Canagarayam Suriyakumaran

Canagarayam Suriyakumaran (1922-2006) was a Sri Lankan environmentalist and professor. He is a notable economist, a former United Nations civil servant, a specialist in Local Government and Devolution and an Internationalist in Sri Lanka.^[1]

Notable work

Prof. Suriyakumaran was instrumental in creating some of the international programs and institutions listed below;

• Represented Sri Lanka in the formation of Asian Development Bank
• Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
• United Nations Environment Programme's Global Director for Education, Training and Technical Assistance
• Represented Sri Lanka in the formation of Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement, formerly known as Bangkok Trade Agreement
• The Asian Clearing Union
• The
  Asian Coconut Community
• The United Nations Environment Programme-UNESCO Global Environment Education Programme

Awards and recognition

• Prof. Suriyakumaran was knighted at the end of his United Nations career by His Royal Highness the King of Thailand, at the United Nation's Asian headquarters, for outstanding services to Asia
• He won the United Nations Sasakawa World Environment Prize - 1995

Publications

• The wealth of poor nations New edition. Madras: T.R. Publications (1996).^[2]
• The methodology of environment and development management Colombo: Centre for Regional Development Studies (1993).
• Environmental planning for development Colombo: Center for Regional Development Studies (1992)
• "Hinduism" for Hindus and non-Hindus: Its religion and metaphysics Colombo: Dept. of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka (1990)
• The wealth of poor nations London and New York: Croom Helm. (1984)

See also

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