1983-1989 Member of the Steering Committee, Religion in South Asia Section, American Academy of Religion.
1987-2009 Member of the organizing committee, Maharashtra Studies Group (Association for Asian Studies).
1989-1994 Member of the Board of Directors and Coordinator for South and Southeast Asia Section, American Oriental Society, 1989‑1994.
April 1991 Organizer of the Fourth International Conference on Maharashtra: Culture and Society, ASU.
1995-2010 Member of organizing committee, 6th International Conference on Maharashtra: Culture and Society, Moscow, May 1995; 7th Conference, Pune, January 1997; 12th Conference, Pune, December 2007; 13th Conference, Bratislava, May 2010; 14th Conference, Mumbai, January 2012; 16th Conference, Delhi, January 2017.
1997-1999 Member of Selection Committee, American Institute of Indian Studies.
1997-2000 Member of South Asia Council, Association for Asian Studies.
1998-2001 Co-chair, Religion in South Asia Section, American Academy of Religion.
1999-2003 Member of Executive Committee, American Institute of Indian Studies (Vice-President, 2000-2001; Chair of the Selection Committee, 2001-2002; member of Selection Committee, 2000-2003).
2008-2011 Member of Nominating Committee, American Institute of Indian Studies.
2012-2015 Member of South Asia Council, Association for Asian Studies (Chair, 2013-2015).
2015-2017 Member of the Board of Trustees, American Institute of Indian Studies.
2017-2021 Elected Vice President, then President, then Past President, then Past Past President, Association for Asian Studies