“The Grammar of Democratic Governance: the Indian Story” by Shri Balmiki Prasad Singh Former Governor, Sikkim

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“The Grammar of Democratic Governance: the Indian Story” by Shri Balmiki Prasad Singh Former Governor, Sikkim

Chetanya Kasyap Foundation INVITATION 45th Poverty Discourse “The Grammar of Democratic Governance: The Indian Story” by Shri Balmiki Prasad Singh Former Governor, Sikkim Friday, 26th October 2018 Venue: A-101, Gauri Sadan, 3:00 PM 5 Hailey Road, New Delhi Abhay Kumar Chetanya Kasyap Executive Director Chairman RSVP: Chetanya Kasyap Foundation, A-101, Gauri Sadan, 5 Hailey Road, New Delhi - 110001 Phone: 91-11-23705512, Fax: 91-11-23705550, Email: [email protected], Website: www.ckf.org.in Speaker's Profile Balmiki Prasad Singh was the 14th Governor of Sikkim, India. He is an intellectual, writer and former IAS officer, who has written a number of books and articles relating to Indian culture, in particular the culture of North-East India. B.P. Singh is also the principal architect of the Bahudha Approach, which outlines a path towards a harmonious world, as against the clash of civilizations. Singh was educated in a village school and later at the universities of Patna and Oxford. He became a lecturer in the Post-Graduate Department of Political Science at Patna University at the age of nineteen. Later, in 1964 Singh was appointed to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and was officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Over the past four decades, Shri B.P. Singh has held a variety of important positions within Assam as well as in the Government of India. As an international civil servant, Shri B.P. Singh served as Executive Director and Ambassador at the World Bank during 1999-2002 representing India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He has since been the recipient of several awards and fellowships, including the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship (1982–84), Queen Elizabeth Fellowship (1989–90) and Mahatma Gandhi National Fellow (2007–08). He is also a recipient of Gulzari lal Nanda Award for Outstanding public service from the President of India in 1998 and Man of Letters Award from the Dalai Lama in 2003. B.P. Singh has authored six books including The Problem of Change-A Study of North-East India (1987); India’s Culture: The State, the Arts and Beyond (1998) and Bahudha and the post-9/11 World (2008), all published by Oxford University Press, New Delhi. He has also published articles and monographs on politics, culture, ecology and public administration. He is Chief Editor of The Millennium Book on New Delhi, OUP (2001)..

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