Distinctions Achieved: Selected as a National Expert (2015-16) for project of Asian Productivity Organization, Tokyo on the topic Research on Aging Society and Gender Mainstreaming in Human Capital Development. Outstanding Reviewers Awards 2013 for World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development. Regional Editor, World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development. Selected as ICCR’s Tagore Chair Professor (first –ever to Vietnam) to University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Ho Chi MinhCity, Vietnam,2011-2012. Selected for the 2010,2013,2015 Edition of Marquis Who’s Who in the World. First Recipient of Sir Ratan Tata Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Senior Fellow level at Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi, 2007-08. Gold Medal in M.A. Publications: 32 research papers, 4 Working Papers and 1 Monograph.