Prof. Anand Kumar, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences has been elected as National Secretary of the Indian Sociological Society for 2006-08. 

 Prof. Chaman Lal, Centre of Indian Languages, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies offered his award money to motivate young scholars to write on the young Bengali revolutionary Preeti Lata Wadedar, who was martyred by British Colonial police in 1930, for taking part in Chittagong revolt.

Prof. Chaman Lal, was recently honored by ’Apni Bhasha’, a Kolkata based literary organization for his contribution towards making a bridge between Hindi and Punjabi languages and literatures through translations. He has fifteen books to his credit in translation in Hindi and Punjabi, apart from equal number in criticism and editing. He is particularly known for his translation and editing of Martyr Bhagat Singh and Punjabi poet Paash in Hindi. While accepting the honor, conferred by well-known Bengali writer Nabneeta Deb Sen and eminent writers like Ravinder Kalia, editor of Hindi monthly from Kolkata-Vagarth, Prof. Chaman Lal announced that the award money   may be given to that writer who shall write the biography of the young revolutionary Bengali martyr- Preeti Lata Wadedar.

Dr. Alka Acharya, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies has been nominated by the Prime Minister of India to serve on India-China Eminent Persons Group. This Group was established under an agreement between the Government of India and the People’s Republic of China to perform a significant policy input function, intended to strengthen and diversify  mutually beneficial exchanges between the two countries.

Prof. Namwar Singh, Professor Emeritus has been appointed as Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, Wardha.

Prof. Namwar Singh, Professor Emeritus has been awarded Bharat-Bharati honour by Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan with a cash award of Rs. two lakh fifty one thousand.

Abhirup Saha, Research Scholar, M.A. (Economics), Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences has been awarded the prize in the All India Essay Competition for Students on “Government’s Proposal to Implement Mandal Commission Formula for Reservation- Is it a backward or forward step?” conducted by Nandini Voice for  the Deprived.

Shakti Prasad Srichandan, M.Phil Scholar, Centre for European Studies, School of International Studies has received the “Best Essay” award in the national level (open to all) essay competition on the theme of “India’s Aspirations for a Permanent Seat in the United Nations Security Council” organised by the Association of Indian Diplomats. ( a forum of senior/retired Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Foreign Secretaries of India).  Shakti  Prasad received a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- and a citation from Mr. Shashank, former Foreign Secretary of India and President of the forum.