Education
University of Delhi, 1940-1946, M Economics; Research Institute, Institution for Management Sei, Delft, Netherlands, 1959, Diploma Small Indy Management; spoken languages: Tamil, English, Hindi, French, German
chief Promotion and Development Small Scale Industry Deputy Director United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
University of Delhi, 1940-1946, M Economics; Research Institute, Institution for Management Sei, Delft, Netherlands, 1959, Diploma Small Indy Management; spoken languages: Tamil, English, Hindi, French, German
Chief, Promotion & Dev Group, Small Scale Indy Section(s), United Nations Industrial Development Organization since 1967. Indl Dev Officer, United Nations, New York, 1965-1967. Director, Small Scale Indy Dev Organization(s), New Delhi, 1963-1964.
Deputy Director, 1955-1962. Research Officer, Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Indy, New Delhi, 1946-1955.
Outwardly sober and reserved, an extroverted-introvert, but a true eccentric with high volatility of temperament. Extremely popular with colleagues both in Govt.of India and United Nations mainly due to high level of intellectual capabilities and diligence as well as open mindedness to people of all backgrounds and cultures, sociable and hospitable nature shared with his wife Rajalakshmi, a good listener, helped a lot of colleagues, friends and relatives, generous, loyal and supportive husband to wife Rajalakshmi for the 57 years of their marriage, loving father who gave his three children the freedom and independence to do what they wanted in life, very strong sense of justice, always treated family and friends with a great sense of responsibility, excruciatingly honest, high degree of integrity. Also a much loved son to his parents and brother to his siblings, very popular uncle to his nieces and nephews, coveted and admired son-in-law, highly regarded by brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
International aff, development, politics with special interest in India and USA, small industry, photography, philately, dancing at social gatherings (e.g. New Year's Eve parties), food and gastronomy, cooking, travelling, reading
Somerset Maugham, Saul Bellow, James Michener, Gore Vidal, Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor, Edna O'Brien
Married Rajalakshmi, daughter of Shri R.V. Chandran on October 27, 1957. They had three children, Mohan, born in Hazaribagh, Jharkand in 1961, Niraja, born in Hyderabad in 1962 and Sumitra, born in New York in 1965.