Anoop Swarup (January 10, 1959) is the Founding Vice Chancellor Jagran Lakecity University and Chairman

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, Hawaii; having been Vice Chancellor Shobhit University; United Nations Representative with the

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; Founder Chairman Global Knowledge Alliance, GEO Reviewer with the

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; as an officer of

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and Commissioner at the

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. Has authored many books notably Regional Economics Engagement and the Free Trade Agreements - Analytical Insights and Policy Options (2010) and The World of Money Laundering Financial Crimes and Commercial Frauds (2006). He has been a visitor with

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, a speaker and resource person with Universities and Think Tanks in India and abroad.

Career and contributions

Swarup has been a Fulbright Visitor to the United States in 2004 and is an expert on Strategic Studies, Finance, Management and Environment. He holds a Doctorate in Science, distinguished University Medals for first position in

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and

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as also a Master of Science in DSSC Wellington,

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and an

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(Finance & Strategy) from the AGSE,

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. A National Science Talent Scholar (1975), Junior Research Fellow,

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(1980) and University Grants Commission Senior Fellow (1981). He has been a patron o
Melbourne School of Knowledge Management
and co-founder o
''Himsa Mukt Bharat Andolan'' (a movement for nonviolence and against all conflicts)
and founder of ''Sambhav Nasha Mukti Abhiyan'' (a voluntary coalition for a drug-free society and de-addiction campaigns) in the State of

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. He has held various key positions as a Member of Indian Revenue Service since 1985 such as Commissioner/ Director in the

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, Government of India.

Awards and achievements

Swarup has been an International Hiroshima Peace Awardee of Japan and Presidential Awardee of

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in 2003 for distinguished record of service and received the

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hon’ble mention for youth empowerment and the voluntary relief efforts during Orissa Super Cyclone in 1999 and Gujarat earthquake in 2001 as the Executive Director of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan. He is a recipient of the National Gandhi Fellowship by Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti,

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in 2000 and

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Fellowship to Australia in 2001. He was awarded the Amrita Devi Vishnoi Medal for his contribution to environmental studies in 2013. He is a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) at London since 2008 and Fellow Zoological Society of India in 2013. In July 2020, Swarup was honoured with the prestigious award of "Ambassador For Peace" from the Universal Peace Federation Oceania in recognition for his longstanding service in peace-building and academic leadership.

Peacekeeping with the UN in Darfur

Anoop Swarup was appointed in 2007 by

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Secretary General

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as UN Finance Expert for implementation of

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. As

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o
NYKS
the largest youth Organisation of its kind in the world (1996)and the

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of the National Youth

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that he had set up in 1998 he launched several new initiatives and schemes working closely with

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and

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Activist and social entrepreneurship in the aftermath of Bhopal gas tragedy

Anoop Swarup had set up ‘Sambhavami’ not for profit society at Bhopal in the aftermath of

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to promote micro enterprises in 1992 and ‘Youth and Biosphere for raising environmental consciousness in 1984. He initiated the UNDP-NYKS Poverty Alleviation Awards in 2000, was instrumental in launching a ‘National Think Tank’ in the

in 2004 and campaign on ‘Indian Civilization through the Millennium’ (ICTM) in 2008 now an ongoing yearly event at Hastinapur. He founded the ‘Sambhav’ Trust in the Indian State of

for de addiction in 2008.

Other associations

Anoop Swarup is associated with various organizations that include Board of Directors of OISC
Organization for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement International
Tokyo Japan, United Nations Inter Agency working group on Population and Development as part of United Nations Development Assistance Frame Work (UNDAF),

Indian Institute of Public Administration The Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) was established in 1954 and is research and training organization under the Ministry of Personnel of the Government of India The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), k ...

(IIPA), a founder Trustee of Indian Council of Gandhian Studies (ICGS),

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(IISS) in 2008, on the Global Advisory Board
Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies
(DGHS), Orgdyn and the Governing Council, Centre for Global Nonkilling.(CGNK)http://www.nonkilling.org/node/8

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20081203165842/http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/education/2008100213761.htm. *http://www.siliconindia.com/profiles/26fKvi00/Anoop_Swarup_Government.html. *http://en.wordpress.com/tag/dr-anoop-swarup/. *http://shobhituniversity.wordpress.com/. *http://www.unep.fr/ozonaction/information/mmcfiles/4021-e.pdf. {{DEFAULTSORT:Swarup, Anoop 1959 births Living people Jagran Lakecity University faculty Indian Revenue Service officers