2010 — Coordinator, one-day workshop for college teachers under UGC’s Special Assistance Programme titled “Sociological Theorizing on Caste: Update, Review and Future Directions”, January 16, 2010, Department of Sociology, University of Mumbai.
2009 — Joint Coordinator, International Interdisciplinary Conference “Shifting Images and Discourses: Revisiting Linkages and Exchanges between India and Germany”, organized by the Department of Sociology and the Department of German, University of Mumbai, in collaboration with the University of Bonn, March 12–14, 2009.
2007 — Joint Coordinator, National Conference “‘Community’ and Communities in Mumbai: Cosmopolitanism, Civil Society and Citizenship”, organized by the Department of Sociology, University of Mumbai, February 28 – March 2, 2007.
2007 — Joint Coordinator, Workshop “Archiving Women’s Lives: Perspectives and Techniques”, organized by the Department of Sociology, University of Mumbai and the Indian Association of Women’s Studies, January 19–20, 2007, Mumbai.
1997 — Conceptualised and coordinated a series of eight lectures and panel discussions for the Asiatic Society of Bombay titled “Cultural Transformations in Post-colonial India”, September 24 – November 26, 1997.
1995 — Coordinator, session on “Folklore, Myths and Art”, CUSAC (Commonwealth Universities Studies and Consortium) Workshop on Women and Development, organized by SNDT Women’s University, Bombay, December 15–18, 1995.
1993 — Co-organized (with Prof. Judith Mbula Bahemuka, University of Nairobi, and Prof. Carla Risseeuw, Leiden University) a conference on “State and Market Influences on Gender, Family and Kinship Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia” at the University of Nairobi.
1990 — Co-organized (with Carrie Marias, UNESCO) a session on “Gender Discrimination: Its Articulation with Respect to Caste, Class and Race” at the XII World Congress of Sociology, Madrid, July 1990.
2025 — Jury Member, D. N. Ghosh Memorial Prize for the Best Paper, Economic and Political Weekly.
2014–2015 — Member, Multi-disciplinary Expert Committee for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University.
2011–2014 — Co-convenor, Research Committee 4: Migration and Diaspora Studies, Indian Sociological Society.
2010–2016 — Elected Member, Managing Committee, Indian Sociological Society.
2010–2014 — Member, Archives Committee, Indian Association of Women’s Studies.
2009–2013 — Member, Core Working Group and Steering Committee, Dr. Avabai Wadia Archives for Women, Research Centre for Women’s Studies, SNDT Women’s University.
2005–2008 — Elected Member, Executive Committee and Joint Secretary, Indian Association of Women’s Studies.
1996–1998 — Member, Advisory Committee, Centre for Women’s Studies, Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
1996–1998 — Member, Advisory Committee, SPARROW (Sound and Picture Archives for Research on Women), Mumbai.
1988–1993 — Secretary, Commission on Women, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES). The Commission networks with scholars and activists working on gender-related themes with anthropological perspectives, organizes international meetings and seminars, and engages in publications.
Member, Advisory Committee, Centre for the Study of Indian Diaspora, University of Hyderabad.
Life Member, Indian Sociological Society
Life Member, Indian Association of Women’s Studies
Life Member, Asiatic Society of Mumbai
Founding Trustee, Bandra Reclamation Area Volunteers Organization (BRAVO)
Associate Member, India International Centre, New Delhi