UGC National Seminar on “Curriculum Development Teaching of Human Rights to Students-Teaching Methodology” Organized by the Department of Political Science, Presidency College, Chennai, held on 29^th March 2000. Presented a paper entitled “Human Rights Right or wrong for whom?

UGC National Seminar on “Environmental Administration: Issues and Trends” Organized by the Department of Public Administration, Presidency College, Chennai, Held on 9^th March 2001, presented a paper entitled “Environmental Programmes in Tamil Nadu: Trends and Issues

UGC National Seminar on “Caste Organization: Social and Economic Dimension in South Indian States” Organized by the department of Politics and Public administration, University of Madras, Chennai, held on 8^th and 9^th January 2001

VIII National Conference on Indian Public Administration Association, organized by the Department of Politics and Public Administration, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, held on 17^th and 18^th November 2002. Presented a paper on “Introducing public Administration through Open University System

Regional Seminar on: Integrity in Public Administration” organized by the Department of Public Administration, DDE, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, held on 23^rd September, 2002. Presented a paper on “Causes of Decline of Integrity in Public Administration

UGC National Seminar on “Democracy and Governance in South India” organized by the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Madras, Chennai, held on 29^th and 30^th April 2002. Presented a paper entitled “Civil Society and Governance: Non-Governmental Organizations in Tamil Nadu with Special reference to EXNORA International

52^nd Annual All India Conference on “Indian Political Science     Association” organized by the Department of Political Science, Ch.Charan Singh University, Meerut, held on 10^th and 11^th October 2003. Presented a paper on “Local Governance and Administrative Reforms in Tamil Nadu

UGC National Seminar on “Electoral Politics and Nation Building in South IndianStates” organized by the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Madras, Chennai, held on 4^th and 5^th April 2003. Presented a paper on “The SC/ST and Electoral Politics in Tamil Nadu

National Conference on “Indian Distance Education Association” (IDEA) organizedby the KSOU, Mysore held on 26-28, February 2003. Presented a paper entitled “Growth of Distance Education through Information Technology

UGC National Seminar on “Welfare State in South Indian States”, organized by the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Madras, Chennai, held on 5^th and 6^th April 2004. Presented a paper on “Child Welfare Programmes in Tamil Nadu

XIX All India Conference on “Indian Public Administration Association”, organized by the Department of Public Administration, Punjabi University, Patiala, held on 29^th and 30^th July 2005

National Workshop on “Evaluating the Distance Education System: The need for Developing New Indicators”, organized by the Department of Political Science, DDE, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, held on 17^th and 18^th January 2005

Workshop on “Course Writing” organized by the PRIYA Division, RGNIYD, Sriperumbudur, held on 30^th and 31^st October 2008

Participated in the UGC-ASIHSS National Seminar on “Environment and Health: Challenges and Responses in South India” organized by the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Madras held on 25-26, March, 2008

Participated in the National Workshop on “Development of SLMs for Distance and Online learning” held from 14-09-2009 to 19-09-2009, organized by StaffTraining and Research Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE), IGNOU, New Delhi

National Conference on “Quality Assurance: Mission and Challenges facing Open and Distance Learning in Dual Mode Universities”, organized by the IDOL, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, held on 23^rd and 24^th March 2009. Presented a paper on “Reaching the Unreached through Open and Distance Learning: Role of Distance Educational Institutions in Tamil Nadu

National Seminar on “Multi-Lingualism in Indian Administration”, organized by the Department of History and ICHR, IDE, University of Madras, Chennai, held on 11^th and 12^th March 2009. Presented a paper on “Multi-Lingualism and Indian Constitution

UGC National Seminar on “Emerging Trends and Issues in Local Government and Decentralized Governance”, organized by the Department of Political Science, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, held on 27^th and 28^th February 2009. Presented a paper on “Decentralized Rural Local Governance in Tamil Nadu: Issues and Trends

Participated and presented a paper entitled ‘Women Empowerment through Local Self Government: A study With Reference to Municipal corporation of Tamil Nadu’ in the 54^th Indian Political Science Association Annual conference on ‘Emerging Nature of Indian Politics’, held on December 28^th to 30^th 2011, Organized by the Department of Public Administration, University of Lucknow

Participated and presented a paper entitled ‘Impact of E-Governance in Urban Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu: Strategies and Challenges’in the international conference on ‘Emerging Trends in E-Commerce, held on March 16^th&17^th ,2011, Organised by the Department of Commerce, University of Madras

Participated in the Capacity Building Workshop on “Collaborative Teaching and Learning through Open Educational Resources on Soft skills”, organized by the Institute of Distance Education, University of Madras and IDRC PANdora, held on 12-07-2012 at the University of Madras Chennai-5

Participated in the Indian Political Science Association, 55^th All India Annual Conference, held at Hyderabad, from 28-30, December, 2013

Participated in the short-term course on “Motivation and Redressal of Grievances of Employees and Students” held from 18 – 02- 2013 to 23-02-2013 organized by the UGC- ASC, University of Madras

Participated and presented a paper entitled “????????????, ???????, ??????????????????????????????????????????????????’’in the international Conference on Dimensions of Tamilology held on 23^rd and 24^th march 2013 organized by University of Malaya and IDE, University of Madras.

Participated and presented a paper entitled “Enhancing transaction between government and business through e-Governance for the Speedy Development of Business-An Indian perspective” in National conference on Business Scenario in India “Opportunities & Challenges” held on 10-10-2014 organized by K.C.S.Kasi Nadar College of Arts and Science, Chennai

Participated in the National Seminar on “Revamping Urban Governance: Towards Sustainable Future” held on 16^th& 17^th December, 2015, organized by the Anna Centre for Public Affairs, University of Madras, Chennai

Participated and presented a paper entitled “Dr.Ambedkar’s Vision on Women Empowerment”, in the National Seminar on “Bharat Ratna Dr.B.R.Ambedkar on Indian Constitution Challenges, Development and Relevance”, held on 9^th January, 2016, organized by Sri Malolan College of Arts and Science, Madurantakam

Participated and presented a paper on “Public Policy and Planning in India” in the 57^th All India Political Science Conference on “Emerging India” held on 15^th& 16^th December, 2017, organized by the Anna Center for Public Affairs, University of Madras, Chennai.

Participated and presented a paper on “Role of E-Governance and Technology in Emerging India” in the 57^th All India Political Science Conference on “Emerging India” held on 15^th& 16^thDecember, 2017, organized by the Anna Center for Public Affairs, University of Madras, Chennai

Participated and presented a paper on “Caste Movements and Social Change: A Study of Dalit Movements in Tamil Nadu” in the ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on “Role of Intellectuals, Ideologues and Reformers in the Socio-Political Transformation of 20^th Century Tamil Nadu” held on 10^th& 11^thApril, 2017, organized by the Department of History, Islamiah College, Vaniyambadi

Participated and presented a paper on “Socio Economic Development Through National Rural Livelihood Mission” in the National Conference on “Recent Advances in Commerce, Management and Computer Science” held on 4^thJanuary, 2020, organized by the Department of Commerce, Vel Tech Ranga Sanku Arts College, Chennai.

Participated in the International Conference on “Digital Libraries 2010 (ICDL-2010)”held on 23-26, February, 2010 organized by IGNOU and TERI, New Delhi

Participated and presented a paper entitled ‘Political Changes in Tamilian Culture’ in the International Seminar on ‘Semmozhi Ilakkiyangalum Tamizhar Panpadum’, held on 27^th March 2012, in the Department of Tamil, IDE, University of Madras

Participated and presented a paper entitled “Impact of E-Governance in Indian Public Administration” in the International Seminar on “Payan Tharum Palthurai Seithigal” held on 21^st& 22^nd March, 2016, organized by the Department of Tamil, Institute of Distance Education, University of Madras, Chennai

Participated and presented a paper on “Human Resource Management and Organizational Performance-A General Perspective” in the International Seminar on “Manithavalam-Palthurai Paarvai” held on 16^th&17^thMarch, 2017, organized by the Department of Tamil, Institute of Distance Education, University of Madras, Chennai

Participated and presented a paper on “Impact of Urban Agriculture in Metropolitan Cities- A Study with reference to Greater Chennai Corporation” in the ICSSR sponsored and Post-Centenary Diamond Jubilee International Conference on “Urban Agriculture-Land, Food, People, Agriculture and City: A Geographical Perspective” held on 14^th& 15^th February, 2018, organized by the Department of Geography, University of Madras, Chennai.

Participated and presented a paper on “The Role of Mass Media in Rural Development in Tamil Nadu” in the International Conference on “Politics, Media and Environment: Indian and European Experience” held on 4-6, March 2020, organized by the Politics and International Studies, Pondicherry University, India in collaboration with Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, Ruhr University Bochum and Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

Participated and presented a paper on “Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovations through Women Development” in the International Conference on “Innovations and challenges in Global Business” held on 3^rd March, 2020, organized by the Department of Commerce, The New College, Chennai.

Participated in the International Conference on “Pathukappu-Palthurai Paarvai” held on 10^th January, 2020, organized by the Department of Tamil, IDE, University of Madras, Chennai