(From left to right) Ms Yvonne Maharoof-Marathovouniotis, Portfolio
Manager for South Asia, Development Division, UNV, Bonn, Germany; Ms.
Lise Grande, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative;
Shri Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports
(MOYAS) (Independent Charge) and Minister of State for Defence,
Government of India; and Dr. Vandana Shiva, Director, Research
Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology, New Delhi
UNV launched its flagship publication on Volunteerism, ‘Volunteering
in India: Contexts, Perspectives and Discourses’ for promoting the
value addition that volunteers bring to national development
priorities. The publication presents the viewpoints and experiences of
eminent people and volunteers from different disciplines on the ethos,
tradition and diversity of volunteering in the Indian Context.
