Question : INDIANS DEPUTED TO WORK AT UN VOLUNTEERS PROGRAMMES



(a) whether persons from India are being assigned to work at United Nations Volunteers Programmes;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the number of Indians assigned to function as volunteers during the last three years and the countries where these volunteers were sent;

(c) the normal tenure of these volunteers in a particular country; and

(d) the facilities being provided to them?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI SUNIL DUTT)

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) The details are given in annexure I.

(c) Normal term of the volunteers in a particular country is 24 months.

(d) The facilities for these volunteers include Volunteer Living Allowance (ranging from US $ 760 to 2000), settling- in-grant plus, resettlement allownace, insurance coverage, travel grant etc..

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4677 FOR 26.4.2005 REGARDING INDIANS DEPUTED TO WORK AT UN VOLUNTEERS PROGRAMMES ASKED BY SHRI SANAT KUMAR MANDAL.

LIST OF INDIAN UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEERS (UNV) DEPLOYED ABROAD FROM NOVEMBER 2002 TILL DATE

 S.No Gender Name Title Country/place of	Date of	Assignment	deployment 1. F Arati De Mitra UNV Dispensary physician DPR Korea 07.11.2002 2. M Kulwant Singh UNV Irrigation/Water Lao 17.11.2002 Management Advisor 3. M Jagdish Parshad Yadav UNV Social Monitoring Marshall 09.02.2003 Analyst Islands, Fiji 4. M Muhsin Mohideen UNV Movcon Officer Congo 21.02.2003 5. M Syed Sadiq UNV Human Rights Officer Eritrea/Ethiopia 16.02.2003 6. F Jijo Mol Joseph UNV Nurse Kosovo 25.01.2003 7. M Joy Arulrose Daniel UNV ICT Development Sri Lanka Adviser 8. M Ajay Chavarukattil UNV Helpdesk Specialist Dili, USA 05.03.2003 John 9. M Satvinder Paul Singh UNV COE Inspector Congo 10. M Bikshit Kamal Guria UNV Doctor Kosovo 22.05.2003 11. M Chester B Fernandez UNV Logistics Assistant Kosovo 07.06.2003 12. M Babu Koka Hanumantha UNV Regional Field Afghanistan 24.07.2003 Coordinator 13. F Ranjita Bal Rammohanty UNV Reintegration Officer Sierra Leone 17.07.2003 14. M Ramraj Narasimhan Project Manager Sri Lanka 27.07.2003 15. M Vipin Kumar UNV Hardware Maintenance Kosovo 14.08.2003 Office 16. M Paramjit Singh UNV Radio Technicians Kosovo 04.09.2003 17. M Jagdish Kumar UNV Radio Technicians Kosovo 04.09.2003 18. M Gagan Kumar UNV Software Developer Kosovo 04.09.2003 19. F Sheeba Abidi UNV Programme Officer Indonesia 10.09.2003 20 M George Melmana Information, Evaluation Afghanistan 05.11.2003 Team Leader Monitoring 21. M Nilesh Kumar Surendra UNV Medical Doctor Trinidad & 20.12.2003 Buddha Tobago 22. F Aruna Devi Valluri UNV Medical Doctor Trinidad & 29.10.2003 Samavedan Tobago 23. F Rashmi Singh UNV Medical Doctor Trinidad & 29.10.2003 Tobago 24. M Anand Kumar Malhotra UNV Medical Doctor Trinidad & 31.10.2003 Tobago 25. M Mukesh Prajapati UNV Medical Doctor Trinidad & 29.10.2003 Tobago 26. F Ramindar Dhillon UNV Medical Doctor Trinidad & 29.10.2003 Tobago 27. M Rajesh Budhiraja UNV Regional Registration Afghanistan 02.11.2003 Supervisor 28. M Brinder Pal Singh UNV Regional Registration Afghanistan 02.11.2003 Sehgal Supervison 29. M Sunil Thayikkandiyil UNV Telecommunications Afghanistan 27.10.2003 Technician 30 F Susan Tappato UNV Lawyer (UNHCR Funded Sudan 12.11.2003 Volunteers) 31. M Chandrasekhar Pakala UNV Electoral Advisor Liberia 21.02.2004 Venkat 32. M Tanweer Karim UNV Medical Doctor Trinidad & 04.12.2003 Tobago 33. M Suni Sachdeva UNV Medical Doctor Trinidad & 27.10.2003 Tobago 34. M Ganesh Kannan UNV Customer Support Kosovo 22.10.2003 Assistant 35. M Raghuveer UNV Lotus Notes Liberia 30.11.2003 Thirukkovalur Technician 36. M Ram Kishore Prasad Project Officer Sudan 30.11.2003 Singh 37. M Harish Kantilal Raja UNV Database Manager Congo 03.01.2004 38. M Kanagasabapathy UNV Senior Project Eritrea 09.01.2004 Ambalavan Advisor Engineering 39. M Ajit Sunghay UNV Protection Officer Eritrea 18.01.2004 40 F Kamini Karlekar UNV Lawyer Sudan 18.01.2004 41. M Sunil Jacob UNV Engineering Design Liberia 21.02.2004 Kannanayikkal Assistant 42. M Chander Shekhar Sharma UNV Radio Technician Congo 26.02.2004 43. M Sanjay Rana UNV Generator Mechanic Sierra Leone 01.03.2004 44. M Vijay Dutta UNV Contruction Site Liberia 27.02.2004 Foreman 45. M Mukesh Kumar Srivastav UNV Stores Management Liberia 27.02.2004 Assistant 46. M Sanjai Kumar Singh UNV Generator Mechanic Liberia 28.02.2004 47. M Sreenivasu Parupati UNV Database Manager Congo 07.03.2004 48. M Rahul Midha UNV Movcon Assistant Congo 19.03.2004 49. F Bharati Deli UNV Lilongwe 04.05.2004 Gynaecologist/Obstetrician 50. F Asha Mishra Medical Doctor Trinidad & 27.04.2004 Tobago 51. M Prasanta Kumar Misra Medical Doctor Trinidad & 22.04.2004 Choudhury Tobago 52. M Sanjay Kumar Nath IT Assistant UNDP Afghanistan 21.06.2004 Afghanishan 53. M Aqeel Ahmad Provincial Registration Cambodia 20.06.2004 Coordinator Combodia 54. M Manbir Singh Generator Supervisor Afghanistan 21.06.2004 55. M Vikas Viswambharan IT Assistant Congo 12.06.2004 56. M Parameswaran Piliai UNV Finance Assistant Cote D’lvoire 05.06.2004 Janardhanan Nair 57. M Vijay Singh Early Childhood Sana’s 29.04.2004 Development Specialist 58. M Palanikunnathil Raman UNV Transport Assistant Afganistan 25.05.2004 Pillai Venugopalan 59. M Thomas Naivalikunnel UNV Civil Engineer Liberia 07.04.2004 Joseph 60. M Manmadhan Janardhanan UNV Food Inspector Congo 17.04.2004 61. M Raghunag Rattehalli Training Officer Afghanishtan 12.04.2004 62. M Berods Robin Femand Radio Technician Congo 31.07.2004 63. F Sherry Dhar Provincial Registration Cambodia 29.07.2004 Coordinator 64. M Paramjit Singh COE Inspector Burundi 25.07.2004 65. M Raghunath Singh Yadav Satelite Technician Congo Kinshasa 23.07.2004 66. M Mahesh Kumar IT Server Specialist Liberia 26.07.2004 67. M Kunendra Kumar Verma BMS Assistant Haiti 21.07.2004 68. M Manoj Kumar Kar HIV/AIDS Specialist Turkeministan 12.06.2004 69. M Sivakumar Savudan Dentist Afghanistan 05.07.2004 70. M Jatinder Singh Information Systems Cote D’Lvore Officer 71. F Ruhi Seth Provincial Registration Cambodia 24.06.2004 Coordinator 72. M Amarjit Singh Lan/Server Technician Liberia 04.09.2004 73. M Thomas Veerappallil Network Administrator East Timor 23.08.2004 Joy 74. M Sreenivasu Parupati IT Assistant Kinshasa 04.09.2004 75. M Ravinder Kumar Dulioo Engineering Adminstrative Ethiopia 16.08.2004 Officer 76. M Sushil Khanna Operations Officer Afghanistan 23.08.2004 77. F Gini Batra Anaesthesiologist/Critica Malawi 17.08.2004 lcare Specialist 78. M Raja Aggarwal Medical Doctor Trindad & Tobago 05.03.2004 79. M Awdhes Bhumihar Software Developer Kosovo 09.08.2004 80. M Balijinder Singh Radio Technician Congo Kinshasa 03.08.2004 81. M Pankaj Kumar Programme & Monitoring Liberia 31.07.2004 Officer 82. M Raghuveer IT Technician Sierra Leone 11.11.2004 Thirukkovalur 83. M Prasante Kumar Misra Medical Doctor Trindad & Tobago 05.03.2004 Choudhury 84. M Joymone Abraham Movcon Passenger Liberia 23.10.2004 Assistant 85. M Ramakrishnan UNV Operations Manager Sri Lanka 19.09.2004 Chidambara Lyer 86. M Bhupinder Singh Water & Waste Water Haiti 04.09.2004 Specialist 87. M Biman Sen Gupta Design Assistant Cote D’lvoire 24.10.2004 Electrical 88. M Gartapaty Sitharamaiah Operations Officer Afghanistan 18.10.2004 89. M Sunil Kumar Singh Help Desk Officer Haiti 02.09.2004 90. M Narinder Singh Network Engineer Haiti 19.08.2004 91. M Ashima Choudhury Public Information Liberia 02.10.2004 Officer 92. M Suresh Vishnupanth Civil Engineer Liberia 02.10.2004 Ramadurgakar 93. M Paritosh Kumar Mandal UNV Plumber Cote D’lvoire 19.09.2004 94. F Susanna Grigoryan Assistant Protection Bangladesh 06.05.2004 Officer 95. M Daya Kushali Fadte Invoicing & Requisition Liberia 22.01.2005 Officer 96. M Narender Singh Receiving & Inspection Congo 11.01.2005 Assistant 97. M Rahul Sengupta Disaster Management Nepal 06.02.2005 Programme Coordination Officer 98. M Subhash Chander Gosain United Nation Volunteer South Africa 11.12.2004 99. M Sandeep Seth Information Management Liberia 03.11.2004 Officer 100 M Vindo Kumar Sharma Country Electoral Advisor Liberia 11.12.2004 (Logistics) 101 M Sandeep Mohan Prasad Civil Affairs Officer Liberia 11.12.2004 102 F Suman Gupta UNFPA-Cartographer Kenya 10.12.2004 103 F Kanupriya Goel Lan/Wan Assistant Burundi 02.12.2004 104 M Chaman Lal Radio Technician Burundi 09.01.2005 105 M Bhoop Kishor Kathuria Water & Sanitation Burundi 20.11.2004 Supervisor 106 M Uday Singh Generator Mechanic Burundi 20.11.2004 107 M Shankaranarayanan Procurement Officer Sierra Leone 13.11.2004 . Narasimha 108 M Gautam Kumar Pandey Assistant Camp manager Sierra Leone 01.03.2005 109 M Sushil Khanna UNV Country Coordinator Liberia 28.02.2005 110 M Krishnamurti Radah Medical Doctor Kosovo 27.02.2005 Manohar Desai 111 M Karambir Dagar Generator Mechanic Sierra Leone 01.03.2005 112 M Asif Dahoodwala Stores Supervisor Congo 23.02.2005 113 M Sarbjit Singh Network Assistant Ethiopia, 19.02.2005 Eritrea 114 M Nazeer Mohammed Network Engineer Haiti 07.03.2005 115 M Noel Marian UNV Electrician Hait 05.03.2005 116 M Aqeel Ahmad Electoral Support Officer Liberia 05.03.2005 117 M Gurucharan Singh Dhatt Network Assistant Eriteria 05.03.2005 118 F Dhanya Ravindran Human Resources Officer Afghanistan 23.03.2005 Khoram 119 M Sitharamaiah Gariapaty UNV Electoral Support Liberia 02.04.2005 Officer 120 M Nazeer Mohammed Network Engineer Haiti 05.04.2005 121 M Lakshma Reddy Asset Manager Haiti 03.04.2005 Chintakuntia 122 M Hemang Dineshchandra GIS Database Specialist Afghanistan 16.04.2005 Karelia 123 M Tito Thomas Field Officer Afghanistan 20.04.2005 (protechtion) 124 F Trupti Tenginkai International Public Afghanistan 20.04.2005 Outreach Officer