Shyamala Gopalan
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P. V. Gopalan. Painganadu Venkataraman Gopalan (1911 – February 1998) [1] was an Indian career civil servant, a member of Central Secretariat Service who served as Director of Relief Measures and Refugees in the government of Zambia, especially the exodus of refugees from Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe ).
Oct 25, 2019 · The Indian government had dispatched P.V. Gopalan to help Zambia manage an influx of refugees from Rhodesia — the former name of Zimbabwe — which had just declared independence from Britain ...
Jan 20, 2021 · Her senior civil servant father, P.V. Gopalan, was a member of the privileged, elite, ancient Tamil Brahmin caste, and her mother, Rajam, was a woman’s rights activist and proponent of increased ...
Jan 20, 2021 · Shyamala was a Tamil Indian-American born in the southeastern state of Tamil Nadu. Her father, P.V. Gopalan, was a senior civil servant and a member of the privileged, elite, ancient Tamil Brahmin ...
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Sep 13, 2020 · In Ms. Gopalan’s case, the trouble was that she was a woman. Ms. Gopalan, the oldest child in a high-achieving Tamil Brahmin family, wanted to be a biochemist. But at Lady Irwin College, founded ...
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Aug 12, 2020 · Rajam’s husband, P.V. Gopalam, was an accomplished Indian diplomat. ... P.V. Gopalan would tell his grandchildren, “I will give you advice, but do what you think is best, what you like most ...
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Oct 25, 2020 · After India gained independence in 1947, her father, P. V. Gopalan, led the resettlement of refugees fleeing current-day Bangladesh for India. Those experiences helped shape Gopalan’s sense of ...
