Senior Indian diplomat Chandrasekhar Dasgupta has been elected by a UN body to the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR).
Dasgupta was elected by the UN Economic and Social Conference (ECOSOC) and he defeated his Korean rival by a narrow margin of three votes.
While he got 41 votes the candidate from Republic of Korea received 38 votes. Out of the 52 valid votes cast, Dasgupta obtained the highest number of votes in the Asian Group.
Dasgupta a former, IFS officer served in the Indian Foreign Service from May 1962 to August 2000.
During his diplomatic career he held several important posts, including Ambassador to the European Union and China.
In addition, India got elected to the Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations (CNGO), Programme Coordinating Board of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and Commission on Science and Technology for Development by
acclamation.