AP Venkateswaran

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AP Venkateswaran ( Ayilam Panchapakesa Venkateswaran Ayyar ; born August 2, 1930 in Brahmapur , Orissa , † September 2, 2014 in Bangalore ) was an Indian diplomat.

Life

Venkateswaran was the son of Vedanayaki Ammal and AS Panchapakesa Ayyar (1899–1963). He attended Madras Christian College. He married Usha, they have a daughter. Venkateswaran is a Master of Science, Master in Economics and Master in Political Science . He joined the foreign service on April 2, 1952. From 1952 to 1953 he studied international law at Oxford. From 1953 to 1954 he studied at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies in London. From 1955 to 1957 he was employed in the legation in Prague . From 1957 to 1959 he was consul in New York. From 1959 to 1962 he was first class delegation secretary in Addis Ababa . From 1962 to 1964 he was Deputy Secretary of External affairs Government of India (Deputy Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs). From 1964 to 1967 he was first class delegation secretary and second class counselor in Moscow . From 1967 to 1969 he was Minister Counselor in Bonn . From 1969 to 1971 he was High Commissioner (Commonwealth) in Suva . From 1974 to 1975 he was a Fellow of the Center for Industrial Affairs at Harvard University . From August 1975 to 1977 he was ambassador to Washington, DC From 1975 to 1977 he was ambassador to Damascus . From May 1980 to August 1982 he represented the Indian government at the United Nations Office in Geneva . From October 5, 1982 he was ambassador to Beijing . From April 1, 1986 to January 20, 1987, he was State Secretary in the Foreign Ministry. Rajiv Gandhi exposed him at a press conference and immediately released him.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The name of the place of origin of the Ayilam family (in today's Kerala ) and the patronymic Panchapakesa are, as is common in South India, abbreviated in front of the name, Venkateswaran is the nickname. Family names are not common in South India. Ayyar (also Iyer ) is the name of the caste to which the family belongs.
  2. ↑ Former foreign secretary Venkateswaran cremated in Bangalore
  3. ↑ Some Outstanding Alumni of the College
  4. ^ The Illustrated Weekly of India, Issue 14, 1987 p. 11
  5. ^ SR Maheshwari: Indian Administration (Sixth Edition) , 2001, p. 237
predecessor Office successor
Indian High Commissioner in Fiji
1969 to 1971 		Vinod Kumar
Nedungottu Philip Alexander Indian ambassador to Syria
1975 to 1977 		Khaliq Ahmad Nizami
Chinmaya Rajaninath Gharekhan Indian ambassador in Geneva from
May 1980 to August 1982 		Muchuk and Dubey
K. Shankar Bajpai Indian Ambassador in Beijing
October 5, 1982 to April 1, 1986 		KPS Menon junior
Romesh Bhandari State Secretary in the Foreign Ministry
April 1, 1986 to January 20, 1987 		Shilendra Kumar Singh
personal data
SURNAME Venkateswaran, AP
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Venkateswaran, Ayilam Panchapakesa (full name with patronymic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd August 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Brahmapur Odisha
DATE OF DEATH 2nd September 2014
Place of death Bangalore