⦁ IAS officer holding several strategic posts from 1971 to 1992.

⦁ National Coordinator, Youth Action on AIDS (Oct. 1993 -March 97).

⦁ Director, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, 1994-97.

⦁ Director General, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (Nehru Youth Centers Organization) 1993-97.

⦁ Commissioner & Secretary, Irrigation and Power Departments Haryana, 1997-1999.

⦁ Principal Secretary to The Chief Minister, Haryana September, 2000- December, 2001.

⦁ Director General, Doordarshan (National Television) January, 2002- Sept. 2003.

⦁ Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Steel 2003- 2004.

⦁ Director General, National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), 2004-2005.

⦁ Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Government of India, 2005- 2006.

⦁ Election Commissioner of India, June 2006- July 2010.

⦁ Chief Election Commissioner of India, July 2010- June 2012.

⦁ He founded the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management.

⦁ He has been a Member of the Board of Advisors of International IDEA (Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance) Stockholm since December 2012.

⦁ He was also a Member of the Advisory Committee to assist and advise the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security, Headed by Mr. Kofi Annan (Former UN Secretary General) (2010-12).

⦁ Observer of elections in Russia and South Africa. Also in Kenya as a member of Commonwealth Observers Group (Feb-Mar 2013), Azerbaijan (Oct, 2013) and Mozambique (Oct 2014).

⦁ Social Marketing for Social Change

⦁ Islam, Muslims and Family Planning in India.

⦁ Islam & AIDS

 

⦁ Nehru Fellow- Award from Nehru Children's Museum, Kolkata.

⦁ Secular India Harmony Award, given by the Vice-President of India in 1988.

⦁ Silver Elephant - the Highest National Award of Indian Scouts and Guides given by the President of India (1995).

⦁ Honorary Fellow, National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU), UK (May 2016).