Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan
C.V. Narasimhan | |
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Born | Chakravarthi Vijayaraghava Narasimhan 21 May 1915 Madras, Tamilnadu |
Died | 2 November 2003 | (aged 88)
Occupation | ICS officer |
Chakravarthi Vijayaraghava Narasimhan
Born in Madras, he was educated at St. Joseph's College, Tiruchi, the University of Madras and
He transferred to the service of the new Union Government in 1950, joining the Ministry of Agriculture. In 1953, he joined the Ministry of Finance and headed the Economic Affairs Department, responsible for development and co-ordination of foreign aid programmes. He was appointed to the United Nations in 1956, as Executive Secretary of the U.N. Economic Commission for Asia and Far East. In 1958, he was appointed Under-Secretary for Special Political Questions in the U.N., to work directly under the U.N. Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjöld, and with Nobel laureate Ralph Bunche.
In 1961, he became Chef de Cabinet in the U.N. His last post was as Under Secretary-General before retirement in 1978. In 2001, he received India's second highest honor, the Padma Vibhushan.
A vocalist, scholar and connoisseur of
References
- ^ C.V. Narasimhan passes away
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- ^ Fitzgerald, James L. (2009). "Reading Suggestions for Getting Started". Brown. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009.
- Munzinger Archiv (German)