Jhansi Lakshmi Botcha

Former Co-Convenor, Zilla Parishad Chairpersons Forum, Andhra Pradesh; Life Member, Deaf and Dumb School, Andhra Pradesh; Executive Member, Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangthan; Member, National Employment Guarantee Council, New Delhi, 2007 ; election campaigner for Congress since 1998; attended (i) Disaster Management on comprehensive response planning for Local Government, Kathmandu, Nepal; (ii) fourth conference for Members of Parliamentary Committees on the status of women and other committees dealing with gender equality held, Geneva, 28-29 September, 2009;(iii) National Rural Employment Guarantee programme work shop addressed by the Hon`ble Prime Minister and Smt. Sonia Gandhi, New Delhi; (iv) course on "District Backward Regions", National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad; (v) orientation programmes conducted for Zilla Parishad Chairpersons and ZPTCs, Hyderabad; attended convocation on HIV/AIDS at New Delhi addressed by the Hon`ble Prime Minister and other Central Ministers; (vi) programme on Role of Panchayats and N.G.Os in the Management of Natural Disaster (APARD); and (vii)course on Planning for Rural Infrastructure and Basic Services from 18th to 23rd April 2003, NIRD; Awarded, Won Uttam Mahila Award, 2002-2003 (Visakha Samacharam, a Journal)