Binay Ranjan Sen was an Indian diplomat (b. Jan. 1, 1898, Dibrugarh, India--d. June 12, 1993, Calcutta, India). He served as Director General (1956-67) of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). He drew on his experience as relief commissioner (1942-43) during the Bengal famine of 1943 to build the FAO from a data-gathering bureaucracy into a major force against world hunger. 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Dibrugarh is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ... Director-general is the professional head of a UK Executive Agency which contains other agencies headed by directors. ... This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ... FAO emblem With its headquarters in Rome, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that works to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living; to improve the production, processing, marketing, and distribution of food and agricultural products; to promote rural development; and... The Bengal famine of 1943 occurred in undivided Bengal (now independent Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal) in 1943. ...

He studied at the University of Calcutta and at the University of Oxford. Sen joined the Indian Civil Service in Bengal. His work as director general of food for all India (1943-46), convinced him that hunger and malnutrition were crucial issues in the modern world. Formally established on the 24 January 1857, the University of Calcutta (also known as Calcutta University) is the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent. ... The University of Oxford (often called Oxford University), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Indian Civil Service, popularly known by its acronym ICS, was the elite civil service of the Indian Government. ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla, is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... For the 1983 horror film, see The Hunger. ... Malnutrition is a general term for the medical condition caused by an improper or insufficient (undernourished) diet. ...

He took his concerns to the international stage as a member of India's first delegation to the UN (1947) and as ambassador to the U.S., Italy and Yugoslavia, Japan, and Mexico. He worked on a variety of FAO projects before being named Director General in 1956. In 1960 Sen announced the Freedom from Hunger campaign, which led to the 1963 World Food Congress in Washington, D.C., attended by representatives from more than 100 countries. This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all South Slavic languages, Југославија in Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic) is a term used for the three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... Director-general is the professional head of a UK Executive Agency which contains other agencies headed by directors. ... Flag Seal Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ...

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• On the B.R.Sen Award - 1
• On the B.R.Sen Award - 2
• On the Second World Food Congress in The Hague, Netherlands June 16-30, 1970
• Freedom from Hunger Campaign, Germany