- Member, Karnataka Legislative Council: 2001 – 2007
- Three-time Rajya Sabha MP: 1990-1996, 2008-2014 & 2014-2020
- Member, Parliamentary Committees for Ministry of Defence, Human Resource Development, Health and Family Welfare, Consultative Committee, Education, Railways, Hindi Prasara, Planning, Agriculture, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Transport, Tourism & Culture, Food Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution, Urban Development and Energy, Subordinate Legislation
- Official Member of the Delegation of the State visit of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Honourable President of India, to Belgium and Turkey: 2013
- Member of the delegation of the state visit of Dr. Hamid Ansari, Honourable Vice-President on a visit to Hungary and Algeria: 2016
- Represented India at the First Session of the General Assembly of FASPPED-Forum of Asia- Pacific Parliamentarians for Education (FASPPED) at Jakarta, Indonesia
- Played a pivotal role in the establishment of Suvarna Soudha, the Karnataka Legislative Assembly building at Belagavi and making the city the second capital of Karnataka
- Successfully organized sessions of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly twice, at KLE J.N.Medical College campus, Belagavi in September 2006 & January 2009

Dr Kore a BJP Rally

Dr Kore with Hon-President Shri Pranab Mukherjee as part of a multi country Indian delegation visit