Kundhavi Kadiresan has been appointed as the Assistant Director of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific. She was appointed at the post by FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva. Kadiresan succeeded Hiroyuki Konuma who retired from FAO earlier in 2015.
As FAO’s Assistant-Director General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, Kadiresan’s primary objectives are to advocate FAO’s policies throughout the region, support the coordination and monitoring of regional events, knowledge and information exchange and the further development of regional norms and standards.
Kundhavi Kadiresan
- Kadiresan, an economist, has spent most of her professional career with the World Bank Group.
- She holds a Ph.D in Economics and an MBA in International Business.
- Kadiresan has more than 25 years of senior managerial experience in economic and policy development.
Did You Know?
- FAO is an agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
- FAO is also a source of knowledge and information, and helps developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices, ensuring good nutrition and food security for all.
- FAO emblem has Latin motto in it, Fiat panis (“Let there be bread”)
- FAO was established on 16 October 1945, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
- In 1951, its headquarters were moved fromWashington, D.C., United States, to Rome, Italy.
Test Your GK
World Food Day is observed on
