National Commission for Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes Iyer, after retiring from Foreign Secretary post, worked as vice chairperson of National Commission for Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes. Former
Chief Justice of India J.S. Verma was heading the commission, which had started functioning in October 2008.
News Broadcasting Standards Authority On 19 February 2009 Iyer was appointed the member of the
News Broadcasting Standards Authority. The authority was commissioned to implement a code of ethics and broadcasting standards for broadcasts by news channels in the country. She was given the membership, under the "eminent persons" category to set up to enforce the code of ethics and broadcasting standards for news channels. == References ==