Publisher's Synopsis
THE RISE OF A TRIBAL relates to the Life History presented as 'AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY' of a Tribal. The Autobiography is the Life Journey of a poor, first generation learner, a highly educated and a scheduled tribe of Andhra Pradesh, India and traces his childhood spent in utter poverty subjected to social discrimination and humiliation. Undaunted by these hardships and with sheer determination he rose to higher levels of education, official positions and in his self efforts, using the provisions of the Indian Freedom, Democracy and its Constitution and parental support as a stepping ladder. Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar as a source of inspiration, and taking the poverty as a challenge, he could pursue higher education in England and obtained his PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of Liverpool after hard working while leaving his family of mother, wife and four small children in India for three years. This hard earned degree worked as a spring board to be selected as Deputy Secretary(latter on to become the Joint Secretary and the Additional Secretary) in University Grants Commission(UGC), New Delhi and later to be invited to become the Vice-Chancellor of the then Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad.Even before completing the Vice-Chancellor's term, he was invited to become a Member of the erstwhile Planning Commission, Government of India twice ( by Shri Rajiv Gandhi and Shri P.V.Narasimha Rao) and later as a Member of the National Advisory Council(NAC) under Chairmanship of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi. He became the Global Chairman of the prestigious World Intellectual Forum (WIF), Hyderabad which has Global Regional Centers in France(Paris), Arizona ( USA), Melbourne (Australia), New York (USA) and Costa Rica being developed. The Author in his simple style narrated his life experiences.
Dr. Swaminadhan proposed for the formation of a New World Government in place of the United Nations (UNO). The advantage of this New World Government proposal over the other approaches of World Governance is its enforcing authority as the Supreme Law of the World.
The Book covers 12 Chapters with a prologue added. The Foreword is written by a former Governor of Tamilnadu State and a former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India Mr. K. Rosaiah. While tracing his childhood life, his education in India and England up to PhD, employment leading to a Vice-chancellor of a University, becoming a Member of the Planning Commission, New Delhi, establishing Global and National Think Tanks and Research Institutions, Dr. Swaminadhan enumerated his various achievements.
. As we are proud of Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar for providing the Constitution of India, one should be equally proud that the Auto biographer has provided a World Constitution for a New World Federal Government.
