2009 Member, Award Evaluation Committee, Natural Resource Research Group, Rural Sociological Society (RSS).

2009 Reviewer, Quality of Life Trends in the Southern Black Belt, 1980-2005: A Research Note, A manuscript, Southern Rural Sociology, May 10, 2009

2009 Co-Reviewer, Renewable Energy for Small Farm Profit Enhancement, a Phase II Proposal 2009, Small Farms Business Initiative, USDA/CSREES

2009 Moderator, Rural and Community Development, Southern Agricultural Economics Association 41st Annual Meetings, Atlanta, GA, January 31-February 3, 2009

2009 Panel member, Relationship between Land Grant Universities and Stakeholders, Organized session, Conservation Partners Leadership Conference, jointly organized by Black Belt Foundation & Community Based Land Grant Consortium, Columbiana, AL, April 16-17.

2012-present Association of American Geographers (AAG)

2006-present Society of American Foresters (SAF)

2007-present American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)

2007-present Southern Rural Sociological Association (SRSA)

2009-present Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA)

2012-present Kentucky Academic of Science

2012-present Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals

2012-present Kentucky Agricultural Science and Monitoring Committee

Languages Fluent in Nepali and English, Good knowledge of Hindi.

Geospatial Statistical software (SPSS, SAS, GWR, G+); GIS (ArcGIS Desktop); Image Processing (ERDAS Imagine, IDRISI).

Technical Word Processing, Presentation (Acrobat, PowerPoint); Spreadsheet (Excel).