Indian academician Radha Kumar was appointed as United Nation’s University Council along with other 11 people by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
They will serve for terms of either three or six years and shall formulate its principles and policies, consider and approve biennial budget and work programme.
About Radha Kumar
Prior to this appointment she was serving as the Director General of New Delhi-based think tank Delhi Policy Group.
She is a specialist in peacemaking, ethnic conflicts and peace-building.
She is former Director of the Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia University.
She also has served as the Senior Fellow in Peace and Conflict Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in the city.
She had also served as one of the three-member Group of Interlocutors appointed by the Union Government for Jammu and Kashmir.
About UN University Council
UN University Council’s main function is to formulate the principles and policies of the University.
It also seeks to govern its operations and consider and approve its biennial budget and work programme.
Appointed members of the Council serve in their individual capacity and not as representatives of their country’s government.
They are selected with the aim of achieving a geographic and gender balance, with due regard for major academic, scientific, educational and cultural trends, as well as each member’s fields of expertise.
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