Member, National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) and Distinguished Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) 

Director Indo-German Cooperation on Climate Change (Climate Action Program), International Climate Initiative (IKI), GIZ India

Head Skilled Workforces, Niedersachsen. Next, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Niedersachsen, Germany (virtual participation) 

Former Higher Commissioner to the UK

Prof (retd) and former Dean, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 

Professor of English and Dean, Shenoi Goembab School of Languages and Literature, Goa University 

Vice President – Studies and Foreign Policy, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi

Head, Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA) and Executive Editor

Former J R D Tata Chair Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru, India

Assistant Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University