Padmanabh Gooinath

Background

Gooinath, Padmanabh was born on February 11, 1939 in Cochin, Kerala, India. Son of Purushottama Padmanabha and Lakshmi (Menon) Pillai.

Education

Bachelor in Economics, Delhi U., l958; Master of Arts in Philosophy, University of Oxford, l96l.

Career

Career diplomat, Indian Foreign Svc., l962-72; chef de Cabinet, International Labor Organization, Geneva, l972-76; special representative, United Nations, l976-80; director, United Nations Secretariat, New York City, l980-82; International Labor Organization representative, United Nations, l982-87; assistant director-general, director International Institute for Labor Studies, International Labor Organization, since 1988.

Achievements

• Padmanabh Gooinath has been listed as a noteworthy assistant director, director general by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Oxford and Cambridge Club (London).

Interests

• Avocations: travel, reading, music, Indian and Chinese art.

Connections

Children: Deepak, Gayatri.

Father:

Purushottama Padmanabha Pillai

Mother:

Lakshmi (Menon) Pillai

child:

Gayatri Gooinath

child:

Deepak Gooinath