Tribute to Sardar Patel

Author(s): Friends of Sardar Patel Awrd Association UCLA
Publisher: USA Friends of Sardar Patel Awrd Association UCLA

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Our Distinguished Guests
mbassador Rajendra M. Abhyankar, M.A. (Econ), University of Delhi; joined the Indian Diplomatic Service in 1968 when he was working for his Ph.D. in Econ at the University of Bombay.
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Wide experience of bilateral and multilateral work as Deputy High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka, 1982-84; High Commissioner to Cyprus 1987-90, Joint Secre tary Ministry of External Affairs, 1990-92; Ambassador of India to Turkey and concurrently to the Republic of Azerbaijan, 1996-1998.
Currently, Consul General of India in San Francisco with jurisdiction over 14 states in western United States.
Speaks French, Italian, Greek, Arabic, and Turkish apart from four Indian languages.
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ev Yaroslavsky represents the Third Supervisorial District, comprising much of the City of Los Angeles, including the San Fernando Valley, Hollywood and Los Feliz, the Wilshire corridor, and West Los Angeles; the cities of Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Malibu, Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Westlake Village and San Fernando; and unincorporated areas including Topanga and the Santa Monica Mountains.
He formerly served on the Los Angeles City Council, first elected in 1975 and subsequently re-elected in 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989 and 1993. Yaroslavsky was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in June 1994, assuming office on December 5, 1994, and was subsequently reelected on June 2, 1998. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and as a member of the Los Angeles Coliseum Commission.
Since joining the Board, he has firmly established his leadership in budget matters, repeatedly challenging an entrenched "business-as-usual" mentality that has severely compromised the County's ability to provide critically needed health, welfare, and justice services in a fiscally prudent manner.
Born on December 21, 1948, Supervisor Yaroslavsky is a lifelong resident of the district he represents. A graduate of UCLA (Master's, History, 1972; Bachelor's, History and Economics, 1971). He is married with two children.
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ajmohan Gandhi b. August 7, 1935, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, First Indian Governor-General of Independent India; writer, commentator and former member of the Rajya Sabha, Upper House of the Indian Parliament.
Chief Editor, Himmat Weekly, Bombay 1964-81; Member, Press Council of India, 1982-84; Resident Editor, Indian Express, Madras, 1985-87.
Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C., 1984-85; Visiting Professor, George Mason University, 1995; George A. Miller Visiting Professor of History, University of Illinois (1997); and International Council Visiting Professor of History & Politics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1999); currently Research Professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi (since July, 1992).
Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Calgary, 1997; Honorary Ph.D., University of Tokyo, 1997; Honorary Professorship, State University of Osh, Kyrgyz Republic, 1996.
Publications include: Rajaji, A Life, New Delhi, 1997; The Good Boatman: A Portrait of Gandhi, New Delhi, 1995; Patel, A Life, Ahmedabad, 1990; Eight Lives: A Study of the Hindu Muslim Encounter, Albany, New York, 1986; Revenge and Reconciliation: Understanding South Asian History, New Delhi, Penguin (forthcoming).
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