Madanjeet Singh
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Madanjeet Singh is an India
n artist, writer, former diplomat and philanthropist
. Since 2000 he has been a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
.
He sponsored the bi-annual UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize
for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence. He created the South Asia Foundation in 2000 as a regional youth movement and it has now grown to have chapters in eight countries. He has been praised as a "freedom fighter and a secular humanist" by Taslima Nasreen for whom he had helped secure Indian Residency.
He is a Secular Humanist. The South Asia Foundation (SAF) has offered scholarships to South Asian students under various disciplines in its 12 UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institutions of Excellence. These institutions are located in all 8 countries of South Asia and are teaching fine arts, journalism, regional cooperation, green technology, etc. Nishchal N. Pandey, a noted Nepali academic in his book "New Nepal: The Faultlines" has called him 'a life long adherent and a supporter of India's secular and plural culture.'
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n artist, writer, former diplomat and philanthropist
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
. Since 2000 he has been a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advocates of UNESCO who use their talent or fame to spread the UNESCO ideals, especially attracting media attention...
.
He sponsored the bi-annual UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize
UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize
The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence is a prize awarded every two years by UNESCO. It was inaugurated in 1996, following the 1995 United Nations Year for Tolerance and in connection with the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, funded by a...
for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence. He created the South Asia Foundation in 2000 as a regional youth movement and it has now grown to have chapters in eight countries. He has been praised as a "freedom fighter and a secular humanist" by Taslima Nasreen for whom he had helped secure Indian Residency.
He is a Secular Humanist. The South Asia Foundation (SAF) has offered scholarships to South Asian students under various disciplines in its 12 UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institutions of Excellence. These institutions are located in all 8 countries of South Asia and are teaching fine arts, journalism, regional cooperation, green technology, etc. Nishchal N. Pandey, a noted Nepali academic in his book "New Nepal: The Faultlines" has called him 'a life long adherent and a supporter of India's secular and plural culture.'
Books
His many publications include:- "Kashmiriyat - The pluralistic Sufi-Bhakti-Rishi Culture", South Asia Foundation (2009)
- "SASIA Story" UNESCO (2005)
- Himalayan Art (UNESCO art books series), New York Graphic Society/UNESCO (1968) ASIN: B000LY5LNG - revised edition Macmillan (1971), ISBN 0333120663
- Ajanta, painting of the sacred and the secular", Edita Lausanne, 1965