Education
Born in Madras, he was educated at Saint Joseph"s College, Tiruchi, the University of Madras and Oxford University.
Born in Madras, he was educated at Saint Joseph"s College, Tiruchi, the University of Madras and Oxford University.
He entered the Indian Civil Service in September 1937. 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 United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and Far East.
In 1961, he became Chef de Cabinet in the United Nations His last post was as Under Secretary-General before retirement in 1978. A vocalist, scholar and connoisseur of Carnatic music, he also wrote an English translation of the Mahābhārata based on selected verses in 1965.
As a Deputy Secretary in the Development Department of the Madras Government, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1946 New Year Honours.