LANKA SUNDARAM, DR., M.A., Ph.D., Independent (Madras—Vishakhapatnam—1952): S. of Shri Lanka Sitharamiah; B. Masulipatam, Kistna District, Madras State, July 1, 1905; ed. at Hindu High School and Noble College, Masulipatam and London University and the Hague Academy of International Law; m. Shrimati Kamala Devi, 1922; Editor, Author, Economist and Publicist; Harijan and Trade Union Worker; President, Union of Posts and Telegraph Workers, Vijayawada Provincial Branch, 1949; Scindia Shipyard Employees Union, Vishakhapatnam and several other Unions; President, Vishakhapatnam District Gandhi Sarvodaya Samaj; Honorary Representative in India of a number of Indians Overseas Associations for the last twenty years; Visited Ceylon, Malaya, Burma, Siam and Indo-China to study the condition of Indians overseas; Member of Indian Delegation to General Assembly and Human Rights Commission of United Nations 1946-47; Owner and Editor of “Commerce and Industry”, Connaught Circus, New Delhi.

Hobbies: Gardening and Chess.

Favourite pastime: Writing and Lecturing.

Recreation: Tennis.

Publications: India in World Politics; India’s Armies and their Costs; Union Finances; Nationalism and Self-sufficiency; A Secular State for India; Indians Overseas.

Permanent address: Parani Kutir, P.O. Maharanipet, Vishakhapatnam, Madras State.