Honors:
Honorary Adjunct Professor. Amrita University. January 2009 to Present. “Honorary position offered by Amrit University to persons who made significant contribution in their chosen field”.
Selected Resource Person and Reviewer for Minority Rights Group (U K) – State of Minority Women of the World Report . 2011- Reviewed the Thematic Chapter on Reproductive Health of Minority Women World wide.
Zellerbach Visiting Professorship – Awarded by the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, fall 2004.
World Ekistic Society– Nominated and elected to the membership of World Ekistic Society, Fall 2004
Faculty Development Leave: Awarded by University of Texas at Arlington for fall of 2004.