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SUMMARY:"India's Cultural and Civilizational Heritage and Soft Power," A lecture by H.E. Ambassador Bhaswati Mukherjee
LOCATION:VKS 003
DESCRIPTION:H.E. Ambassador Bhaswati Mukherjee is a post graduate (First Class) in Hist
ory from Delhi University and has a Degree (Superior) in French History and
Civilization from Sorbonne University, France. Ambassador Mukherjee joined
the Indian Foreign Service in 1976 and was India’s Ambassador to UNESCO, P
aris, from 2004 to 2010 and subsequently, India’s Ambassador to the Netherl
ands, The Hague from 2010 to 2013. Ambassador Mukherjee completed FICCI’s c
ourse on ‘Woman and Corporate Governance’ and successfully completed with d
istinction the Ministry of Corporate Affairs online proficiency test for In
dependent Directors in October 2020. Ambassador Mukherjee has served as Ind
ependent Director in Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. till August 2019 and
Jindal Stainless till July 2023. She is presently an Independent Director i
n the Boards of JK Laxmi Cement as well as Udaipur Cement, in addition to P
etronet LNG Limited. She is also Independent Director on the Board of Jinda
l Ferrous Limited. Ambassador Mukherjee worked successfully on the Indentur
ed Labour Route Project for UNESCO and the Government of Mauritius. She has
been a senior consultant to MGIEP, UNESCO and DFID. Ambassador Mukherjee w
as elected the first woman President of India Habitat Center in 2023 to 202
5. \n
A prolific writer, she has successfully authored 4 books. ‘India and
EU: an Insider View’ commissioned by Indian Council of World Affairs, ‘Indi
a and EU in a Turbulent World’ published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2020, ‘Be
ngal and its Partition: an Inside Story’ published by Rupa in March 2021, a
nd ‘Indenture and its Route: a Relentless Quest for Identity’ by Rupa Publi
cations published in September 2023. Ambassador Mukherjee has published ove
r 100 articles, columns, book reviews, reports and monographs in leading na
tional and international publications including Strategic Essay on the Vien
na Declaration and Programme of Action in UN Human Rights Year Book 2025. \
n
A natural orator, Ambassador Mukherjee is a political commentator on Indi
an Culture and Civilization, the India EU relationship, Brexit, Human Right
s, India’s interests in the Indo Pacific, the Chemical Weapons regime, nucl
ear issues and the changing contours of India’s Foreign Policy, apart from
security issues of concern to India. \n
Ambassador Mukherjee has participat
ed in briefings, seminars, round tables on questions relating to India and
the EU, India and its neighbors, the United Nations Human Rights Program, t
he human rights of women and the girl child, the indentured, as well as iss
ues relating to UNESCO’s areas of competence, particularly in Education and
Culture.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:H.E. Ambassador Bhaswati Mukherjee is a post graduate (First Class) in H
istory from Delhi University and has a Degree (Superior) in French History
and Civilization from Sorbonne University, France. Ambassador Mukherjee joi
ned the Indian Foreign Service in 1976 and was India’s Ambassador to UNESCO
, Paris, from 2004 to 2010 and subsequently, India’s Ambassador to the Neth
erlands, The Hague from 2010 to 2013. Ambassador Mukherjee completed FICCI’
s course on ‘Woman and Corporate Governance’ and successfully completed wit
h distinction the Ministry of Corporate Affairs online proficiency test for
Independent Directors in October 2020. Ambassador Mukherjee has served as
Independent Director in Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. till August 2019 a
nd Jindal Stainless till July 2023. She is presently an Independent Directo
r in the Boards of JK Laxmi Cement as well as Udaipur Cement, in addition t
o Petronet LNG Limited. She is also Independent Director on the Board of Ji
ndal Ferrous Limited. Ambassador Mukherjee worked successfully on the Inden
tured Labour Route Project for UNESCO and the Government of Mauritius. She
has been a senior consultant to MGIEP, UNESCO and DFID. Ambassador Mukherje
e was elected the first woman President of India Habitat Center in 2023 to
2025.
A prolific writer, she has successfully authored 4 books. ‘Ind
ia and EU: an Insider View’ commissioned by Indian Council of World Affairs
, ‘India and EU in a Turbulent World’ published by Palgrave Macmillan in 20
20, ‘Bengal and its Partition: an Inside Story’ published by Rupa in March
2021, and ‘Indenture and its Route: a Relentless Quest for Identity’ by Rup
a Publications published in September 2023. Ambassador Mukherjee has publis
hed over 100 articles, columns, book reviews, reports and monographs in lea
ding national and international publications including Strategic Essay on t
he Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action in UN Human Rights Year Book
2025.
A natural orator, Ambassador Mukherjee is a political commenta
tor on Indian Culture and Civilization, the India EU relationship, Brexit,
Human Rights, India’s interests in the Indo Pacific, the Chemical Weapons r
egime, nuclear issues and the changing contours of India’s Foreign Policy,
apart from security issues of concern to India.
Ambassador Mukherjee
has participated in briefings, seminars, round tables on questions relatin
g to India and the EU, India and its neighbors, the United Nations Human Ri
ghts Program, the human rights of women and the girl child, the indentured,
as well as issues relating to UNESCO’s areas of competence, particularly i
n Education and Culture.
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