Professional Activities in International Arena
1986-1992 Vice President, International Astronautical Federation 1988 to date President, Committee for Liaison with Developing Nations (CLODIN) of IAF 1997-2000 Chairman, UN-COPUOS (United Nations - Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space) 1999 President, UNISPACE-III Conference 2007 Chairman, 30th International Antarctic Treaty Consultative Committee Meeting
Organised Special Plenary Current Event Sessions as a part of International Astronautical Federation Congress
1987 Use of Space Technology for the benefit of Human Kind, at Brighton (IAF) 1988 Space and Drought Management at Bangalore, India (IAF) 1989 Space and Flood Management at Malaga, Spain (IAF) 1990 Space and Forest Management at Dresden, Germany (IAF) 1991 Space and Agriculture Management at Montreal, Canada (IAF) 1992 Space and Developing Countries at Washington, USA (IAF) 1993 Space and Environment at Graz, Austria (IAF) 1994 Space and Rural Development at Jerusalem, Israel (IAF) 1995 Space for Education, Health Care and Environmental Monitoring at Oslo, Norway (IAF) 1996 Population Dynamics and Management of Urban Environment at Beijing, China (IAF) 1997 Space and Industrial Partnership for Rapid Development, Turin, Italy (IAF) 1998 Space in Transitioning Economic Scenario, Melbourne, Australia (IAF) 1999 Space Technology for Sustainable Economic Growth, Amsterdam, Netherlands (IAF) 2000 Space in the Next Millennium – Towards an Equitable Village at Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil (IAF) 2001 Space & Information Technology – From Digital Divide to Digital Bridge at Toulouse, France (IAF) 2002 Director – Summer Design Project on “Space for Enhancing Human Health” for the International Space University at Pomona, California (ISU) 2002 Space Solutions for Global Problems: Building Partnership with All Stakeholders in Human Security and Development at Houstan, USA (IAF) 2003 Space for Enhancement of Carrying Capacity at Bremen, Germany (IAF) 2004 National Disaster Management on a Global Scale” at Vancouver, Canada (IAF) 2005 Space Education and Capacity Building for Sustainable Development at Fukuoka, Japan (IAF) 2006 Use of Space Technology for Water Resource Management at Valencia, Spain (IAF) 2007 Space Technology for Poverty Alleviation at Hyderabad, India (IAF)
· President of UNISPACE III Conference, Vienna in 1979 · Led Indian Delegation in COPUOS and S&T Sub Committee of COPUOS from 1980 to 1994, UNISPACE-II in 1982 and President UNISPACE-III in 2000. · Chairman of the UN Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (1996–1999) · Published over 360 Scientific and Technical papers in various Journals. · Author of three recent Books
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