1994, Ph.D., Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

1989, M.Phil., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

1983, M.A., Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore

1981, B.A., Agra University

11/13-Present

Director, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University

01/11-11/13

Dean, School of International Studies, Central University of Gujarat

01/11-11/13

Professor, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat

07/08-12/10

Associate Professor, Social Sciences Area, Institute of Rural Management Anand

01/06-06/08

Associate Professor, Social Sciences Area, DAIICT, Gandhinagar

08/03-11/05

Professor, Rural Development, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Rural Campus, Tuljapur

01/96-01/03

Senior Research Fellow of Development Studies at the Social Science Centre, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai

07/95-07/96

Lecturer of Ethno Archeology; Political History of Ancient India, Deccan College, Post Graduate Research Institute, Pune

2010, International Visitor Leadership Programme: United States of America, 2010

1992, Awarded University Grants Commission (UGC) sponsored Junior and Senior Research Fellowship (1987-1992) Professor K.T.M. Hegde Fellowship. Conferred by the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, Baroda, in the field of Archeology

1998, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi. Subject: The Warlis in the Wisdom Tradition

1995, Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts, New Delhi. Subject: Hero-Stones of the semi-arid belt of Maharashtra

1994, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Fellowship: To study at the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, 1992-3