Anand Gajapathi Raju, Uma's then husband, was a minister in N T Rama Rao's ministry in AP.
But in 1989, he resigned from TDP to join Congress before Uma successfully contested Lok Sabha election the same year.
She was vice-president of All India Women's Hockey Federation; vice-chairperson, Organising Committee, Freedom Run and Marathon; member, Nehru Cricket Club; vice-president, National Institute of Social Action and National Red Cross Society; She is interested in flood and drought relief work, promotion of orphanage activities, environment protection and malaria eradication programmes.
She has been anchor for 8 years of the prime time news program on Doordarshan called India This Week.
She has been executive producer of many award-winning documentaries, including the Emmy-nominated film The Journalist and the Jihadi – The Murder of Daniel Pearl, directed by her husband Ramesh Sharma.