 He was Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor at ISRO HQ for 5 years since November 2010 and also as distinguished professor at IIT, Mumbai and MIT, Manipal for 3 years.He was a member of the board of governors (BOG) for IIT, Madras for 7years till july 2018.He is also chairman of the governing council for MVJ College of Engineering at Bangalore.