the next decade. At Middlebury College, where he has been based since 1990, he was appointed the Frederick C. Dirks Distinguished Professor of International Economics in 2002. At Middlebury, he also served as the Vice Provost of the Middlebury – Monterey Integration Task Force (2007-2008), Dean for Faculty Development and Research, (2007 – 2008); Acting Dean of the Faculty (2006–07), the Chair of the economics department for three terms (1996 – 2003). At Middlebury College, he was also elected to every major College wide committee by his peers. At Madras School of Economics, one of India’s Premier higher education institutes for economics: He was the Officiating Director and Visiting Distinguished Professor (2015-2017); he also served as Member Secretary for Center of Excellence in Environmental Economics, funded by the National Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. He was the Director and Professor of Economics (2004-2005), Visiting Associate Professor (2000-2001) and Visiting Professor (2003). At Vanderbilt University: Served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics (1995). At Purdue University: Was Visiting Scholar, Department of Agricultural Economics ( Summers, 1991–92). Consultancy/Grants He has been a consultant to UNCTAD, UNIDO, United Nations University, World Bank on specific development economics projects. He has received grants from the S.W. Davis Foundation Ford Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, USAID to support his academic work, Awards Recognized by the International School of Monterey as a "Distinguished Honoree" for National Philanthropy day, Monterey Peninsula, California, USA, November, 2014 Anonymous Donor endows a 7 figure gift to create the "Sunder and Varna Ramaswamy Scholarship Fund" at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, May, 2014. Monterey County Weekly: "25 Who Got Us Here" – part of a profile of "25 game changing local leaders" on the Monterey peninsula; as part of the 25th anniversary of the Weekly; 31 October 2013; Recipient of the Monterey County Business Council 2011 Economic Vitality Award in the "Education" category, Monterey, California, USA, February 2011. Nominated by the student body for the Marjorie Lamberti Faculty Appreciation Award for "Excellence in Teaching", Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, USA, April, 2006. Recipient of the Marjorie E. Lamberti Faculty Appreciation Award for "Excellence in Teaching". Awarded by the Student Government Association, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, USA, April 2003. Honeywell Award for Outstanding Graduate Instructor for 2 years, 1988 and 1989; Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. In 2020, Education World (the largest trade publication in