Praising the Indian government's initiatives on empowering women, Clinton said: 'I applaud the Indian government and the Indian people for recognising that eradication of poverty must be a primary goal and by doing so you have to focus on poor women and their children because that is the generational change that makes difference.'

Answering a question from a student on how she balances her personal life and her hectic schedule as a politician, a smiling Clinton said: 'I supported my husband's rather successful life in politics. I just couldn't enter politics as my daughter was growing up.'

'It was difficult every moment to make a decision. I found it difficult to enter politics and raising my daughter especially with the demanding schedule required,' Clinton, who lived in the White House for two terms when her husband Bill Clinton was president and her daughter Chelsea was growing up, said.

So, she added, it was not until she was 'older' that she entered politics and got a chance to pursue her 'public service interests' and also take care of her family responsibilities.

Quoting an American rabbi amid much laughter, she said: 'On the deathbed, no one ever said that I wish to spend more time in office.'

Listening raptly were students from Delhi University, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur as well as youth from Pakistan, who are part of the Seeds for Peace initiative.