 He is the Founder, former Chairman and now Chairman Emeritus of the Netherlands India Chamber of Commerce and Trade (NICCT), serves as a Chairman of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Foundation, and is one of the founders of The World Forum for Ethics and Business.In January 2009 he became the recipient of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award conferred on him by the President of India Pratibha Patil in acknowledgement of his contribution in the field of community service.In September 2009 his investiture was as an honorary Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau, by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, for his merits to society in the field of cultural and economic relations between India and the Netherlands.