Visiting Professor(April 2022-March 2024),B. R. Ambedkar Chair, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Research & Extension Centre, University of Mysore
Visiting Professor(June 2021-December 2023)-SDM Institute of Management Sciences Mysuru
Bharata Ratna Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Mooknayak Award(2023) : For columnists writing on people and groups in society’s margins, Karnataka Media Academy, Bengaluru, Government of Karnataka, Bengaluru.
Lifetime Achievement Award(2022): Highest & most coveted award given by Indian Sociological Society to honour Indian sociologists who have made outstanding contributions in the field of sociology. The award was conferred at the 47th All India Sociological Conference held at the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya in December 2022.
Scholar-in Residence(March-April 2021): Centre for Women’s Studies, Bangalore University, Bengaluru (March-April 2021)
Distinguished Alumni Award (2019): University of Mysore, Alumni Association, Mysore(2019)
Course Co-ordinator (2014-2016):Society and Education, E-Pathashala Project, MHRD.
Scholar-In-Residence (January –March 2017): Centre for Women’s Studies, Kuvempu University(January –March 2017).
H.S.Parvathi Endowment Award (2016): for Writings in the field of Issue based Literature from Karnataka LekhakiyaraSangha (this award has been instituted for the first time in the name of renowned Kannada writer H.S. Parvathi).
Visiting Fellow (2016): Department of Sociology, University of Delhi, New Delhi.
Visiting Fellow (under the SAP Programme) (2011): Department of Sociology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.
Sadodita Award (2011): From Shashwati Trust for significant contribution in the field of research and writing with social and gender orientation.
President (2011): Third Davanagere Taluk Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, Mayakonda, Davanagere Taluk, Davanagere District.
Senior Fellowship (2006-07): National Fellowship awarded to Senior Social Scientists- Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.
Triveni Award (2003): For the Book Mahile, Samaja Mattu Samskruti (Women, Society and Culture) from Kannada Lekhakiyara Parishat (This award is instituted in the memory of the distinguished Kannada novelist Triveni).