Leader, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to (i) Nairobi, Kenya, September, 2010 |
(ii) Berne and Geneva, July, 2010 |
(iii) Mongolia, June, 2010 |
(iv) Hungary and Luxembourg, June, 2010 |
(v) Bhutan, May, 2010 |
(vi) Swaziland, May, 2010 |
(vii) Bangkok, March-April, 2010 |
(viii) Mauritius, January, 2010 |
(ix) New York, November, 2009 |
(x) Geneva, October, 2009 |
(xi) Tanzania, September-October, 2009 |
(xii) Rome, September, 2009 |
(xiii) Austria, September 2009 |
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and (xiv) Detroit, USA for Conference on Democracy |
Head, Congress Party Delegation to (i) inaugurate Indian National Congress of America, San Francisco |
(ii) World Conference on Solidarity with Cuba, Havana |
(iii) POSSAC Conference, Athens, Greece |
and (iv)Indian Non-Government Delegation to UN Preparatory Committee Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Geneva |
Member (i) Congress Party Delegation to Mauritius for MMM Conference |
(ii) Indian Delegation to the UN General Assembly |
(iii) All Party Delegation of MPs to Conference on ‘Towards Détente in the Sub-Continent’, Pakistan |
(iv) Official delegation accompanying the President of India on State visit to Mauritius |
and (v) Indian Delegation to People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen and Yemen Arab Republic |
accompanied the then President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam on State visit to Tanzania and South Africa |
actively participating in movements pertaining to social reforms, human rights and democracy |
as Chairperson, National Drought Relief Committee of the Congress Party during the century`s worst drought in 1967, launched a Family Adoption Scheme under which drought-affected families were adopted by affluent families |
joined IFS in 1973 and resigned in 1985 |
served in Embassy of India, Madrid (Spain), 1976-77 |
High Commision of India, London, 1977-79 and Ministry of External Affairs, 1980-85 |
being committted to human rights and abolition of caste system, visited every place where atrocities were committed against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes during the last 20 years |
held meetings/ demonstrations, courted arrest and filed Public Interest Litigation cases in Supreme Court to ensure justice to them |
Member (i) Court of Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1998-99 |
(ii) Court of University of Delhi since 1996-98 |
and (iii) Rajghat Samadhi Committee, 1998-99 |
(iv) Inter-Parliamentary Group, 1985 |
(v) Telephone Advisory Committee, 1997-98 |
and (vi) ZRUCC (Main) Delhi, Ministry of Railways, 1998-99. |