• Prime Minister’s Outstanding Public Administration Award
• 1989-1990: Commissioner, Mysore City Corporation
• 1990-1992: Deputy Commissioner Commercial Taxes(Intelligence), Bangalore
• 1992-1993: Deputy Commissioner of Dakshin Kannada District
• 1993-1995: Additional Director of Industries(SSI), Bangalore
• 1995-1997: Deputy Commissioner of Belgaum District
• 1997-2001: Managing Director, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation
• 2001-2004: Director, Department of Tourism, Government of India, New Delhi
• 2004-2005: Further Studies, Master of Development Management (MDM)
• May 2005-December 2005: Director, Department of Women and Child Development; Govt. of India
• December 2005-March 2009: Joint Secretary, Government of India, Administrative Reforms Commission
• July 2009-June 2012: Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Government of Karnataka
• August 2012 to May 2013: Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Karnataka
• May 2013-August 2013: Chairman, Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation
• August 2013: Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited
• Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
• All India Management Association, New Delhi
• Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines
• Master of Technology (Industrial Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi (1984)
• Diploma in Management from All India Management Association, New Delhi (1994)
• Masters in Development Management from the Asian Institute of Management in Manila, Philippines (2005)
• Ph.D. in Public Transport Systems from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (2013)