Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Virendra Dayal, 2002
Creator: | Dayal, Virendra | Project: | United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP). (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteUnited Nations -- Director, Office of Special Political Affairs
Scope and ContentsEarly life, family background, youth and activism in Indian institutions; born in India, educated during the time of Independence 1945-47 (St. Stephens Dehli, Oxford University-University College, Indian Rhodes Scholar); impact of the Second World War and the end of the Depression in India, independence; moved by displacement stories when he was young, later involved in Refuge settlement for UN during Bangledeshi Independence 1971; diplomatic stance on development, Independence struggling, picturesque Metrople description, Indian partition imageries; part of the Indian delegation to the World Conference on Human Rights, member of the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflicts, currently the executive director of India's National Human Rights Commission, always a dedicated civil servant of the government of India; focuses on raising questions on democratization of education, poverty and marginalization
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 2003
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