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President Barack Obama talks with Shivshankar Menon, national security advisor of India, who was attending a meeting in National Security Advisor Tom Donilon's office in the White House, Jan. 28, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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Shivshankar Menon is a distinguished fellow in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. His long career in public service spans diplomacy, national security, atomic energy, disarmament policy, and India’s relations with its neighbors and major global powers. Prior to joining Brookings, Menon served as national security advisor to the Indian Prime Minister from January 2010 to May 2014. He currently serves as chairman of the advisory board of the Institute of Chinese Studies in New Delhi.
Menon has previously served as foreign secretary of India from October 2006 to August 2009 and as ambassador and high commissioner of India to Israel (1995-1997), Sri Lanka (1997-2000), China (2000-2003) and Pakistan (2003-2006). From 2008 to 2014, he was also a member of India’s Atomic Energy Commission. A career diplomat, he also served in India’s missions to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Geneva and the United Nations in New York.
As high commissioner of India to Pakistan, Menon restored high commissioner level relations after a gap of a year and a half and initiated what is so far the best period in the two countries’ relationship. He also served as India’s ambassador to China, restoring relations following the India nuclear weapons tests of 1998. During his work as high commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, he was responsible for the free trade agreement with Sri Lanka. Menon was the second Indian ambassador to Israel and oversaw the beginning of the now flourishing India-Israel defense and intelligence relationship.
During his service in the Ministry of External Affairs from 1992 to 1995, Menon negotiated the first boundary related agreement between the Republic of India and the People’s Republic of China, the root of the subsequent series of agreements that have maintained peace on the border despite ongoing boundary disputes. He also served as special representative of the prime minister of India on the boundary issue from 2010 to 2014, and has dealt with the India-China boundary and India-China relations since 1974.
Menon has been a Richard Wilhelm Fellow at the Center for International Studies at MIT and Fisher Family Fellow at the Belfer Center, Harvard University. In 2010, he was chosen by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the world's "Top 100 Global Thinkers." He attended the Scindia School, Gwalior and St. Stephens College of the University of Delhi, where he studied ancient Indian history and Chinese. He speaks Chinese and some German.
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Outraged Indian MPs have spoken out in parliament against the arrest and alleged ill-treatment of one of the country's diplomats in New York.
Devyani Khobragade, deputy consul general, was handcuffed upon arrest last week and later strip-searched.
She denies visa fraud and making false statements over allegations that she underpaid her Indian maid.
A short while ago, US Secretary of State John Kerry called a top Indian official to express his "regret".
"In his conversation with National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, [Mr Kerry] expressed his regret, as well as his concern that we not allow this unfortunate public issue to hurt our close and vital relationship with India," state department spokeswoman Marie Harf said.
Ms Khobragade appeared in court last Friday and was freed on bail.
Devyani Khobragade at an event in New York Devyani Khobragade is the deputy consul general of India in New York
Her maid had complained the diplomat was paying her less than the minimum stipulated wages under US visa requirements.
On Wednesday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described Ms Khobragade's treatment as "deplorable" and Foreign Minister Salman Khursheed said it was his duty to restore the dignity of the diplomat.
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What is diplomatic immunity?
A form of legal immunity that ensures diplomats are exempt from prosecution under the host country's laws
Agreed as international law in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961)
Under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963) a consul is afforded a variation of diplomatic immunity called consular immunity
It guarantees immunity from the host country's laws only with respect to acts related to consular duties
"I think the most important, immediate concern is to ensure that no further indignity is inflicted upon the young officer. And we are taking steps to ensure legally whatever is possible that we implement that immediately," Mr Khursheed told parliament.
"In terms of giving a strong, unambiguous, direct message to the United States of America: whatever I believe we were supposed to do, we did immediately," he added.
On Tuesday, India ordered a series of reprisals against the US.
Security barricades around the US embassy in Delhi were removed and a visiting US delegation was snubbed.
'National outrage'
On Wednesday morning, opposition MPs from several Indian parties called on the government to take action against the US.
Arun Jaitley of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said India should take its bilateral relations more seriously and "insist on being treated like equals" by Washington.
"Has the US held Vienna Convention in this? Who gave it the right to handcuff Devyani, treat her in this manner?" asked senior BJP MP Yashwant Sinha.
A protest near the US embassy in New Delhi December 18, 2013 Anger has been rising in India against the alleged ill-treatment of the diplomat
The leader of the regional Bahujan Samaj Party, Mayawati, demanded that "the prime minister should intervene immediately and take necessary action".
"When US citizens come here we show them so much respect. We must rethink on this," she added.
Senior Congress party minister Anand Sharma, speaking on behalf of the government, said the arrest was a "matter of national outrage". He said the government "has taken a stern view" and would make a statement in the parliament.
Ms Khobragade's arrest has escalated into a huge diplomatic row between India and the US with Delhi saying it was "shocked and appalled" at the manner in which the diplomat was "humiliated" in the US.
On Wednesday morning, The Times of India quoted from a letter she wrote to her foreign service colleagues where she said she was not just handcuffed, but subjected to a series of other measures.
"Although I must admit that I broke down many times as the indignities of repeated handcuffing, stripping and cavity searches, swabbing, in a holdup with common criminals and drug addicts were all being imposed upon me despite my incessant assertions of immunity, I got the strength to regain composure and remain dignified thinking that I must represent all of my colleagues and my country with confidence and pride," she wrote.
The US Marshals Service Office of Public Affairs confirmed on Tuesday that she had been strip-searched.
Ms Khobragade, 39, was arrested last Thursday in New York and later freed on a $250,000 (£153,000) bond after pleading not guilty to the charges.
Law enforcement authorities in New York say Ms Khobragade "allegedly caused a materially false and fraudulent document to be presented, and materially false and fraudulent statements to be made, to the US Department of State in support of a visa application for an Indian national employed as a babysitter and housekeeper at her home in New York".
If found guilty, she faces a maximum sentence of 10 years for visa fraud and five years for making false statements.
Ms Khobragade will challenge her arrest on grounds of diplomatic immunity, her lawyer said.
The US state department said that Ms Khobragade did not have full diplomatic immunity.
It said under the UN's Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, she is immune from arrest only for crimes committed in connection with her work.
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Goud Saraswat Brahmins (GSB) have made significant contribution to a variety of fields like literature, business, sports, cinema, law, etc. The following is list of notable individuals belonging to GSB community (including its sub-communities)
Government and law
Sir B. N. Rau, jurist (was judge on International Court in the Hague and President of United Nations Security Council. Prepared the original draft of Constitution of India. Also drafted Constitution of Burma (Myanmar) in 1947.)
Suresh Tendulkar, former Chief Economic Advisor to Prime Minister
Justice K. T. Telang (1850-1892) Judge Bombay High Court & Youngest Vice Chancellor of Bombay University. Exceptional legal mind, Educationist, Scholar of Sanskrit
[edit]RBI
Sir B. R. Rau, former Governor of RBI
Subir Gokarn, present Deputy Governor of RBI
Shiralkar Shrinath S. : Dy.Governor of Reserve Bank of India from 18th Dec.1970 to 25 July 1976.
[edit]Science and technology
Prof. Jayant Baliga, named by Scientific American one of “Eight Heroes of Semiconductor Revolution”, holder of over 100 patents including that for IGBT
Arun Netravali, Chief Scientist of Alcatel Lucent, France. Pioneer of digital technology including HDTV, MPEG compression. Formerly President of renowned Bell Labs
Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Head of Nuclear Programme of India
Prashant Kamat, rated as one of top 100 chemists of past decade by Times Higher Education Group.
Achyut Kanvinde, considered as one of forefathers of modern Indian architecture.
[edit]Literature
[edit]Marathi
Pu La Deshpande
Kaka Kalelkar (the only person to win Sahitya Akadami award for his writings in two languages - marathi & Gujarati)
Mama Varerkar, playwright
Mangesh Padgaonkar, famous poet
Baa Bha Borkar, poet in marathi and konkani
Jaywant Dalvi
Vijay Tendulkar, leading playwright of India
Ratnakar Matkari
Arati Prabhu (C. T. Khanolkar)
Dr. Subhash Bhende
Laxmanrao Sardessai, noted poet in marathi, konkani as well as Portuguese
Vijaya Rajadhyaksha
Vasant Sabnis
Sunita Deshpande
Mangesh Rajadhyaksha
Ramesh Mantri
Girija Keer
Pu Shi Rege
Sumati Kshetramade
Bal Samant
Narayan Govind Kalelkar, winner of Sahitya Akadami award in year 1967
Anant Priolkar
Ravindra Pinge
Shridhar Tilve
[edit]Kannada
Girish Karnad, a Jnanapeetha awardeee
Rashtrakavi M Govinda Pai, one of the greatest Kannada poets. Was fluent in 25 languages.
Gourish Kaikini, Sanskrit and Kannada scholar
Jayant Kaikini
Mangesh V. Nadkarni
Arvind Nadkarni
Sundar Nadkarni
Gangadhar Chittal
Yashwant Chittal
Dinakara Desai
P. Mangesh Rao
Santosh Kumar Gulwadi
[edit]Konkani
Basti Vaman Shenoy
Ravindra Kelekar, a Jnanapeetha awardeee
Shenoi Goembab
R. V. Pandit
B.V. Baliga
[edit]Other
Santha Rama Rau (English writer)
Uncle Pai (Anant Pai, publisher of Amar Chitra Katha. He was described as the most famous 'Uncle' after Chacha Nehru by former PM Atalji)
[edit]Scholars and academicians
Sir Dr. R. G. Bhandarkar (Sanskrit scholar, Orientalist, social reformer)
Dharmanand D. Kossambe (Internationally known Scholar of Buddhism)
Damodar D. Kossambe(Polymath)
Kashinath Trimbak Telang (Sanskrit scholar, former judge of Mumbai High Court from 1889 till death in 1893 and Vice-Chancellor of Mumbai University. Translated Sanskrit epics in English. Also was the first Secretary of Indian National Congress)
B. R. Shenoy(Famous economist, first ever economist to speak against socialist planning of India governments)
Ajit Rangnekar, Dean, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad (rated as 12th best business school by Financial Times)
Rajnarayan Chandavarkar
S. B. Mujumdar, founder of Symbiosis Society
[edit]Doctors
Dr. Bhau Daji Laud - first doctor of India
Dwarkanath Kotnis - (Surgeon in China during 1938-42 Second Sino-Japanese War)
M. G. Kini - considered by the Indian Orthopedic surgical community as the forerunner of Orthopedic Surgery in India
A. V. Baliga
Annapoorna Kini
Dr. Shreedhar Shantaram Ajgaonkar - founder of Diabetic Association of India (1955) and first specialized hospital for the diabetics in Mumbai – now known as S. L. Raheja hospital.
[edit]Business and industry
Vijay Mallya, Chairman of UB Group
Dr. T. M. A. Pai, founder of Manipal Group and Syndicate Bank
[edit]IT industry
Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder of Infosys
Rohith Bhat, Robosoft Technologies
Sunil Gaitonde, founder of GS Labs, member of TiE Board of Directors
[edit]Banking
[edit]Past
A. S. R. Pai, Co-founder of Canara Bank
[edit]Art and music
Suman Kalyanpur
Anuradha Paudwal
Hema Sardesai
Laxmikant Kudalkar (of Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo)
Vasant Desai
Vasant Prabhu
Bhaskar Chandavarkar
Pandit Upendra Bhat
Mohanrao Palekar
Pandit Ratnakar Pai
Ramesh L. Nadkarni
Aditya Kalyanpur
Nityanand Haldipur
Nandu Bhende
Uday Benegal of rock band Indus Creed
Gautam Rajadhyaksha
Mohan Samant, named among the "hundred leading artists in the world today in TIME magazine in 1963
V. S. Gaitonde, Painter
Maya Kamath—Lady cartoonist of international fame
Puttur Narasimha Nayak
[edit]Cinema & theatre
Dadasaheb (Ramchandra Gopal) Torne – true Father of Indian Cinema (though Dadasaheb Phalke is credited as such), as he created first motion picture in India (Pundlik) in year 1912. He was also the first to open distribution offices, produced first Talkie in India along with Ardeshir Irani (Alam Ara), first double role cinema in India (Aout ghatkecha raja) and also first silver jubilee film in India (Shyam Sunder)
Guru Dutt (born Vasanth Kumar Shivshankar Padukone), named in the list of CNN’s “top 25 Asian Actors of All Time”
Shyam Benegal
Kalpana Lajmi
Durga Khote - First lady of Indian silver screen. Acted with all distinguished actors of the country of her time
Leena Chandavarkar
Amol Palekar
Nitish Bharadwaj
Isha Koppikar
Deepika Padukone
Urmila Matondkar
Amrita Rao
Manjari Phadnis
Ashok Saraf
Sachin Pilgaonkar
Supriya Pilgaonkar (Sabnis)
Varsha Usgaonkar
Nishikant Kamat, director of films like Dombivali Fast, Satchya Aat Gharat
Priya Tendulkar
Milind Gunaji
Ninad Kamat
Radhika Pandit, actress from the South
Preetika (Preeta Rao), actress the from South
Shankar Nag, Kannada matinee idol
Anant Nag, veteran Kannada actor
Sundar Rao Nadkarni - the director of the record-creating Tamil film Haridas.
[edit]Journalists
Shobha De (Rajadhyaksha) (Famous author and columnist, Editor of Stardust magazine)
M V Kamath (former Editor, Illustrated Weekly of India & ex-Chairman, Prasar Bharathi)
Rajdeep Sardesai (Prominent TV personality of IBNLive)
T. V. R. Shenoy (former Editor of The Week and Sunday Mail)
[edit]Sports
[edit]Cricket
Sachin Tendulkar
Khandu Rangnekar
Sunil Gavaskar
Rohan Gavaskar
Madhav Mantri
Dilip Vengsarkar
Dilip Sardesai
Bapu Nadkarni
Ajit Pai
Chandrakant Pandit
Amol Muzumdar
Suru Nayak
[edit]Other
Prakash Padukone - Badminton
Vandana Shanbagh – Athletics, Winner of Silver medal in 1987 Asian Games
Dinesh Nayak - Indian hockey team player
[edit]Defence & Armed forces
[edit]Air Force
Air Chief Marshal Lakshman Katre, IAF, Chief of the Air Staff
Air Chief Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar, IAF, Chief of the Air Staff
Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik, IAF, Chief of Air Staff
Wing Commander Vishwanath Balakrishna Sawardekar, IAF, AVSM, KC[1]
[edit]Navy
Admiral J.G Nadkarni: Indian Navy, Chief of Naval Staff
[edit]Army
Lt.General Prakash Gokarn: Retd.Signal Officer-in-Chief,Army H.Q.,Was Secretary of Army`s Reorganization and Restructuring Expert committee for upgrading organisation and &Weapon Systems of the Army.Was awarded Ati Vishist Seva Medal and Param Vishist Seva Medal for distinguished services of the most exceptional level by the President of India.
[edit]Other
Ashok Nayak, Chairman, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)[2]
[edit]Politics and social service
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaay née Dhareshwar
U. Srinivas Mallya
Karnad Sadashiv Rao
Suresh Prabhu
Manohar Parrikar, Chief Minister of Goa
Digambar Kamat, former Chief Minister of Goa
Medha Patkar
Ram Krishna Baliga, former Chairman of Keonics and father of Electronics City of Bangalore
Gurudas Kamat
Ahilya Rangnekar
Sir Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar - former President of Indian National Congress
Radhabai Subbarayan
Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare - Governor, Orissa
[edit]Historical figures
Lakshman Prabhu (Minister of Silhara dynasty, built Banaganga tank and Walkeshwar temple)
Rama Kamath
Rudra Pai (Minister of Silhara dynasty)
Mahadevaiyya Prabhu (Minister of Silhara dynasty)
Somanaiyya Prabhu (Minister of Silhara dynasty)
Anant Pai Prabhu (Minister of Silhara dynasty)
Naro Ram Mantri(Minister in Sahu Maharaj's court)
Ramachandra Baba Sukthankar (official in Peshwa court)
Timaji kamath (An admiral of Vijayanagar empire)
Jivbadada Kerkar (Bakshi of Sindhia army)
Lakhbadada Lad (An officer of Sindhia army)
Lalaji Gulgule (An officer of Sindhia army)
Appaji Ram (Diplomat of Hyder Ali/Tippu Sultan)
Baloba Tatya (official of Sindhia court)
[edit]Spiritual field
Shri Gaudapadacharya - The propounder of Advaita philosophy (considered first pontiff – Swamiji – of Kavale math, Goa)
Shri Govinda Bhagavatpadacharya - Disciple of Sri Gouda padacharya and Guru of Adi Shankaracharya (considered second pontiff – Swamiji – of Kavale math, Goa)
[edit]Firsts
Bal Mangesh Wagle, First Barrister (advocate) of India[3]
Dr. Ramakrishna Vitthal Laud, First Doctor of India[4] and also first Indian Sheriff[3]
Dr. R G Bhandarkar, first Graduate and Post-graduate batch of Mumbai University/ India
Rao Bahadur S S Talmiki, founder of first Co-op Housing Society in the whole of Asia[5]
Sir B. N. Rau, first Indian judge on International Court at the Hague and also first Indian President of United Nations Security Council
Lalith Rao (Hindustani musician) First lady engineer in India who did doctorate[6]
Nileshwar Narayan Pai (ex-Chairman of Corporation Bank and IDBI Bank) - the first Gold Medalist in the Chartered Accountancy exam when it was introduced.[6]
“That’s a lovely colour you are wearing. Through the winter you were always in black.”
“Actually the president herself asked me why I am always in black. It was not by choice. My boxes hadn’t arrived, so I had to make do with the few saris I carried with me… Now my luggage has finally come.”
“Your collection of shawls are beautiful…”
“But I have put them away now. Its too hot for shawls… will have to wait till winter.”
This is not the chatter of bored housewives at some ladies do, but the chit-chat of two high-powered ladies from the foreign ministry at a reception last week.
These women drive India’s foreign policy, but despite their tight schedules and responsibilities of strategising in backrooms during international conferences, the normal feminine touches are very much there.
Yes, women in the Indian Foreign Service never had it so good. There are 126 women in a service of just over 600 career diplomats. It’s not just the numbers. Many of them are now handling some of the most challenging assignments which their male colleagues would give an eye or a tooth for.
Not only does Nirupama Rao head the service, but assisting her in South Block are secretary (east) Vijaya Latha Reddy and economic relations secretary Parbati Sen Vyas.
India’s ambassador to the US is Meera Shankar, another high-profile diplomat. Washington is one of the most important diplomatic assignments. Beijing, Moscow and Islamabad are the other ones in that category. Before taking over as foreign secretary, Rao was India’s ambassador to China.
Things have come a long way since the pioneers — C Mutthama and Rukmini Menon — were in the service. They had to contend with much male chauvinism but Mutthama is known to have been a tough woman and could give a tongue lashing to many a male colleague.
Till a decade ago, women were handled with kid gloves and given “soft postings”. Kathmandu and Colombo were the “hardship postings” they got. Now, we have women serving all over the world.
Former ambassador Veena Sikri recalled how she had to take permission from her superiors to get married. No such rule existed for her male counterparts and the feisty Sikri was much annoyed. Things are very different today. Nengcha Lhouvum served in the embassy in Lebanon. She not only supervised the evacuation of Indians working in that country during a short war with Israel, but also helped Sri Lankans, Bangladeshis and other South Asians.
Her effort was much appreciated by Colombo and Dhaka. Lhouvum is now India’s ambassador to Serbia.
Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa is India’s first woman ambassador to Qatar. Ruchi Ghanashyam is India’s high commissioner to Ghana while Manimekalai Murugesan is one of the two women ambassadors posted in Libya.
She had earlier served in Sudan — considered to be a hardship posting even for men. Our envoy to the Ivory Coast is Shamya Jain. Sujatha Singh, the ambassador to Australia, is currently dealing with the repeated attacks on Indian students in that country.
Twenty-four of the 84 IFS officers recruited between 2005 and 2008 were women — roughly 29% of the intake. In 2008, nine of the 25 IFS officers recruited were women. That’s 32%. The numbers are expected to increase each year. But despite the enormous strides, there are allegations now and then of chauvinism.
A few years ago, Sikri stormed out of the service and put in her papers when her junior by several batches, Shivshankar Menon, was made the foreign secretary. Her contention was that as she had an excellent record and the authorities refused to inform her why she was overlooked. The only conclusion she could draw was: she had been sidelined because she was a woman.
“I still stand by my view as they have not yet given me a single reason why I was overlooked,” Sikri said. Her colleague G Parthasarthy said she was an excellent officer and did not pull her punches. If asked to give an opinion, she would do so professionally and not bother what the government of the day wanted to hear. Such honesty also go against women like Sikri, he said.
But many of those serving today say there is no discrimination. “In fact, we are welcomed with open arms, because our male colleagues believe that we work harder and are capable of dealing with sensitive issues better than them. Maybe it has to do with feminine instincts,” a woman officer, who did not wish to be identified, said.
Courtesy :Seema Guha / DNA (15/03/2010)
Photo: From L-R: Ambassador Shivshankar Menon, Chairman of the Advisory Board, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi and Distinguished Fellow, Foreign Policy program, The Brookings Institution and Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri Vice President of the International Peace Institute and Secretary-General of the Independent Commission on Multilateralism.
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Senior Indian diplomat D. Bala Venkatesh Varma — a key member of the negotiating team that saw the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal through from the first agreement of July 2005 down to the Additional Protocol in 2010 — was given the first S.K. Singh award “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen India's position in the global nuclear order” by UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi at a high-profile function here on Friday.
The award for excellence in the Indian Foreign Service is named after the former foreign secretary and Governor, Shailendra Kumar Singh, a diplomat widely respected within the IFS community for his acumen, professionalism and leadership. Mr. Varma was selected as the first recipient of the prestigious award by a top-drawer jury consisting of Vice President Hamid Ansari, National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, Ms Gandhi and Congress M.P. Rahul Gandhi.
Mr. Varma, a 1988 batch officer of the foreign service, is an expert in nuclear matters and is currently posted as Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) at the Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi.
Prior to this, he worked in India's Permanent Mission in Geneva and in the Prime Minister's Office. It was as a Director in the PMO that Mr. Varma was first associated with the 2005 nuclear agreement with the U.S. Later, during the tense and often bitter negotiations with the American side over the separation plan for India's nuclear facilities as well as the bilateral cooperation agreement (the ‘123 agreement'), his “timely and appropriate advice” to “principals at key junctures”— as the citation notes — helped secure a deal that was within the parameters Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised parliament.
As the bilateral track turned multilateral with the engagement of both the IAEA and the Nuclear Suppliers Group in late 2007, the award citation read out by former Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao noted, Mr. Varma's “negotiating skills were applied in concluding the India-specific Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA. Following the adoption of the NSG's decision in September 2008, he was instrumental in ensuring that the text of an Additional Protocol was finalised to India's satisfaction.”
Ms. Gandhi handed the award over to Mr. Varma in the presence of Mr. Ansari and Ms. Manju S.K. Singh.
Keywords: Bala Venkatesh Varma, Indo-US nuclear deal, S.K. Singh award, IFS award
Courtesy: The Hindu 7 January 2012
Secretary Michael R. Pompeo participates in an interview with Rahul Shivshankar of Times Now, in New Delhi, India, on October 27, 2020. [State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh with the probationers of Indian Foreign Service (IFS), in New Delhi on May 31, 2010. The Principal Secretary to Prime Minister TKA Nair and the National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon are also seen
The first ever direct translation from Chinese to Tamil, ‘Even if I adorn; there's none to behold', by Indian diplomat Sridharan Madhusudhanan was released on Saturday by National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon at a function held at Delhi Tamil Sangam here.
The book ‘China's Sangam Literature: Introduction and Direct Translation' [‘Vaari Choodinum Paarppavar Illai: Kavi thogai – Chinaavin ‘Sanga Ilakkiyam'. Arimugamum, Neradi Thamizhakkamum'], brings an important Chinese literature to India.
Mr. Menon gave the first copy of the book to People's Republic of China Embassy Minister Wang Xuefeng.
The book is about the Chinese Classic Book of Poetry (Shi Jing, pronounced ShizhChing), which is the earliest extant book available in the Chinese literary history. It is an anthology of 305 poems by anonymous poets in three categories: folk, festive and prayers. Confucius (551 B.C. to 479 B.C.), who is supposed to have made the anthology, mentions these poems in his works and dialogues.
Mr. Sridharan is at present working as Director at the SAARC Division at the Ministry of External Affairs here. An Indian Foreign Service officer who has served for about nine years in Beijing and Hong Kong has written this book under his pen name ‘Payani', meaning travel and traveller in Tamil.
Unlike other books which have so far been translated from Chinese to English and thence from English to Tamil, this book is the first ever direct translation. The book also highlights some of the surprising similarities between the ancient Chinese literature and the Sangam literature of ancient Tamils. This is an important book not only to the Chinese, but also to anyone wanting to know more about China, Chinese society, culture and literature for over 1,000 years.
Mr. Menon, who can speak Chinese, lauded the efforts of Mr. Sridharan in bringing out this book and said this would help in better understanding of the culture of the two countries.
Mr. Wang Xuefeng expressed the hope that this would be the beginning of translation of other literary works in Chinese to Indian languages.
ICCR Chair Professor of Indian Studies at National University of Sigapore, Dr. A. R. Venkatachalapathy, novelist P.A. Krishnan, writer Mu. Ramanathan of Hong Kong, Kalachuvadu Pathippagam Publisher Kanna and Delhi Tamil Sangam Secretary R. Mukunthan were among those who offered felicitations to the author.
Shivshankar Timmanpyati, Chief Dietitian, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India and Hon Vice President, IAPEN Mumbai Chapter
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The IAPEN Clinical Nutrition Congress (ICNC-2019) is hosted and organised by IAPEN – Mumbai Regional Centre on 9th and 10th February 2019 at Convention Centre, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Andheri West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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In order to promote Advanced Education in Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition and to facilitate the academic pursuits of more number of Nutrition Support Clinicians, Clinical Nutritionists, Nurses and Pharma from the educational institutions, hospitals and health care settings, IAPEN announces Clinical Nutrition Congress (ICNC-2019) at Mumbai, India.
Nutrition is an integral part of healing and maintenance of health. The conference was designed for medical, nursing & nutrition professionals who were interested in learning nutrition assessment tools, early enteral nutrition, approaches to treat critically ill neuropatients using parenteral nutrition, enteral nutrition, immunonutrition, disease specific nutrition. In addition, malnutrition may contribute to increased morbidity through its effects on immune function, post surgical infection, requirement of ventilator support, increased length of stay in the ICU and delayed wound healing. Although other factors influence post transplant outcomes, nutritional status is the only reversible factor. This conference of IAPEN will provide such a forum for multidisciplinary interaction on Clinical Nutrition.
The conference also consists of paper presentation sessions. The theme of the conference is "Nutrition Intervention Strategies - Indian Hospital Settings" It is the unmissable event of the year for anyone who works or has an interest in Advanced Clinical Nutrition.
The foreign policy and national security choices of a country are often critical and have a strong impact on global perceptions of the country and also on its ties with other nations and international organizations. In his new book, “Choices: Inside the Making of India’s Foreign Policy” (Brookings Institution Press, 2016), Shivshankar Menon, distinguished fellow at The Brookings Institution and former Indian national security advisor, provides an insider’s perspective on some of the most crucial decisions Indian policymakers have faced, including on the U.S.-India nuclear agreement, next steps in the India-China relationship, as well as the response to the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
On October 7, The India Project at Brookings hosted a panel discussion to launch Shivshankar Menon’s new book. Former U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Menon discussed some of the major foreign policy choices he outlines in the book, and what they reveal about India’s strategic culture and decision-making, its policies toward the use of force, its long-term goals and priorities, and its future behavior. Brookings President Strobe Talbott provided introductory remarks, and Tanvi Madan, fellow and director of The India Project, moderated the discussion.
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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the probationers of Indian Foreign Service (IFS), in New Delhi on May 31, 2010..The Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, Shri T.K.A. Nair and the National Security Advisor, Shri Shivshankar Menon are also seen.
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His Majesty the King granted an audience to Shivshankar Menon- the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India today.
Shivshankar Menon arrived in the capital earlier today and is accompanied by the Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao.
Shivshankar Menon was appointed as the National Security Advisor in January. Prior to his appointment, he served as the Indian Foreign Secretary for close to three years.
He also served as the high commissioner of India to Pakistan, Israel and Sri Lanka and as Ambassador to China.
The Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao who is accompanying the National Security advisor has also served in various world capitals, including Washington and Moscow.
She was the first woman spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs. Nirupama Rao also served as high commissioner for India in Sri Lanka.
Later in the afternoon the delegates called on the Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley.
Speaking on the purpose of the visit, Shivshankar Menon said they are here to further strengthen the relationship between Bhutan and India to which the Prime Minister said that the bond between the two countries will continue to grow and deepen.
Shivshankar Menon also congratulated Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley for hosting the 16th SAARC summit successfully and added that it was clearly one of the best organised and memorable events.
The Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley said that the SAARC summit was a national effort where everyone was involved.
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WPC 2016, Doha, November 20-22 - Shivshankar Menon, Former National Security Advisor, India ; Mari Kiviniemi, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD, Former Prime Minister of Finland
WPC 2016, Doha, November 20-22 - Mari Kiviniemi, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD; Former Prime Minister of Finland, Bruno Lafont, Co-chairman of the Board of Directors, LafargeHolcim, Susan Liautaud, Vice Chair of Court London School of Economics and Political Science, Founder and Managing Director Susan Liautaud & Associates Limited, Ashwani Kumar, Senior Advocate Supreme Court; Former Union Minister for Law & Justice, India, Shivshankar Menon, Former National Security Advisor, India
Shivshankar Menon, is India's Foreign Secretary. Menon was the High Commissioner to Pakistan and served in China and Israel as ambassador and diplomat.
Mr. Menon assumed charge as Foreign Secretary on 01st October, 2006.
A Masters in History from Delhi University, 57-year-old Menon will have a nearly three-year tenure. He also had a stint in the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) as an Adviser.
Foreign diplomacy is in the veins of the Palat Tharavad (family) of Shivshankar Menon hailing from Ottapalam in Palakkad district district of Kerala. Mr. K.P.S. Menon (senior),India's first foreign secretary, is his grandfather and Mr. K.P.S. Menon (junior), former Indian ambassador to China, is his uncle. His father P.N. Menon was also a career diplomat and served as the ambassador of Yugoslavia in his last days.
Mr. Shivshankar Menon maintains close contact with his `tharavad.' He is also associated with the work of the Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair Foundation.
His stint in Beijing was also significant as it marked improvement in Sino-India relations, the high point being the visit of then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Shivshankar Menon has been a dynamic officer of the Indian Foreign Services who has since risen to the very top of his professional ladder.
Starting his career with the Indian Foreign Service in 1972, after having done his Masters in History from Delhi University , he has served with distinction in every portfolio allotted to him at the Ministry of External Affairs and in the Indian embassy in Beijing , Vienna and Tokyo. Later he was seconded to the Department of Atomic Energy where he held the position of an Advisor to the Atomic Energy Commission. Later he was appointed our Ambassador to Israel and our High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. His current posting is that of India 's Ambassador to China in Beijing .
In spite of his busy schedule in the Indian Foreign Service he has managed to keep up with his interests in classical music and Himalaya. He is fluent in numerous foreign languages specially so in Chinese and German.
Shivshankar Menon by his dynamism and dedication has distinguished himself as an old boy of the Scindia School. The Scindia School confers on Shivshankar Menon the Madhav Award as an old boy of eminence for the year 2000
The foreign policy and national security choices of a country are often critical and have a strong impact on global perceptions of the country and also on its ties with other nations and international organizations. In his new book, “Choices: Inside the Making of India’s Foreign Policy” (Brookings Institution Press, 2016), Shivshankar Menon, distinguished fellow at The Brookings Institution and former Indian national security advisor, provides an insider’s perspective on some of the most crucial decisions Indian policymakers have faced, including on the U.S.-India nuclear agreement, next steps in the India-China relationship, as well as the response to the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
On October 7, The India Project at Brookings hosted a panel discussion to launch Shivshankar Menon’s new book. Former U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Menon discussed some of the major foreign policy choices he outlines in the book, and what they reveal about India’s strategic culture and decision-making, its policies toward the use of force, its long-term goals and priorities, and its future behavior. Brookings President Strobe Talbott provided introductory remarks, and Tanvi Madan, fellow and director of The India Project, moderated the discussion.
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WPC 2016, Doha, November 20-22 - Shivshankar Menon, Former National Security Advisor, India, Jean-Yves Le Gall, President of the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
The foreign policy and national security choices of a country are often critical and have a strong impact on global perceptions of the country and also on its ties with other nations and international organizations. In his new book, “Choices: Inside the Making of India’s Foreign Policy” (Brookings Institution Press, 2016), Shivshankar Menon, distinguished fellow at The Brookings Institution and former Indian national security advisor, provides an insider’s perspective on some of the most crucial decisions Indian policymakers have faced, including on the U.S.-India nuclear agreement, next steps in the India-China relationship, as well as the response to the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
On October 7, The India Project at Brookings hosted a panel discussion to launch Shivshankar Menon’s new book. Former U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Menon discussed some of the major foreign policy choices he outlines in the book, and what they reveal about India’s strategic culture and decision-making, its policies toward the use of force, its long-term goals and priorities, and its future behavior. Brookings President Strobe Talbott provided introductory remarks, and Tanvi Madan, fellow and director of The India Project, moderated the discussion.
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Nirupama Rao is India's new foreign secretary
NEW DELHI: Nirupama Rao took charge as India's foreign secretary on Saturday morning, the second woman to head India's foreign service. Nirupama Rao takes charge as Indian foreign secretary in New Delhi. (AFP)
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Rao succeeded Shivshankar Menon at a brief ceremony in South Block. Chokila Iyer was the first woman to serve as India's foreign secretary in 2001.
A topper of the 1973 Indian Foreign Service batch, Rao also became the first woman spokesperson of the external affairs ministry in 2001. She then went on become the Indian envoy to Sri Lanka and then China before returning to New Delhi.
In her 36-year-long career, she has served also as ambassador in Peru and deputy chief of mission in Moscow.
Rao's tenure as foreign secretary will end in December 2010, when she will retire from the foreign service
The Times of India (01/08/2009)
The foreign policy and national security choices of a country are often critical and have a strong impact on global perceptions of the country and also on its ties with other nations and international organizations. In his new book, “Choices: Inside the Making of India’s Foreign Policy” (Brookings Institution Press, 2016), Shivshankar Menon, distinguished fellow at The Brookings Institution and former Indian national security advisor, provides an insider’s perspective on some of the most crucial decisions Indian policymakers have faced, including on the U.S.-India nuclear agreement, next steps in the India-China relationship, as well as the response to the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
On October 7, The India Project at Brookings hosted a panel discussion to launch Shivshankar Menon’s new book. Former U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Menon discussed some of the major foreign policy choices he outlines in the book, and what they reveal about India’s strategic culture and decision-making, its policies toward the use of force, its long-term goals and priorities, and its future behavior. Brookings President Strobe Talbott provided introductory remarks, and Tanvi Madan, fellow and director of The India Project, moderated the discussion.
Pictures by Ralph Alswang