IAEWP is delighted to announce the appointment of the Most Distinguished Dr. Markandey Rai as the National Chancellor of India with immediate effect.
As follows are the brief details of his lifetime achievement in serving humanity. He is also the recipient of Recipient of Ambassador of Peace Award 2009 and “Hind Rattan Award” in 2006
Education:
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1983 - Ph.D. in Statistics (Econometrics), Patna University, Patna (India).
1976 - M.Sc. /M.A. (Statistics (Sociometry)), Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur (India).
1974 - B.Sc./B.A. Special Hons. (Statistics) Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur (India).
1992 - B.Sc. /B.A. Statistics, Sociology, Mathematics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (India).
Experience:
Chancellor, IGTAMS University, A.P., India
Senior Advisor, UN-Habitat;
President, Foreign Affairs Committee of Indian Council for Int. Coop.
President, Global Peace and Development Service Alliance (GPDSA) and Member Global Leadership of Global Peace Foundation (GPF);
Executive President, Nagarik Foundation;
Executive President, World Spiritual Parliament;
Executive Director, Youth Vocational and Leadership Programme (YouthVal), Raipur, Chhattisgarh;
Chairman, Accreditation Committee of BMO, NABET of Quality Council of India (QCI)
Advisor, Yuvsatta (Youth For Peace)
Chief, Inter-Agency Coordination and Parliamentarians Programme, Partner & Youths Branch till February 2014
Special Assignments and Coordinator, Inter-Agency Affairs, Office of the Executive Director, 2004 -2006
Elected President, UN Nairobi Staff Union, Nairobi, Kenya, 2001-2003;
Elected Vice President, UN Nairobi Staff Union, Nairobi, Kenya, 2000-2002
President, SCORUS of IAOS (ISI), 2000-2003
Chairman, Joint Advisory Committee of UNON at Nairobi HQ
Statistician in the Research and Development Division, UN-HABITAT, January 1992-.2000
Lecturer in Statistics (Assistant Professor of Statistics), Department of Mathematics, University of Nairobi (Kenya), from November 4, 1987 to January 1992.
Reader in Statistics (Associate Professor of Statistics), Department of Statistics, Patna University, Patna 800005 (India) from April 28, 1987 to November 3, 1987.
Lecturer in Statistics (Assistant Professor of Statistics), Dept. of Statistics, Patna University, from April 1986 to April 1987.
Lecturer in Statistics (Assistant Professor of Statistics), Dept. of Statistics, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from September 1985 to March 1986.
Lecturer in Statistics (Assistant Professor of Statistics), Dept. of Statistics, Patna University, from 28 April 1979 to September 1985.
List of Publications
1. Estimation of the parameters of some non-normal distributions, proceeding of seminar on "probability and Statistical Inference", Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Poona, Pune, February 6-9, 1978.
2. Methods of Point Estimation: A Historical Review, Proceedings of Seminar on Recent Development of the Techniques of Population Analysis and Statistical Inference, Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, October 21-23, 1982.
3. An Appraisal of the Crime-Figures of Bihar, J.Sco. & Eco. Stud., 1981, vol. 9(2), pp. 319-326.
4. Management of Education for National Development, 1983. All India Educational Convention, Patna, 1983, Dr. Zakir Hussein Institute for non-formal and Continuing Education, Patna University, Patna, India.
5. Industrialization and regional Development in Bihar, All India symposium on Industrialization and Regional Development sponsored by U.G.C. and held in the Development of Geography, Patna, March, 6-12, 1984.
6. Cement Manufacturing in Bihar - A Statistical Analysis, Indian Society for Theory of Probability and its Application (Abstract), Vol. 2(1-2), September 1984.
7. Factor Substitution and Technological Change in Iron and Steel Industry of Bihar, 72 Annual Conference of India Science Congress Association, January 3-6, 1985.
8. Paper presented in the Conference on Statistics, Earth and Space Sciences at Leuven -Belgium from August 22-26, 1989. On "Mathematical Model for Rainfall Data in Kenya.
9. Paper presented in the Eighth International Conference on Mathematical and Computer Modelling from April 1-4, 1991 in the University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland U.S.A. "On A Bivariate Compound Poison Model".
10. Reports on Graphic Presentation on Basic Human Settlements Statistics", UNCHS (HABITAT), 1991.
11 Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 1995 - UN publication.
12. Wall charts Human Settlements Conditions in Countries and Cities.
13. Habitat Atlas - Graphic Presentation of Basic Human Settlements Statistics.
14. Human Settlements and Environment, a chapter in the Statistics for Environmental Policy Report published by Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.V.1997.
15. Experience in City Statistics: The City Data Programme of UNCHS (Habitat), Cities and Regions, issue Nos.10-11, 1996
16. Comparative City Statistics and the Habitat Agenda, paper published in the Bulletin of ISI, 51st session of ISI, Istanbul, Turkey, 1997.
17. Urban Indicators for Managing Cities, Cities and Regions Journal of SCORUS
18. Measuring and Understanding Migration and its Consequences: Rural to Urban Migration, its Economic, Social and Environmental Impact on Both the Origin and Distinction of such Migration, Bulletin of the 21st SCORUS Conference, Belfast. N.Ireland, 8-11 June 1998.
19. Comparative City Statistics: UNCHS Activities and Future Plan, paper published in the bulletin of ISI, 52nd session of ISI, Helsinki, Finland, 1999.
20. Urbanization Facts and Figures from the World Urbanization Prospects: The 1999 Revision, Prep. Com. For the special session of the GA (I+5), Nairobi, 8-12 May 2000.
21. Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Kenya published in the proceedings of the 22nd Conference on Regional and Urban Statistics and Research, 7-10 November 2000, Shenzhen, China and in the Cities and Regions journal of SCORUS, June 2001.
22. U. N. Validation of Data Techniques and Methods, Regional Arab Conference and Training of Trainers, 22-25 April 2001, Cairo, Egypt
23. The capacity Building Path to Sustainability of Arab Urban Observatory Programme, Regional Arab Conference and the Training of Trainers, 22-25 April 2001, Cairo, Egypt.
24. Monitoring the Implementation of the Habitat Agenda: The Global Urban Observatory, Regional Arab Conference and Training of Trainers, 22-25 April 2001Cairo, Egypt
25. Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 2001, Co-author with UNSD
26. Business Plan for SCORUS to make it a full section
27. Monitoring Habitat Agenda and Millennium Development Goals, Proceeding of the 24th Biennial Conference of SCORUS of ISI, May 2004
28. Indicators for Monitoring the Habitat Agenda and Millennium development Goals, Proceeding of the 55th Session of ISI, Sydney, Australia, April 2005
29. Role of UN in Understanding Globalization, Proceeding of the 25th SCORUS Conference in Wroclaw, Poland, 30 August-1st September 2006
30. Operational Definitions of Urban, rural and Urban Agglomeration for Monitoring Human Settlements, Proceeding of the 25th SCORUS Conference in Wroclaw, Poland, 30 August-1st September 2006
31. Role of Women Groups in Conservation of Degraded Environment by Re-vegetation in Kenya: A Case Study, Proceeding of the 94th Session of the Indian Science Congress, 3-7 January 2007
32. Globalization from the UN Perspective, Computational, Mathematical and Statistical Methods (CMASM 2007), the Fourteenth International Conference of the Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics, 6-8 January 2007.
33. Providing Scientific Information for Environmental Decision Making: Need for a Paradigm Shift, Computational, Mathematical and Statistical Methods (CMASM 2007), the Fourteenth International Conference of the Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics, 6-8 January 2007.
34. Personality Transformation and Innovative Management , Ramakrishna-Vivekananda International Foundation’s Congress, 12-13 January 2007
35. Vision for Sustainable Urbanization in Bihar 2020, Global Meet for a Resurgent Bihar, Patna, 19-21 January 2007.
36. Challenge of Slum Upgrading in Asia-Pacific Region to Achieve MDG’s, proceeding of the 56th Session of ISI in Lisbon, Portugal, 2007
37. Challenge of Developing the Human Environment Index, proceeding of the 56th session of ISI in Lisbon, Portugal 2007
38. Global Partnership Initiative (GPI) , International Youth Forum, Benghazi, Libya
39. Parliamentary Forum on Sustainable Development and Aid Effectiveness: Special focus on Climate Change, Poverty Reduction and Food Security, Nairobi Kenya, 26-28 August 2008 organized by AWEPA
40. Sustainable Development in the Context of Rapid Urbanization and Rural Decline,
54th Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , 7th August 2008;
41. Climate Change and Human Settlements, Parliamentary Seminar on The Role of Parliamentarians in Private Sector Development, Agricultural Development and Climate Change Adaptation in Great Lakes Region, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 15-16 June 2009.
42. Sustainable Development in the context of Rapid Urbanization, 57th session of International Statistical Institute, Durban, south Africa, 16-22 August 2009,
43. Climate Change, Food Security and Development, EU Presidency Seminar on Promoting African-European Parliamentary Dialogue on Climate, Food Security and Development, Stockholm, 19-21 August 2009.
44. The Role of Young Leaders in Achieving UN Millennium Development Goals and Peace Building in Africa, International Young Leaders Summit by the Universal Peace Convention, at UNON Nairobi , 19-21 March 2009.
45. Global Peace Service Alliance Partnership with UN-HABITAT for Peace and Development, Global peace Convention on Peace Building 2009, Manila, Philippines, December 10-14 2009
46. Empowering Partnership and Youth in an International Service Corps through Partnership with the UN System for Service, Peace and Development, Global Peace Convention, Manila, Philippines, 10-14 December 2009
47. Levels and Trends of Carbon dioxide Emissions, Proceedings of the IAOS Conference on Official Statistics and the Environment: approaches, issues, challenges and linkages, Santiago, Chile, 20-22 October 2010
48. Climate Change and Human Settlements, Proceedings of the IAOS Conference on Official Statistics and the Environment: approaches, issues, challenges and linkages, Santiago, Chile, 20-22 October 2010
49. Working With Parliamentarians: Strategy and Action; United Nations Human Settlements Programme 2010; HS Number :HS/194/10; ISBN Number 978-92-1-132294-1.
50. Addressing Critical Issues, Vision of Peace for Africa, Universal Peace Federation, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-1-930549-71-5.
51. Cooperation on Energy, Transportation and Environment for East Asia Peace and Security, The Global Peace Convention Korea on Peace Building in East Asia and Unification of the Korean Peninsula; November 28-30, 2011 Seoul, Korea;
52. “Ma He Ma”- A booklet published at the first anniversary of my mother’s heavenly Abode., 2011, India
53. “ Urban Statistics for Post 2015 Development Agenda” in the IAOS conference on Official Statistics on Meeting the Demands of a Challenging World, 8-10 October 2014 Da Nang, Vietnam.
54. CLIMATE CHANGE, HUMAN HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT: On Building Ecological Civilization and Ecological Safety Pattern with Specific Reference to Himalaya and Ganga River in Chendu, China, July 2014
55. Urban Equity in Development-Cities for life: the Role of Parliamentarians at the seventh session of the World Urban Forum in Medellin, Columbia, Thursday, 08 April 2014
56. UN Interfaith Chamber Under the UN Peace council: Mission and Strategy for a Democratic, Effective and Responsible UN System: A proposal. Presented during the GPC 2014 in Prague.
57. “New urban Agenda and Statistics” during the 60th World Statistics Congress 2015 of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), 26-31 July 21015
58. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam-Multi-Track Approaches to conflict Resolution for Promoting Peace in the Asia-Pacific Region” Vihangam Light, Jan 2017 issue
59. Presented a paper on Youth Vocational and Leadership Programme (YouthVal) in Raipur Chhattisgarh, India- in the plenary session 10 on “ Exploring the School to Work Transition among Urban Youth in Asia, Working together to Find a Solution.”, Asia Urban Youth Assembly in Conjunction with the 17th International Convention on Melaka Twin Cities 2017 on “ youth Roles towards New Urban Agenda-Taking Action for Innovative, Socially Minded, Green cities”, 25-28 March 2017.
60. “Indians in Kenya” (East Africa) in the conference on Abolition of Indenture ship Commemoration of Centenary organized by the Indian Council for International Cooperation (ARSP), New Delhi, 20-22 April 2017.
61. Vasudhav Kutumbakam, Business Economics: Religion of Humanism, 16-31 December 2018
Books Published
1.Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 1995: United Nations Publication; ISBN 92-1-161378-7, 1995; AS PRINCIPAL AUTHOR
2.1000 Cities-International year Book of Large Cities 1997, NEUREC, Duisburg, Germany
3.Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 2001: United Nations Publication 2005;ISBN 92-1-161434-1;
4.Working With Parliamentarians: Strategy and Action; UN-Habitat Publication 2010, ISBN: 987-92-1-132294-1
5.The 4th Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (APMCHUD); UN-Habitat Publication; HS/024/13E; wwwunhabitat.org,
6.The Challenges of 21st Century; Vol. 1: Global Peace, Youth Empowerment and Environment; ISBN: 978-81-7139-881-2 (SET), 2018
7.The Challenges of 21st Century; Vol. 2: Sustainable Urbanization; ISBN: 978-81-7139-881-2 (SET), 2018
8.Spirituality and Religion Interface, First Edition: 2018, ISBN: 978-81-7139-965-9
9.Foreign Policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi; Indian Institute of Diplomacy, New Delhi, 2018.
10.Wither Divinity Wither Humanity, ISBN:978-81-7139-962-8, Jnanda prakashan (P&D) First Edition 2018
11.Population and Development, ISBN:978-81-7139-888-1,Jnanda Prakashan (P&D), First Edition2018
12.All About Diplomacy: ISBN:978-81-7139-972-7, JNANDA PRAKASHAN(P&D), DELHI
