Former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi has been appointed as a life trustee of the India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi. He would be filling the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan.
Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, is a retired diplomat and served as West Bengal governor from 2004 till 2009.
“He has held various important positions in the State of Tamil Nadu and at the National Capital…He has also served as India’s High Commissioner to South Africa (1996-97) and Secretary to President K R Narayanan (1997-2000). He was India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka (2000-2002) and Ambassador to Norway (2002-2004),” said a statement from the IIC.
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