Dr. Bains has consulted for a number of public-interest and governmental organizations, including:
- The European Commission's programme on Future and Emerging Technologies
- EPSRC (The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) and the UK Research Councils' Basic Technology Programme
- The National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA) project to encourage young-teenaged girls to do physical sciences or engineering: Planet Jemma
- The Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London
