Dr. Nulkar is a Professor and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Development, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, and a visiting professor at IIT Kanpur. He was the Post-doctoral Endeavour Fellow of the Government of Australia. Gurudas has published seven books, two of which have received Maharashtra State Literature Awards. Gurudas is on the board of Ecological Society, Pune, ACWADAM and a Senior Fellow of Pune International Centre.