Chandrika Prasad Srivastava
k.c.m.g, i.a.s. (retd.)
Chandrika Prasad Srivastava k.c.m.g, i.a.s. (retd.)
Nationality
Indian
Date of Birth
8 July, 1920
Son of
B. Srivastava
Married
1947, Nirmala Salve
Children
Two daughters, Kalpana & Sadhana
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Academic Career
Lucknow University, India
• 1st cl. First B.A. 1940,
• 1st cl. First B.A. Hons. 1941,
• 1st cl. First M.A. 1942,
• 1st cl. LL.B 1944;
Gold Medals for proficiency in English Literature and Political Science;
LL.D. (Doctor of Laws-Honoris Causa), Bhopal University, India, 1984;
LL.D. (Doctor of Laws-Honoris Causa), University of Wales,
United Kingdom, 1987;
LL.D. (Doctor of Laws-Honoris Causa), University of Malta, 1988.
Professional Career
1946 – 48
Officer on Special Duty,
Ministry of Commerce, Government of India.
1948 – 49
Under Secretary to the Government of India,
Ministry of Commerce. City Magistrate,
Lucknow, India.
1951 – 52
Additional District Magistrate, Meerut, India.
1953
Officer on Special Duty, Directorate-General of
Shipping, Government of India.
1954 – 57
Deputy Director-General of Shipping,
Government of India.
1958
Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Transport and
Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport and
Communications/Minister of Commerce and Industry,
Government of India.
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Professional Career
1959 – 60
Senior Deputy Director-General of Shipping,
Government of India.
1961 – 64
Managing Director, Shipping Corporation of India
Limited, a Government of India Enterprise.
1964 – 66
Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister of India.
1966 – 73
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing
Director, Shipping Corporation of India Limited, a
Government of India Enterprise.
1967
Director, Central Inland Water
Transport Corporation.
1967 – 73
Director, Central Board, Reserve Bank of India.
1974 – 89
Secretary-General, International Maritime
Organization, United Nations, London.
Secretary-General Emeritus
1990
International Maritime Organization, United Nations.
Founding Chancellor
1983 – 91
World Maritime University, Malmö, Sweden.
Founding Chancellor Emeritus
1991
World Maritime University, Malmö, Sweden.
President
1971 – 73
Indian National Shipowners’ Association.
1972 – 89
Institute of Maritime Technologists, India.
1973 – 74
United Nations Plenipotentiary Conference on
Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences.
1980 – 91
International Maritime Lecturers’ Association.
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Professional Career
Founding Chairman
1989Governing Board, IMO International Maritime Law
Institute, Malta.
Chairman
1972
Committee on Invisibles Including Shipping,
Insurance and Tourism, Third United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development.
1988
Seatrade Annual Award for Achievement,
United Kingdom.
1991
Indian Register of Shipping.
1992
Government of India Committee on Maritime
Education and Training.
1998
Governing Council, Tolani Maritime Institute,
Induri, Pune.
2000
National Maritime Day Awards Committee, India.
2006
Chairman Emeritus Governing Council, Tolani
Maritime Institute, Induri, Pune.
Alternate Chairman and Life Member
1991
Board of Governors, World Maritime University,
Malmö, Sweden.
Vice President
1970 – 73
Sea Cadet Council, India.
1989
Welsh Centre for International Affairs,
United Kingdom.
1989
Advisory Committee on Pollution of the Sea
(ACOPS), United Kingdom.
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Professional Career
Member
1959 – 73
National Shipping Board, India.
1959 – 73
Merchant Navy Training board, India.
1966 – 73
National Welfare Board for Seafarers, India.
1969
American Bureau of Shipping.
Member
1970
Governing Body, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.
1970 – 73
National Harbour Board, India.
1971
General Committee, Bombay Chamber of Commerce
and Industry.
1972 – 73
Governing Body, Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad, India.
1978 – 89
Advisory Board of the Sea Trade Academy.
1981 – 89
Board of International Maritime Bureau of the
International Chamber of Commerce.
1985 – 89
Board of Directors of the ICC Centre for Maritime
Co-operation.
1989 – 90
Honorary Advisory Committee, International
Congress on The Port-An Ecological Challenge,
Hamburg, Germany.
1989 – 01
Specially Elected Member, General Committee of
Lloyd’s Register, United Kingdom.
Life Governor
1984
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets, United Kingdom.
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Decorations, Awards & Honours
Padma Bhushan, awarded by the President of India, 1972.
Padma Bhushan
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Decorations, Awards & Honours
1972
Padma Bhushan, awarded by the President of India.
1978
Admiral Padilla Award, Colombia.
1978
Gran Amigo Del Mar Award, Colombia.
1978-89
Honorary Member, The Honorable Company of
Master Mariners, United Kingdom.
1979
Honorary Fellow, Plymouth Polytechnic,
United Kingdom.
1980-89
Europort International Committee of Honour.
1981
Honorary Member, Institute of Marine
Technologists, India.
1981
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, United Kingdom.
1982
Commander du Meritè Maritime,
by the Government of France.
1982
Commander of the Order of Saint Olav,
by the King of Norway.
1983
Grande Ufficiale dell’Ordine al Merito,
by the President of Italy.
1983
Order of Prince Henry, The Navigator (Commander),
by the Government of Portugal.
1983
Nautical Medal, First Class, by the Government
of Greece.
1984
Gold Mercury International Award, Ad Personam.
1984
Orden Cruz Peruana al Merito Naval grade Gran
Cruz Distintivo Blanco, by the Government of Peru.
1985
Honorary Fellow, The Nautical Institute,
United Kingdom.
1985
Honorary Member, International Federation of
Shipmasters’ Associations.
1985
Orden del Manuel Amador Guerrero grade Gran
Cruz, by the President of Panama.
1986
Orden do Merito Naval grade Grande Official,
by the Government of Brazil.
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Decorations, Awards & Honours
1986
Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit, by the
President of Poland.
1988
Honorary Member, The Warsash Association,
United Kingdom.
1988
Honorary Member, International Maritime
Pilot’s Association.
1988
Malmö City Silver Medal of Honour, Sweden.
1989
Knight Great band, Liberian Humane Order of
African Redemption, by the President of Liberia.
1989
Seatrade Award for Achievement (Seatrade
Organization), United Kingdom.
1989
BIMCO Appreciation Award
(Baltic and International Maritime Council).
1989
Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit
by the President of Germany.
1989
Commander’s Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the
Polar Star, by the King of Sweden.
1990
Honorary Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George,
by the Queen of the United Kingdom.
1990
Order of Merit, First Grade, by the President
of Egypt.
1992
International Maritime Prize; IMO, United Nations.
1994
Encomienda de Numero de la Orden de Isabel la
Catolica, by the King of Spain.
2000
Lifetime Achievement Award, Lloyd’s Ship Manager
Manning and Training, United Kingdom.
2003
Malmö City Gold Medal of Honour and Honorary
Citizenship of Malmö, Sweden.
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Decorations, Awards & Honours
2003
La Condecoraciòn de la Orden Naval Almirante
Padilla – Comendador by the President of the
Republic of Colombia.
2005
Sixth Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for
Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and
Management, presented by the President of India.
2006
Lifetime Achievement Award presented by
International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, U.K.
2007
The Seatrade Lifetime Achievement Award
The President of India presenting the 6th Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award, 2005
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Publications
1995
2001
2003
Lal Bahadur Shastri: A Life of Truth In Politics.
New Delhi, Oxford University Press.
Corruption: India’s Enemy Within.
Macmillan India Limited.
World Maritime University – First 20 Years.
C.P. Srivastava, Pune, India.
Articles on Shipping in newspapers & Journals.
Clubs
• Anglo-Belgian, London.
• Willingdon Sports, Mumbai.
• Poona Club, Pune.
• India International Centre, New Delhi.
Recreations
• Music, Tennis & Reading
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Chandrika Prasad Srivastava
INTERNATIONAL
MARITIME
ORGANIZATION
A 16/Res. 679
31 October 1989
Original: ENGLISH
ASSEMBLY - 16th session
Agenda item 41
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Resolution A.679(16) Adopted On 19 October 1989
APPRECIATION OF THE SERVICES TO THE
ORGANIZATION OF MR C.P. SRIVASTAVA
The Assembly,
Noting with regret that Mr. Chandrika Prasad Srivastava,
Secretary-General, has decided to retire from the service of the Organization
when his current term of office expires on 31 December 1989,
Recalling that throughout his tenure, comprising four successive
terms end lasting 16 years, Mr. Srivatava has rendered exceptionally
meritorious services to the Organization with total commitment to its
ideals and objectives,
Recognizing that during Mr. Srivastara’s tenure and as a result of his
leadership, integrity, dedicated endeavour and initiative;
(a) the membership of the Organization stands greatly enhanced and
its universality well established,
(b) many conventions and protocols of the Organization have received
wide acceptance and are now in force, promoting the objectives of the Organization for safer shipping and cleaner oceans,
(c) the IMO spirit of goodwill and co-operation has been sustained
and enhanced, permeating all activities of the Organization and
earning global appreciation and respect for IM0's effectiveness
and efficiency,
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(d) a comprehensive, pragmatic and co-ordinated programme of
technical co-operation has been conceived and developed and
effective steps have been taken ceaselessly for promoting its
continuing implementation, thereby enabling the developing
countries to become increasingly self-reliant in the maritime sector,
Recognizing further the visionary and pioneering role of Mr.
Srivastava, and his ceaseless efforts, in the establishment of the following
institutions:
(a) the World Maritime University at Malmo, Sweden,
(b) the branches of the World Maritime University in Algeria,
Argentina, brazil, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, India,
Mexico, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates,
(c) the IMO International Maritime Academy at Trieste, Italy,
(d) the IMO International Maritime Law Institute at Valletta, Malta,
which now constitute a worldwide network for the training of
senior maritime specialists imbued with advanced knowledge and
a spirit of global co-operation,
1. Expresses its deep appreciation and immense gratitude to
Mr. Chandrika Prasad Srivastava for his wise, prudent and efficient
management of the International Maritime Organization, for is invaluable
and lasting contribution to the development of the Organization, for his
laudable services to all Member States and the world maritime community
and for his inspiring personal qualities;
2. Designates Mr. Chandrika Prasad Srivastava as Secretary-General
Emeritus of the Maritime Organization with effect from 1 January 1990.
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