Member – Indian Phytopathological Society, Indian Microbiology Society, Mycology and Plant Pathology
Member - American Phytopathological Society
Member - American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Member-College of Graduate Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Professional Activities
Adjunct Professor, Mizoram University, India
Adjunct Professor, Acharya Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), India
Adjunct Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Editorial Board Member (Current) – for over 50 International Journals includes Journal of Pure & Applied Microbiology, International Journal of Microbiology Research, American Phytopathology, Canadian Phytopathology, Plant and Soil etc..
Founding Chairman, Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture
Board Member, First Asian PGPR Congress, June 21-24, 2009, Hyderabad, India, 2009
Board Member, World Congress of Industrial Biotechnology, IBIO, China.
Session Chairman, 2nd Annual World Congress of Industrial Biotechnology, IBIO, April 5-8, Seoul, Korea, 2009
Co-convener: 6th International PGPR Workshop, Calicut, India October 5-10, 2003.
Societal Chairman: Local Organizing Committee, 67th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Phytopathological Society, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, June 22-26, 1996.
Member: Soil-borne Plant Diseases Committee, American Phytopathological Society, 2001-2005
Extra Curricular & Community Activities
Community Services
President, India Cultural Association of East Alabama, Auburn, Alabama, USA, 2008.
Participated in Radius Career Enhancement Program administered by Community Centre for Education and Employment Training to train the youth for employment, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1996.
General Secretary, India Canada Cultural Association of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1992-1993.
Telugu Interpreter, for the Berlitz Schools of Languages of Canada, Ltd. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from Feb 11-13, 1985.
Created several local jobs for unemployed young graduates at Auburn, AL, USA.
Invited Presentations/Chairman
Organizing Chairman, 6th Asian PGPR International Conference, August 2019, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Organizing Chairman, 5th Asian PGPR International Conference, July 16- 19, 2017, Bogor, Indonesia, 2017
Organizing Chairman, 4th Asian PGPR Congress, May 3-6, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2015
Organizing Chairman, 3rd Asian PGPR Congress, April 21-24, Manila, Philippines, 2013
Organizing Chairman, 2nd Asian PGPR Congress, August 21-24, 2011, Beijing, China, 2011
Organizing Panel Chairman, 3rd Annual World Congress of Industrial Biotechnology, IBIO, July 25-27, Dalian, China, 2010
Organizing Chairman, 1st Asian PGPR Congress, June 21-24, 2009, Hyderabad, India, 2009
Session Chairman, 2nd Annual World Congress of Industrial Biotechnology, IBIO, April 5-8, Seoul, Korea, 2009.
Invited Speaker, 1st World Congress of Industrial Biotechnology, IBIO, May 18-21, Hangzhou, China, 2008
Invited Speaker, Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, March 21-26, 2007, Hyderabad, India.
Invited speaker, Agri-Biotechnology: The Business of Biofertilizers & Biopesticides, Knowledge Millennium III, The Associated Chamber of Commerce & Industry of India, March 21-23, 2003
Invited speaker, Auburn University/India Cooperation on Bio Fertilizers and Bio Fungicides for Sustainable Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Auburn University, January 31, 2003.
Invited speaker to discuss commercial development of biofertilizers and biofungicides, Plant Pathology Division, NIAST Suwon, Korea (Feb 2, 2002).
Chairman, Integrated approaches of biological preparations for stand establishment, growth and disease control in spice plantations. Indian Institute of Spices Research (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, India (Feb 08, 2002).
Speaker, Organic Farming, Integrated Pest and Nutrient Management, Central Coffee Research Institute, Coffee Board, Government of India, Ban galore, Feb 15, 2002.
Chairman, First Regional PGPR Workshop, Mysore, India. March 22-25, 2000.
Chairman, National Symposium on PGPR and Biological Control, Hyderabad, India. April 2-5, 2000.
Speaker, International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture, New Delhi, India, Nov 9-15, 1997.
International Collaboration
Jining Sanhuan Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Jining, Shandong Province, China.
Xinjiang Tianwu Science&Technology Development Co., Ltd., China
KIWA Bio-tech Products Group Corporation, China
China Green Health Agriculture (Beijing) Biotechnology Co., LTD
Pragati Biodiversity Knowledge Park, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Institutionen för biosystem och teknologi, Department of Biosystems and Technology. Sweden
Division of Microbiology, Research Center for Biology-LIPI, Cibinong, Indonesia
Department of Environmental Microbiology, BBA University (A Central University), Lucknow, INDIA
Molecular Phytobacteriology Laboratory, KRIBB, Daejeon, S. Korea
National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Qassim University, Buraydah. Saudi Arabia
Varsha Bioscience and Technology India Pvt Ltd., Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Pasura Crop Care Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid TROPICS, (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India