 In 1980, Ram Lakhina co-founded the Foundation for Critical Choices for India (FCCI) and served as its president from 1983 to 1991 and then again from 1994 to 2003.He has also served as a member on the high level committee of Non-Resident Indians appointed by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India to promote India's foreign trade from 1988 to 1991.From 1994 to 2002, Lakhina was the first Chairman of the Global Organization for People of Indian Origin (GOPIO), a non-partisan, secular global organisation engaged in promoting the wellbeing of people of Indian origin.