Term Year - (2008-2014)

1. 1942 - 1947 : As an active member of Student Congress, participated in Congress Movement and Freedom struggle.
   
2. 1945 - 1947 : Secretary, Kanakapura Taluk Student Congress - organised with other leaders "Mysore Chalo" in Kanakapura Taluk, took a jatha to Mysore for merger of the Mysore State with Indian Union (1947).
3. 1947- 1955 : Active member of the Student Congress.
4. 1955- 1956: President, Delhi Pradesh Student Congress.
5. 1958- 1960 : Member of the Executive, Kanakapura Taluk Congress Committee. Member of the Executive, Bangalore Rural District Congress Committee. Convenor (President), Bangalore Rural District Youth Cogress. Executive Committee Member, Mysore Pradesh Youth Congress.
6. 1965-1969 : Convenor (President) Mysore Pradesh Youth Congress. Responsible for initiating steps to have a separate ministry for Youth Affiars in the Government of Karnataka and setting up of Youth Centre - First of its kind in India. Special invitee to the Executive of Mysore Pradesh Congress Committee Member, National Council of Indian Youth Congress.
7. 1970 - 1977 : Member, All India Congress Committe (O). Special invitee to the Executive of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committeee (O).
8. 1977 - 1981: Special invitee Executive Committee of Karnataka Pradesh Janata Party.
9. 1979 - 1980 : Member, National Council of Janata Party.
10. 1982 (Nov) : Resigned from the Membership of Janata Party, as well as from Membership of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
11. 1984 (Dec) : Rejoined the Indian National Congress (I).
12. 1986 (Sep) - 1987 (Mar) : General Secretary, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (I).
13. 1987 (Jul) - 1992 (Feb) : Vice President, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Commitee (I).
14. 1992 (May) - 1995: General Secretary, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (I).
    Member, All India Congress Committee (AICC).
15. 1994 - 1995: General Secretary Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (Tiwari).
16. 1996 : Special invitee to working committee of All India Congress Committee
    (Tiwari).
17. 1997 to date : Vice-President, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (I).

1. 1967 - 1970 : Member - Lok Sabha (Elected by Kanakapura Parliamentary Constituency - elected as a Conqr Candidate) on behalf of Indian National Congress.
2. 1965 - 1966 : Director, Young Farmers Training Centre, Mysore State.
3. 1959 - 1969 : Member, Governing body and the standing committee of Bharat Krishik Samaj (Farmer's Forum India).
4. 1966 - 1970 : Vice-President, Young Farmer's Asocaition of India.
   Chairman, World Assembly of Youth India Committee latter known as Indian Assembly of Youth. Co­ordinating body of National Level Political Party's Youth Wings such All India Youth Congress of All India Congress Committee. Indian Social Youth of Socialist party of India an other National Youth organization such as Y.M.C.A and Y.W.C.A young Christian workers.Trustee, World Assembly of Youth India Trust under the Charimanship Shri Morarjee Desai, Former Prime Minister of India.
   Invitee to International Executive Committee of World Assembly of Youth (Brussels, Belgium).
5. 1970 : Member, Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), New Delhi, elected from Lok Sabha.
6. 1976 - 1999 : Founder Executive, Trustee and Co- ordinator of Asian Institute for Rural Development, which is working on the Asian Regional level doing Reseach, Training and Development in the field of Rural Development was focus on poor people including Women, Youth and Environment.
7. 1979 - 1982 : Member, Board of Regents, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, Elected form Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Director, Asian Rural Service Corps (ASRC) (Rural Animators Asian Regional Training Programme), Asian Instittue for Rural Development (AIRD), Bangalore, Karnataka).
8. 1985 - 1992 : Chariman, South Asia Partnership (SAP) - India (A Development Organization for Rural Poor) as a part of network of South Asian Countries and Canada.
   Member of International Executive Committee of South Asia Partnership (SAP) (Partnership Development Organization consisting Canada, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal and Pakistan).
9. 1990 - 1992 : Member, Africa 2000 New York, Advisory Group, Co-ordinated by UNDP, New York, USA.

1. 1956 : Represented India at the International Student Seminar held in Kobe University, Japan.
   The Non Government Organizations Conference held under the UNO in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2. 1958 : Youth Leadership Training Programme held at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
3. 1959 : Farm Leaders Study tour in USA and Japan as a member of the Indian Farm Leaders Deligation organized by US agency for International Co­operation Govt., of USA.
4. 1961 : International Rural Youth Conference held at new Delhi, India.
5. 1963 : International Workshop on Farm (Organization held at Tokyo, Japan Organization by FAO and Govermnemt of Japan).
6. 1964 : The World Youth Forum held at Moscow, USSR, organised by Govt of USSR.
7. 1965 : Leader of the Indian Delegation to study Rural Youth Training Programme in Netherlands, west Germany,Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom and Italy.
8. 1966 : Consultation meeting on Leadership, Training for Rural Areas in Developed Countries at Hague. The Netherland (Jan., 1966) Leader of the Indian Delegation at the Sixth General Assembly Session World Assembly of Youth held at Tokyo, Japan and Chairman of workshop on International Assist in Bridging the gap (Aug. 1966).
9. 1967 : International Seminar on Youth Pole held at Haren The Netherlands (Aug. 1967).Young World Food and Development World Conference held at Toran Conference held at Toran Canada (Sept. 1967).
10. 1969 : Leader of the Indian Delegation World Assembly of Youth Save Session held at Liege, Belgium (Chairman for Rural Youth Commission).
11. 1970 : Member of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Iraq, Syria and Lebanon (Feb. 1970). The Second World Food Congress organized by FAO held at the Hague Netherland (June 1970).
12. 1975 : Training in Land Reforms at Land Reforms Training Institute, Tayan Taiwan.
13. 1977 : ACFOD / FFHC / AD Joint Workshop on World Congress on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development held at the Bangkok, Thailand.
14. 1979 : Asian Development Leaders' Conference held at Singapore (Jan 1979).First Regional Workshop on the follow-up of World Congress on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (WCARRD) held at Bangkok, Thailand (Feb. 1979). Second International Food Corps workshop organized by Rockefeller Foundaiton, USA held at Bellagio, Italy (July 1979). World Congress on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (WCARRD) organized by FAO held at Rome, Italy Workshop on "Enhancing the contribution of Management, Development Institutions to the Management of Rural Development held at Buea, Cameroon (Nov. 1979).
15. 1980 : Second Regional Workshop on the Follow-up of World Congres on Follow-up of World Congress on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (WCARRD) held at Bangkok, Thailand (Oct 1990).
16. 1981 : Seminar on Sericutlure Development.
17. 1982 : Workshop on ''The Problems of mobilising Rural Youth to meet the requirements of Development of Association Todya" held at Colombo, Sri Lanka (Jan - Feb 1982). Regional Workshop on Asian NGO Coalition meeting on WCARRD, held at Bangkok, Thailand (Feb. 1982) Workshop on "Poverty - Focusa Rural Development and Small Far Credit" held at Camilla, Bangladesh (March 1982). Study visit to Africa to study Africa Peasant Assocaition in Upper and Seneral (Nov. 1982). Seminar on "Power Realtions , Poverty in Rural development" held at Buea, Cameroon (Nov. - Dec 1982) .
18. 1983 : Workshop on "Effective Involvement Non-Governmental Organizationl Local Level Development" held Harare, Zimbabwe (April 1983).ESCAP / FAO Regional Workshop
    on "The Role of Innovative Rural Organizations in the Formualtion and implementation of Agrarian Reform Measures" held at Bangkok, Thailand (May 1983). Meeting of Policy Makers connected with World Congress on Biological Nitrogen Fixation, held at Noordwijehout, Leidan. The Netherland (Aug. 1993).
    Study visit to China at the invitation of China Assocaition for Science & Technology, Govt. of People's Republic of China, Beijing, China (Sept - Oct. 1983). Workshop on "Issues in Local Level Development with popular participation" held at Colombo, Sri Lanka (Dec. 1983).
19. 1984 : Third World NGOs Working Group Conference held at Buea, Cameroon (March 1984).
    Technical Committee Meeting of Seventeenth FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific, organised by FAO, held at Islamabad, Pakistan (April, 1984). Study visit to Canada, USA and Japan at the invitation of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canada (Sept. - Oct 1984). Symposium on "Education for Agriculture" held at International Rice Reseach Institute, Organised by International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines (Nov. 1984).

Paper presented in various National International Conference

1. On "Rural Development".
2. On "Role of Voluntary Organization In Rural Development".
3. On "Post Harvest Technology and Rural Development''.
4. Country Profile on India in the Count of Role of Innovative Rural Organizations for the Planning an     implementation of Agrarian Reform Measures.
5. Employment - oriented Rural Development Strategy with a Patterns of Employment in Agriculture.
6. Strategy for Rural Development, Need for Reinforcing Integrated Approval.
7. Importance of Training in Agriculture for Rural Development.
8. Alternative Model for Rural Development through People's participation - AIRD's Experiment
9. AIRD - Its approaches and activates its role in South - South operation and North - South     understanding.
10. Book on "My impression about China" (Under publication).
11. Role of NGOs as Links and Cataly in Hural Development - AIRD's experience.
12. Poverty in South Asia Messag the Canadians.
13. Privatization strategies for implementation.
14. Asian NGOs - Problems and Priorities - AIRD's experience in Development Co-operation.
15. Training of Rural Development Managers - Asian Experience.
16. Communication Strategies for Poverty Alleviation.
17. Experience of AIRD.
18. Is there a place for International Volunteers in the Third World Countries?
19. Environment and Ecology : Are we heading towards development or self destruction.
20. Environment and Development - A Brief Analysis.
21. Mr. Bill Davinson Memorial lecture on "Holistic Development".

Works done in the field of Communicaiton and Development

1. Editor "AIRD News" (Monthly).
2. Designed and guided on the publicaiton of booklets on:
a) Mulberry cultivation and Silkworm Rearing.
b) Breed Bufallo for Meat, Milk and Work.
3. Borught out various reports on programmes connected with Rural Development Programmes and Projects.
4. Guided and monitored Rural Development projects in the field i.e., Sericultrue Development, Small  and Marginal Farmers and Landless Agricultural Labourers.
5. Organized and Co-ordinated many National and International Seminar Workshops, and Conferences    on development with a focus on Rural Development.
6. Organized and Co-ordinated a number of Training Programmes in Human Resource Development  connected with Rural Development Programme.

Consultant and Advisor at Regio, and lnernational Level

1. Short Term Consultant to FAO In giving opinion on setting center for integrated Rural Development for Atlantic and the Pacific (CIRDAP) at Comlll, Bangladesh.
2. Short Term Consultant to (Agriculture Division) in Editing Rer. on Sericulture Training.
3. Consultant and Advisor to Development, Innovation and Networking, (IRED), Geneva, Switzerland for In   and around South Asia on Developmental Programmes (for 12 years at International Level).
4. Acted as a consultant in organisations in many National and Regional Semi and Workshops connected with    Development.

Present Position held at National and International Level