To Mark the Birth Centenary of Shri A.K. Damodaran

The World from 1954

Talk by Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1997-2000); and US Ambassador to the Russian Federation (1993-1996); India (1992-1993); Ambassador and U.S. Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1989-1992); and U.S. Ambassador to Israel (1985-1988)
 
Introduction: Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC
 
Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC
 
In his talk, Ambassador Pickering looks at how the world and its future appeared in 1952, when he and Ambady Damodaran were classmates at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston USA, how it has eventually shaped over the past 67 years, and the contributions of India and the United States to that shaping.