Professional Memberships/Roles

1. Serving as a Jury Member (Jun 2022- Jun 2025 Term) on the Dannie Heineman Prize Committee, overseen by Nobel Laureate Prof Andrea Ghez, for the American Astronomical Society. The role involves ranking and selecting prize candidates recognized for their remarkable contributions to astronomy.

2. Actively contributing as a Member of the Executive Committee Working Group for Astronomy for Equity and Inclusion within the International Astronomical Union. 

3. Holding a role as a Member of the Executive Committee Working Group for Global Coordination of Ground and Space Astrophysics within the International Astronomical Union. 

4. Holding membership in the Executive Committee Working Group for Women in Astronomy within the International Astronomical Union. 

5. Participating as a Member of the Sub-Working Group on Management of Diversity and Inclusion in Large International Collaborations within the International Astronomical Union.

6. Serving as a Member of the Sub-Working Group on Neurodiversity and Mental Health within the International Astronomical Union. 

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

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

 9. Holding a Voting Member position within Commission F1 Meteors, Meteorites, and Interplanetary Dust, as part of the International Astronomical Union. 

10. Maintaining a Voting Member role within Inter-Division A-F Commission Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy within the International Astronomical Union. 

11. Holding a Voting Member position within Inter-Division A-F Commission Solar System Ephemerides, part of the International Astronomical Union. 

12. Retaining a Voting Member status in the International Meteor Organization, based in Belgium. 

13. Contributing as a Voting Member within the Division of Dynamical Astronomy for the American Astronomical Society. 

14. Engaging as a Voting Member within the Division of Planetary Sciences for the American Astronomical Society. 

15. Honored as an Elected Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, England. 

16. Holding a Full Membership status in the American Physical Society. 

17. Maintaining Full Membership in the American Meteor Society. 

18. Retaining Life Membership within the Astronomical Society of India.