By IANS,
New Delhi : M.S. Rajan, Professor Emeritus at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) since 1986, died here Wednesday, his colleagues said. He would have turned 90 this year.
According to the university’s School of International Studies, Rajan’s scholarship was mirrored through 28 authored and edited books, hundreds of articles in journals, public lectures in India and abroad, and the honours received from several leading universities across the world.
His studies in Indian foreign policy and non-alignment in particular “testify to his independent, insightful analyses of issues”, the school said in a statement.
He lectured in various universities including Harvard, Princeton and Edinburgh. His thesis, “United Nations and Domestic Jurisdiction”, was recommended by then UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold for a Ph.D.
Rajan helped in building up the Indian Council of World Affairs – known popularly as Sapru House. After retirement, he served as the foreign policy advisor to the president of Nauru in the 1980s.