Selva (left) with United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan during the APEC Summit in Malaysia in 1998. — Photos courtesy of Dr Selva Ramachandran
WHAT began as a career in academics took a life-changing turn for Dr Selva Ramachandran when he decided to serve on the global stage as a diplomat for 30 years.
The journey took the 63-year-old across 106 countries, including some of the world’s conflict zones under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
