Meira Kumar

Leader, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to (i) Myanmar, 12-15 February, 2013; (ii) Sixth Conference of the Association of SAARC Spekaers and Parliamentarians, Islamahad, Pakistan, 4-6 November, 2012; (iii) 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 7-015 September, 2012; (iv) CPA Mid-Year Executive Committee Meeting, Tonga, April, 2012; (v) New Zealand, April, 2012; (vi) 126th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Kampala, Uganda, March-April, 2012; (vii) Pakistan, February, 2012; (viii) Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay, January, 2012; (ix) 21st Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers Conference, Port of Spain, January, 2012; (x) Iran, November, 2011; (xi)125th IPU Assembly, Bern, Switzerland, October, 2011; (xii) Japan, October, 2011; (xiii) 57th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, London, United Kingdom, July, 2011; (xiv) Denmark , June, 2011; (xv) Sweden, June, 2011; (xvi) Second G-20 Speakers` Consultation Meeting, Seoul, May, 2011; (xvii) Vietnam, May 2011; (xviii) 124th IPU Assembly, Panama City, Panama, April, 2011; (xix) Mexico, April 2011; (xx) 3rd CPA Asia Regional Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, February, 2011; (xxi) United Kingdom, January, 2011; (xxii) Meeting of Standing Committee of CSPOC, Isle of Man, January 2011; (xxiii) 123rd IPU Assembly, Geneva, October, 2010;(xxiv) 56th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, September, 2010; (xxv) Sixth Annual Meeting of Women Speakers of Parliament, Berne, July, 2010; (xxiv) Fourth and Fifth (Final) Meeting of the Preparatory Committee, Geneva, July, 2010; (xxvi) 3rd World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, Geneva, July 2010; (xxvii) Mongolia, June, 2010; (xxviii) Hungary and Luxembourg, June, 2010; (xxix) Bhutan, May, 2010; (xxx) CPA Mid-Year Executive Committee Meeting, Swaziland, May, 2010; (xxxiv) 122nd IPU Assembly, Bangkok, Thailand, March-April, 2010; (xxxv) Mauritius, January, 2010; (xxxvi) Second Meeting of the Preparatory Committee of the Third World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments, New York, November, 2009; (xxxvii) 121st IPU Assembly, Geneva, October, 2009; (xxxviii) 55th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Arusha, Tanzania, September-October, 2009; (xxxix) Meeting of Speakers of Lower Chambers of G-8, and out reach countries, Rome, Italy, September, 2009; (xl) Austria, September 2009; Indian Delgation for (i)Indian Non-Government Delegation to UN Preparatory Committee Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Geneva, 2000; (ii) Conference on Democracy, Detroit, USA, 1989; Congress party Delegation to (i) POSSAC Conference Athens, Greece, 1996;(ii) World Conference on Solidarity with Cuba, Havana, 1994; (iii) inaugurate Indian National Congress of Americal, San Francisco, 1994; (iv)Socialist International Women Conference, 1989; (i) Congress Party Delegation to MMM (the ruling party)Conference, Mauritius, 1993 and 1987; (ii) Government of India Deletgation to the UN General Assembly, New York, USA, 1994 (iv) Official delegation accompanying the then President of India on State visit to (i) Tanzanias` South Africa, 2004; (ii)Mauritius and Egypt, 2007 and (iii) Belguum, 2008 and (v) Indian Delegation to People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen and Yemen Arab Republic; ( ) All Party Delegation of MPs to Conference on `Towards Detente in the Sub-Contient`,Islamabad, Pakistan, 1999;Chief Speaker, (i) Golden Jubilee Celebration of India`s Independence, Univeristy of Hull, England, 1997; (ii) Guru Ravidas Brith Anniversary Celebrations, U.K. 1993; Participant, Inter-Parliamentary Confernce, Bulgaria, 1987; 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,U.K., 1977-79 and Ministry of External Affairs, Delhi, 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 1996-98; and (iii) Rajghat Samadhi Committee, 1998-99; (v) Telephone Advisory Committee, 1997-98; and (vi) ZRUCC (Main) Delhi, Ministry of Railways, 1998-99.

Indian politician