Question: Who has recently been appointed as the new chairman of Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)?
(a) Hardeep Singh Puri
(b) V. S. Seshadri
(c) Tufail Ahmad
(d) Dr. S. Jaishankar
Ans: (a)
- On 21st March, 2017, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, India’s former Ambassador to the United Nations in New York and Geneva was appointed as the Chairman of the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS).
- Hardeep Singh Puri (65), a 1974-batch Indian Foreign Service officer. He is expected to take up the assignment at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) shortly.
- RIS is an organisation that specialises in policy research on international economic issues and development cooperation.
- It was envisioned as a forum for fostering effective policy dialogue and capacity-building among developing countries on international economic issues.
- “The focus of the work programme of RIS is to promote South-South Cooperation and assist developing countries in multilateral negotiations in various forums.
Reference:
http://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/28190/Hardeep+Singh+Puri+appointed+as+the+Chairman+of+the+Research+and+Information+System+for+Developing+Countries
http://www.ris.org.in/media-centre