Sports: cricket, tennis, riding. Interests: yoga and chess. Was a competitive chess player at the international level with an ELO rating.

Understanding how self-governing local communities may function as inter-generational continuities with sustainable well-being and livelihoods.

Recent voluntary pro bono work comprises:

(a) Action Research studies on facilitating livelihoods of rural artisanal women in five districts of Gujarat to explore the feasibility of Sewa Founder Ela Bhatt’s notion of ‘anubandh’.

(b) Longitudinal action research for well-being of orphans of the 2002 Bhuj earthquake in Kutch District towards self-reliant autonomy as young adults.

(c) Review of rainwater harvesting rights and water policies in India together with Rajendra Singh of Tarun Bharat Sangh, Rajasthan.

(d) Development of harmonious local communities of habitat

(e) Community libraries

(f) Support to mental health professionals in distress