Chandrika Prasad Srivastava

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Chandrika Prasad Srivastava Hon KCMG (1990) is a retired Indian civil servant and international administrator and diplomat.

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[edit] Biography

C.P. Srivastava was born on 8 July 1920 and was educated Lucknow India (BA, MA, LLB).[1] He started his career as a civil servant in India, serving as the district administrator in Meerut and Lucknow, and then went on to the post of Joint Secretary to the Indian Prime Minister's office of the late Lal Bahadur Shastri from 1964-1966.

C.P. Srivastava become the first chief executive of the Shipping Corporation of India and in 1974 was elected to serve as the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a United Nations agency based in London, serving successive four-year terms as Secretary-General from 1974 to 1989. During this time he took a pioneering role in the establishment of the International Maritime Academy in Italy, and the International Maritime Law Institute in Malta.[2] He was also the first Chancellor of the Sweden-based World Maritime University which was founded in 1983 to address a pressing need for maritime professionals in the developing world.[3][4]

[edit] Awards

In 1990, in recognition of his service and contribution to World shipping, C.P. Srivastava was conferred, by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the title of Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. Also in 1990, he received the International Maritime Prize from the IMO for his contribution to their work and objectives.[5] He also received the Padma Bhushan in 1972 in recognition of his contributions to establishing one of the most successful public sector undertakings in India. In 1987 he was named an honorary graduate by the University of Wales[6] and in 2005 he was awarded the 2004 Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration and Management Sciences [7] by the then President of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

[edit] Family

C.P. Srivastava is married to Nirmala Srivastava, the founder of a new religious movement called Sahaja Yoga. C.P. Srivastava, often referred to as 'Papaji' or 'Sir C.P.' within Sahaja Yoga, has stated that he practices Sahaja Yoga meditation[8] and has been credited with having saved Sahaja Yoga from the precipice of failure in 2005.[9] Coney reports that C.P. Srivastava's public acknowledgement of his wife's divinity is seen by her followers as adding legitimacy to her spiritual status and is often recounted by them.[10]

C.P. Srivastava has two daughters, Kalpana Srivastava[11] and Sadhana Varma[12].

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[edit] Further reading

  • H.P.Salve [brother-in-law], My memoirs (New Delhi: Life Eternal Trust, 2000)

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Burke's Peerage
  2. ^ Legends
  3. ^ Europe Intelligence Wire 29-JUN-06
  4. ^ Europe Intelligence Wire 03-JUN-03
  5. ^ International Maritime Prize
  6. ^ About the University - Honorary Graduates of the University
  7. ^ Award Presented To Sir C. P. Srivastava by President Of India
  8. ^ Shri Mataji's Husband Sir C.P. Srivastava
  9. ^ Birthday Puja Speeches by the Australian Council of behalf of the Australian Yogis "in the mid-2005, the great experiment in human consciousness that is Sahaja Yoga, created by our beloved Shri Mataji, entered into a crisis. This same crisis has occurred throughout the history of religions, when the Prophet withdraws from worldly involvement, and the forces of evil attempt to hijack the Movement and obstruct the evolution of humanity.
    But for the first time, this attempt completely failed. Why is that? Because you, Papaji, chose to step between Sahaja Yoga and the precipice. You were Shri Mataji's chosen instrument to thwart the forces of ignorance. We owe you an eternal debt of gratitude."
  10. ^ Judith Coney, Sahaja Yoga: Socializing Processes in a South Asian New Religious Movement (1999) p106
  11. ^ Portraits of former IMO Secretaries-General unveiled
  12. ^ Ascent to the Divine: Himalaya Kailasa-Manasarovar in Scripture, Art and Thought