Smriti Irani

Indian politician

National President, B.J.P. Mahila Morcha; National Vice-President, B.J.P.; National Secretary, B.J.P. (twice); Vice-President, Youth Wing, B.J.P., Maharashtra; State Secretary, B.J.P., Maharashtra; Member, National Executive, B.J.P. (Five Terms); Member, Indian Parliamentary delegation to the 126th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Kampala (Uganda) in 2012 led by Smt. Meira Kumar, Hon`ble Speaker, Lok Sabha; Elected Rapporteur, Drafting Committee of the Standing Committee on Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade, IPU; presented a Resolution on Redistribution of Power Not Just Wealth: Ownership of International Agenda; Elected Representative, Asia Pacific Group to the Task Force entrusted to establish first ever committee for Young Parliamentarians at the 126th Assembly of the IPU; as a Member of the Co-ordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians, presented India`s views on action taken by the IPU to strengthen parliamentary dimensions of UN Efforts to promote Partnership between Men and Women; as National President, B.J.P., Mahila Morcha, significantly and successfully pursued Permanent Commission for women in the Indian Army by facilitating legal aid to women officers; launched `Saksham` - the first ever vision document released by any political organization in India which underlines policies, programme and implementation tools for the upliftment of the differently-abled in India; named the Young Global Leader from India for the year 2015 by the World Economic Forum; deputed Political in-charge, B.J.P., Goa