Oral history interview with Virendra Dayal, 2002

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Name: Dayal, Virendra (Interviewee); Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- (Interviewer)
Title: Oral history interview with Virendra Dayal, 2002
Abstract: Early 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 dur ing 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
Collection Name: United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
Subjects: Educational equalization--India; Poverty--Government policy--India; Refugees--Bangladesh; India History 20th century; Bangladesh History Revolution, 1971; Dayal, Virendra; United Nations Officials and employees; Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict; India. National Human Rights Commission; United Nations World Conference on Human Rights
Format: oral histories; sound recordings
Genre: Interviews
Date: 2002

Note (Biographical): United Nations -- Director, Office of Special Political Affairs
Note: Interviewed by Thomas G. Weiss on July 15, 2002
Note (Provenance): Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Gift, 2009
Language: English
Library Location: Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record: 13683803
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-3cqq-1g85
Related URLs: Available digital content for this interview.