formerly Professor and Chairman, Department of Sociology, University of Mysore, President, Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi

Formerly Professor of Sociology, Mangalore University, Vice Chancellor, Kuvempu University, Shankarghatta, Shimoga

Formerly Professor of Sociology and Registrar, Gulbarga University and Central University, Gujarat, Chief Advisor, Directorate of Distance Education, Bangalore University, Bangalore-560056

Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics,University of Delhi, Delhi

Professor of Sociology,Central University, Hyderabad, Presently, Fellow Indian Institute of Advanced Studies. Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Formerly Professor of Sociology and Coordinator UGC SAP, Shivaji University, Kolhapur

Director, UGC HRDC,Karnatak University, Dharwad

Department of Sociology Karnatak University, Dharwad

Chairman, Department of Sociology Karnatak University, Dharwad