Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
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Dhananjayan 'Danny' Sriskandarajah (born 1975) is Director General of the Royal Commonwealth Society, a large NGO devoted to Commonwealth affairs based in London. He becomes the first non-British and youngest person to head this 140-year-old organisation.[1]

Before being appointed to the RCS, he was Deputy Director of the left-leaning think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research.[2]

He is a well-known researcher and commentator on migration issues. He has written books and reports on several migration-related topics, including on British emigration.[3] He often appears in the UK media taking a liberal position on immigration issues and writes often in the Financial Times and the Guardian newspaper.

In March 2009, the Royal Commonwealth Society published a poll on British attitudes to Commonwealth, which attracted media coverage in the UK and abroad. Sriskandarajah had a piece in the Guardian newspaper on the poll findings.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Danny Sriskandarajah". http://www.thecommonwealthclub.co.uk/Filestore/Downloads/Danny_Sriskandarajah_Biog.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 
  2. ^ Travis, Alan (2008-01-09). "Fewer Britons in work due to ageing population and emigration rather than migrants, says report". Politics section (The Guardian). http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jan/09/uk.immigration?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 
  3. ^ Sriskandarajah, Dhananjayan; Catherine Drew (2006-12-11). "Viewpoint: Expats chasing dreams". Online edition (BBC news). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6163219.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 
  4. ^ Sriskandarajah, Dhananjayan (2009-03-09). "A true agent of progress: to avoid becoming a relic, the Commonwealth must make itself more relevant to young people". Comment (The Guardian). http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/09/britishidentity. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 

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