is Member of Committee on External Affairs Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women Member, Committee on Government Assurances. From Oct. 2004 onwards she is Member of Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Urban Development. From Dec. 2004 onwards she is Member of Central Silk Board Member, Coffee Board. She is also the President and Advisor for various Mahila Samajas and sports organizations, as well as the President of the Karnataka State Harijan Sevak Sangh. Conferences She participated in a World Conference on Women's Security and Gender Equality held at Bangkok, Thailand in September 2002, a Special Session on Children held at New York, U.S.A. in 2002, a World Conference on 'Making the World a Better Place' organised by Brahmakumaries at Mount Abu, Rajasthan, a South East Asia Seminar on AIDS held at Islamabad, Pakistan in 2005 and an Inter -Parliamentary Union (IPU) Conference on"Beyond Beijing: Towards Gender Equality in Politics", as a national delegate at UN Headquarters in New York in March 2005. She attended World Mayors Conference at Berlin, Germany in 2002 and visited China at the invitation of Indo-China Friendship Society to strengthen relationship and mutual understanding among people of the two countries. References External links Profile on Rajya Sabha website Central Social Welfare Board Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka Kodava people People from Kodagu district Living people Mayors of Bangalore Women mayors of places in Karnataka Social workers 20th-century Indian women politicians 20th-century Indian politicians 20th-century Indian educators Educators from Karnataka Women educators from Karnataka Social workers from Karnataka 20th-century women educators 1951 births Women members of the Rajya Sabha Women members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly