Dr.B.C. Roy award for outstanding teacher in Medicine, 1984 (V.K. Varma)
Bronze Medal for Performance in M.D. Psychiatry, 1983 (S K Mattoo)
Member, Executive Council of the Indian Psychiatric Society, 1989-1990(P.Kulhara)
Member, Continuing Medical Education Programme Committee of the Indian Psychiatric Society, 1987-1990 (P.Kulhara)
Member, Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 1987(P.Kulhara)
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee of Advanced Centre for Research on Health and Behaviour of the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi (P.Kulhara)
Member, Scientific Advisory Group on Coronary Prone Behaviour and Diseases of the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi (P.Kulhara)
Member, Steering Committee for Research on Integrated Control of Non-Communicable Diseases of the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi (P.Kulhara)
Member, Scientific Advisory Group on Collaborative Epidemiological Research in Coronary Heart Disease of the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi (P.Kulhara)
Member Editorial Board, JAMA-India, 1991(P.Kulhara)
Vice-President, Punjab and Chandigarh Branch of the Indian Psychiatric Society, 1991-1992, (P.Kulhara)
WHO Fellowship in Child Mental Health, Sept‑Oct 1991(S Malhotra)
Silver Medal for recognition of merit during period of studies by the PGIMER, Chandigarh, 1991 (S Chakrabarti)
Visiting Professor to Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, March 27‑30, 1992 (S Malhotra)
Member, Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Psychiatry(S Malhotra)
Member Editorial Board of Practitioner Update, ISNO971, 1992 – continuing(A Avasthi)
Chairman, Continuing Medical Education Sub Committee of the Indian Psychiatric Society (1993-1995) (P.Kulhara)
President, Punjab and Chandigarh Branch of the Indian Psychiatric Society, 1993-1994 (P.Kulhara)
Vice-President/President Elect, North Zone Chapter of the Indian Psychiatric Society, 1994-1995. (P.Kulhara)
Vice President, Indian Psychiatric Society – Panjab and Chandigarh State Branch, 1994-95, (A Avasthi)
Chairman, CME Committee of Indian Psychiatric Society, North Zone, 1994-96, (A Avasthi)
President, North Zone Chapter of the Indian Psychiatric Society, 1995-1996, (P.Kulhara)
Member, Advisory Board of Current Medical Journal of North Zone, 1995 – continuing (A Avasthi)
President, Indian Psychiatric Society – Panjab and Chandigarh State Branch, 1995-96, (Dr A Avasthi)
MRCPsych degree conferredby The Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, July 1995, ( S. Chakrabarti)
Under Higher Education link, training in Clinical work with Children at Guys Hospital, London, U.K. Jan-Feb, 1995. (A Kohli)
Bronze medal in M.D (Psychiatry), 1997 (N Gupta).
Kataria Memorial Gold medal for the best postgraduate student of PGIMER for the year 1996-1997(N Gupta).
Member, World Psychiatric Association Educational Programme Committee on “Fighting Schizophrenia and Its Stigma”, 1996 (P.Kulhara)
Olympian Honours for Caring for Human Race: Cadila Health Care Award 1996, (S Malhotra)
Member, Editorial Committee: Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour, 1996 – 2004, Member Journal Committee, 2005-2006, Member Editorial Advisory Board, 2007 – continuing, ( A Avasthi)
Vice-President, Faculty Association, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 1997-1998(P.Kulhara)
Member, Executive Committee of the Faculty Association, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 1998-1999. (P.Kulhara)
Vice-President, Faculty Association, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 1997-1998.(P.Kulhara)
Member, national academy of medical sciences, New Delhi, India, 1998 (A Avasthi)
Convener, Speciality Section of Community Psychiatry of Indian Psychiatric Society, 1997-99, (A Avasthi)
Vice-President (President-Elect) of Indian Psychiatric Society – North Zone, 1997-98, (A Avasthi)
Advisor, Editorial Board of ANCIPS NEWS, 1997-98, (A Avasthi)
Member, Executive Committee of the Faculty Association, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 1998-1999, (P.Kulhara)
Chairman, Awards Committee of the North Zone Chapter of the Indian Psychiatric Society 1999- (P.Kulhara)
President of Indian Psychiatric Society – North Zone, 1998-99, (A Avasthi)
Member, Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 1999-2002; 2005-continuing, (A Avasthi)
Member, Editorial Board of the Archives of Indian Psychiatry, 1999 – continuing, (A Avasthi)
Expert Member, National Task Force Project of the ICMR on Suicidal Behavior, 1998 2012, (A Avasthi)
Member, Project Review Committee for the Division of NCD of ICMR (1999- continuing) (A Avasthi)
Consultant Editor, JK Science – Journal of Medical Education and Research ISSN 0972-1177, 1999 – Continuing, (A Avasthi)
Chairman, Awards Committee of the North Zone Chapter of the Indian Psychiatric Society 1999 (P.Kulhara)
Member, Expert Panel on Mental Health of the National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi since June 2000. (P.Kulhara)
Member, Advisory Committee of the Institute of Mental Health, Government of Punjab since July 2000. (P.Kulhara)
Member, Expert Panel on Mental Health of the National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi since June 2000.(P.Kulhara)
Member, Advisory Committee of the Institute of Mental Health, Government of Punjab since July 2000.(P.Kulhara)
Expert advisor to the Govt. of Punjab for reorganization of Mental Health at Amritsar, Govt. of Punjab, 2000, (A Avasthi)
Member Advisory Committee for the Construction of a new Institute of Mental Health at Amritsar, Govt. of Punjab, 2000, (A Avasthi)
Member, Focus Group: Global Mental Health Information Database Project of International Consortium for Mental Health Policy & Services, New Delhi, March, 2001, (A Avasthi)
Member- Executive Council of the Indian Association of Social Psychiatry (IASP) for years 2001-2003 (N Gupta).
Member of the Visitors’ Committee of the Chandigarh Mental Health Authority under the provisions of the Indian Mental Health Act for years 2001-2002(N Gupta).
Invited Expert Commentator: “The usefulness and Use of Second Generation Antipsychotic Medications: Review of evidence and recommendations” by a Task Force of the World Psychiatric Association since 1999, (Document published in the Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2002, 15, suppl 1,).(P.Kulhara)
Advisory Member, World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry Task Force on Treatment Guidelines for Unipolar Depressive Disorders since November 2000, (Document published in World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2002, 3, 5-43 and 67-84,.( P.Kulhara)
Member, Project Formulation Committee constituted by the Governor of Haryana for setting up a Mental Hospital in the State of Haryana, 2002, (A Avasthi)
Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) in 2013 (A. Avasthi)
Member, Committee for Framing Guidelines for Mental Hospital at U.T., Chandigarh (2002). (A Avasthi)
Member of World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Specialty Section on ‘Psychiatry and Human Sexuality’ for years 2002-2005(N Gupta).
Member of World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Specialty Section on ‘Classification, Diagnostic Assessment and Nomenclature’ for years 2002-2005(N Gupta).
On the Advisory Board of the World Psychiatric Association’s Presidential Program on Child Mental Health, 2003, ( S Malhotra)
Member, International Review Panel of Medical Science Monitor Science 2003(S Malhotra)
Member, Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, (S Malhotra)
Convenor, Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines, Indian Psychiatric Society, 2003-2010, (A Avasthi)
Nominated to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Jammu, 2003-2009, (A Avasthi)
Chairman, Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the Indian Psychiatric Society, 2004-05, (P.Kulhara)
External Expert, Selection Committee, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, 2004, ( P.Kulhara)
Member of the Jury to assess the Posters at the 16th World Congress of the International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP), 22-26 August 2004, Berlin Germany. (S Malhotra)
Chaired State-of-the-Art Lecture, titled, “The Biology of childhood experience (Dedicated to the memory of Richard Harrington) at the 16th World Congress of the International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP), 22-26 August 2004, Berlin Germany. (S Malhotra)
Elected Member, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Panjab University, 2005-2009, (A Avasthi)
Member, Awards Committee of the Indian Psychiatric Society, 2005-06, (A Avasthi)
Member, Governing Committee, International Society for Affective Disorders, London 2005, ( A Avasthi)
Member, Task Force on Response regarding Direct Referrals and claim for Independent OPD service by Clinical Psychologists, Indian Psychiatric Society, 2004-2005, ( A Avasthi)
Member, Task Force on Issue of Conflict with related societies, Indian Psychiatric Society, 2004-05, (A Avasthi)
Member of the Indian Psychiatric Society Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines on Schizophrenia in July 2004, (S Chakrabarti)
WHO fellowship on Information, Education and Communication at Sydney, Australia, 2004-2005,(A Kohli)
Elected as a council member of North Zone for Indian Association of Clinical Psychologist for 2004-2005, (Ritu Nehra)
Chairman, Awards Committee of the Indian Psychiatric Society, 2005, ( P.Kulhara)
Member, Committee of University of Delhi, Faculty of Medical Sciences for Starting of DPM (Psychiatry) Course at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Delhi, 2005- , ( P.Kulhara)
Member of the “Operational Committee on Education” by WPA. For 2005-2008 ( S Malhotra)
Member, Board of Undergraduate Studies in Psychology of the Panjab University, Chandigarh, 2005-2007, ( P.Kulhara)
Member, Editorial Advisory Board (Journal Committee), Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour; Official publication of the North Zone Chapter of the Indian Psychiatric Society, 2005- , ( P.Kulhara)
Advisory Member, World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry Task Force on Treatment Guidelines for The General Practitioners for Biological Treatment of Unipolar Depressive Disorders since November 2005, (P.Kulhara)
Member, World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry Task Force on Bipolar Affective Disorders for the WFSBP term 2005-2009, ( P.Kulhara)
Member, World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry Task Force on Unipolar Depressive Disorder for the WFSBP term 2005-2009, ( P.Kulhara)
Executive Member, Indian Association of Biological Psychiatry, 2005 -2006, (A Avasthi)
Elected as Fellow of the International Society for Affective Disorders in the year 2005(S Chakrabarti)
External Expert, Selection Committee, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi 2006 ( P.Kulhara)
Convenor, Task Force on Suicide Prevention, Indian Psychiatric Society, 2006- 2007, (A Avasthi)
Member, Technical Committee for appraisal of Govt. Medical College, Jammu for up gradation under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna, 2006, (A Avasthi)
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Health & Disease, 2006-09, (A Avasthi)
Advisor, Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi, 2007- , ( P.Kulhara)
Member, Advisory Panel, Credentials Committee, National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), New Delhi, 2007- , ( P.Kulhara)
Member Task Force on Sexuality and HIV/AIDS, Indian Psychiatric Society, 2007-09, (A. Avasthi)
Elected as Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) in September 2007(S Chakrabarti)
External Faculty, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi ,2008-, ( P.Kulhara)
Nominated as Co-chairperson of the Biological Psychiatry, Specialty Section of the Indian Psychiatric Society, 2008-2009, (S Chakrabarti)
Chairman Awards Committee, Indian Psychiatric Society, 2008-2009, (A Avasthi)
Member, Task Force on Diagnosis and Classification, Indian Association for Social Psychiatry, 2008, (A Avasthi)
Regional Editor, South Asia, Asian Journal of Psychiatry 2008 –, (A Avasthi)
Young Psychiatrist Fellowship of the World Psychiatric Association at the XIV World Congress of Psychiatry in Prague, on 20-25 September 2008( S Grover)
Honorary Mention for the World Psychiatric Association ‘Ulysses Vienna Prize for Young Psychiatrists’ in developing countries in 2008 (S Grover)
Jury Member for World Psychiatric Association Prize Jean Delay Prize for 2008 (S.Malhotra)
Consultant Education Committee of the World Psychiatric Association 2009-2012 (S Malhotra)
Chairman, Psychiatric Education Committee of the Indian Psychiatric Society, 2009, ( P.Kulhara)
Chairman, South Asia division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK, 2009-, ( P.Kulhara)
Vice-President-cum-President Elect of Indian Psychiatric Society, 2009-2010, (A Avasthi)
Member Advisory Committee, MM University, Mullana-Haryana, 2009–, ( A Avasthi)
Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Private Psychiatry, 2009–, ( A Avasthi)
Member State Mental Health Authority, Govt. of Haryana, 2009–, ( A Avasthi)
Member SAARC Psychiatric Federation Advisory Committee, 2010, ( A Avasthi)
Member Specialty Board in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the Medical Council of India 2010, (S Malhotra)
Chairman, Publication Committee, Indian Psychiatric Society, 2010, ( P.Kulhara)
Elected as a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCpsych), UK in February 2010 (S Chakrabarti)
Member of the Indian Psychiatric Society Task Force on Suicide prevention for the year 2007 (S Grover)
Co-Chairman of the Indian Psychiatric Society Task Force on Publications, 2009-2010, (S Grover)
Member of Executive body of Punjab and Chandigarh state branch of Indian Psychiatric Society, 2008-2009; 2012-2013, (S Grover)
Nominated as Co-chairperson: IPS Task Force on Research and Training, 2010-2011, ( SChakrabarti)
Member, New Drugs Advisory Committee of the Drugs Controller General (India), New Delhi, 2011 – 2012, ( P.Kulhara)
Chairman, Ethics Committee of the Indian Psychiatric Society, 2012, ( P.Kulhara)
Member, Review Committee of the Indian Council of Medical Research for National Institute for Research in Environmental Health (NIREH), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 2012- , ( P.Kulhara)
Appointed by the WHO – Mental Health and Substance Abuse Department as a member of the Expert Working Group on Mood and Anxiety Disorders, for the Revision of ICD-10 Mental and Behavioural Disorders, for a period of 2 years, 2011- 2013, (S Chakrabarti)
Appointed as member of the editorial board of the World Journal of Psychiatry in 2011,(S Chakrabarti)
Appointed as member of the editorial board of the journal ISRN, Psychiatry in 2011,(S Chakrabarti)
Appointed as member of the editorial board of the Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University in 2011, (S Chakrabarti)
Included in the 2011-2012 Edition of the Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, (S Chakrabarti)
Appointed as member of the editorial board of the Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry in 2012 (S Chakrabarti)
Appointed as member of the editorial board of the World Journal of Meta-analysis in 2013,(S Chakrabarti)
President, Indian Psychiatric Society, 2010-2011, (A Avasthi)
Member, Board of Specialty in Psychiatry for drafting/updating the curriculum for MD & Diploma courses, Medical Council of India, 2010–, (A Avasthi)
Member Super specialty Board of Medical Ciuncil of India for designing and drafting curriculum for DM in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011, (S Malhotra)
Guest Faculty for the Professional Diploma courses at Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh ( R. Nehra)
Panel member of Punjab University for conducting practical examination of Post Graduate courses in Psychology(R. Nehra)
Panel member of Punjab University as paper setter for Post graduate courses in Psychology( R. Nehra)
Panel member of Baba Faridkot University for setting psychology papers for physiotherapy(R. Nehra)
Member of State Mental Health Authority, Haryana, 2011-till date, (R. Nehra)
Chairman, Committee for framing rules of M.Phil. Clinical Psychology, M.Phil Psychiatric Social Work and DPN at Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, 2011, (A Avasthi)
Young Psychiatrist Fellowship of the World Psychiatric Association at the XV World Congress of Psychiatry in Buenos Aires, on 18-22 September 2011(S Grover)
Fellowship of the Asian Federation of Early Career Psychiatrists (AFECP) to attend the 2nd training and educational fellowship program of Asian Federation of Early Career Psychiatrists (AFECP) at Kochi, 15-16th January 2012(S Grover)
Young Researcher Award at the 15th Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists Scientific Meeting at Seoul, Korea, held from 25 to 27, Oct, 2012( S Grover)
Associate Editor of Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2009-12, (S Grover).
Associate Editor of Medical Case Reports , 2013 (S Grover)
Assistant Editor of Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2012- onwards,, (Subodh BN)
Assistant Secretary General of Indian Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2011- 13, (Subodh BN)
Assistant Editor of Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2012, (S. M. Singh)
Assistant Editor for the Early Career Psychiatrists Corner of Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2012, (S Grover)
Editorial Board member of Journal of Clinical Case Reports, 2012 onwards (S Grover)
Editorial Board member of World Journal of Psychiatry 2012 onwards (S Grover)
Editorial Board member of World Journal of Clinical Cases 2012 onwards (S Grover)
Editorial Board member of Andhra Pradesh Journal of Psychological Medicine2012 onwards (S Grover)
Associate Editor of Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2012, (S Grover)
Member, IPS Specialty Section of Substanse Use Disorder, 2012-13 (Subodh BN)
Member, IPS Task Force on Task Force Guidelines for Post Graduate Psychiatry Training in India, 2013 (Subodh BN)
Assistant Editor for the Early Career Psychiatrists Corner of Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2012, (S Grover)
Editorial Board member of Journal of Clinical Case Reports, World Journal of Psychiatry, World Journal of Clinical Cases, Andhra Pradesh Journal of Psychological Medicine (S Grover)
Indian Psychiatric Society representative to WPA Early Career Psychiatrist Council, 2010-12, (S Grover)
Chairman of the Young Psychiatrists Forum- A Task Force of Indian Psychiatric Society, 2010-2011; 2011-2012, ( S Grover)
Co-Chairman of Asian Young Psychiatrist Association, 2011, (S Grover)
Secretary General of Asian Federation of Early Career Psychiatrists 2011-13, (S Grover)
Convener of the Task Force on Mental Health Legislation of Indian Psychiatric Society, 2012-2013, (S Grover)
Chairman of Research Committee of Indian Association of Geriatric Mental Health, 2012-13, (S Grover)
National Advisory Board Member of Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine 2012–, ( A Avasthi)
Chairperson: Research and Education Foundation, Training and CPD Committee of IndianPsychiatric Society2012 -, ( A Avasthi)
Consultant Editor, Pakistan Journal of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Lahore, Pakistan 2012–, ( A Avasthi)
Consultant Expert to Govt. of Punjab on reorganizing and improving de-addiction services in the State of Punjab, 2012–, ( A Avasthi)
Chaired the Meeting of Sub Committee on Psychiatry for the proposal to set up Centre for Advanced Research at NIMHANS by Dept. of Health Research, Govt. of India Bangalore, May 2012, (A Avasthi)
Member: Task Force on Health and Medical Education constituted by Punjab Governance Reforms Commission, Govt. of Punjab, 2012,(A Avasthi)
Chairman, Academic Committee, Govt. Medical College, Amritsar, 2012–,(A Avasthi)
Technical expert for the Indian Council of Medical Research for review of projects and papers for publication in the IJMR (S Malhotra)
President Elect of The Asian Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, 2010-2013(S Malhotra)
Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) in 2013 (S Grover)
Editor, Indian Journal of Geriatric Mental Health, 2013 (S Grover)
Convener of the Task Force on Person Centred Medicine of Indian Psychiatric Society, 2013-2014 (S Grover).
Chairperson Task Force on National Mental Health Policy, Indian Psychiatric Society, 2013-2015 ( S Malhotra)