of Directors, International Association For Studies of Common Property Resources; Gujarat Institute of Development Research; and National Institute of Vocational Education, Bhopal; Member Research Advisory Committee of Biological Sciences Division of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad; National Centre for Agricultural Policy, ICAR; Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur; Board member VIKSAT, Ahmedabad.