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'''Mannaraswamighala Sreeranga Rajan''' usually referred to as M.S. Rajan was an Indian academic who is widely acknowledged as the doyen of International Relations and Area Studies in India. Professor Rajan set up the [[Indian School of International Studies]] along with Pandit [[H. N. Kunzru|Hriday Nath Kunzru]] and Professor A. Appadorai in 1955.<ref name=Obituary>{{cite news|title=M. S. Rajan, doyen of international relations, passes away|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/18/stories/2010021863551200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223105424/http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/18/stories/2010021863551200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 February 2010|accessdate=16 June 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 February 2010}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Born near [[Madanapalle]] on the Andhra-Karnataka border in 1920, his early schooling was in Karnataka and he went on to complete his post-graduation from the [[University of Mysore]] in 1943.<ref name=Vivekanandan>{{cite journal|last=Vivekanandan|first=B.|title=A Tribute to Life and Work of Professor M.S. Rajan|journal=International Studies|date=12 April 2012|volume=47|issue=2–4|pages=99–111|doi=10.1177/002088171104700403|s2cid=154173182}}</ref> He received a Fulbright Scholarship in 1956 and enrolled at the Columbia University, New York.<ref>{{cite news|title=I'd Like To See If I Can Influence Even One Kid in India'|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/id-like-to-see-if-i-can-influence-even-one-kid-in-india/52319/0|newspaper=The Financial Express|accessdate=17 June 2012|date=15 January 2004}}</ref> Even though he enrolled for a PhD under the guidance of Leland M. Goodrich, he could not complete it since he was called back to India to oversee the construction of Sapru House, the headquarters of the Indian Council of World Affairs, in 1952.<ref name=Obituary /> He was subsequently awarded a D.Litt. by the University of Mysore in 1963 for his book, '' United Nations and Domestic Jurisdiction''.<ref name=Thesis>{{cite book|last=Rajan|first=Mannaraswamighala Sreeranga|title=United Nations and domestic jurisdiction|year=1958|publisher=Orient Longmans|pages=679|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/United_Nations_and_domestic_jurisdiction.html}}</ref>

==Career==

===Indian Council of World Affairs===
Rajan came to Delhi in July 1947 when he was 27 years old, and joined the Asian Relations Organisation as Assistant Secretary. He played a key role in organising the Asian Relations Conference in 1947. He joined the Indian Council of World Affairs in 1949 as its Administrative Secretary.<ref name=Vivekanandan /> He was entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing the construction of its iconic office, Sapru House, on [[Barakhamba#Barakhamba Road|Barakhamba Road]], which was completed in 1955.

===Indian School of International Studies===
Shortly after the ISIS was set up under the auspices of the ICWA in 1955, he took up position in 1959, first as Special Fellow, and subsequently as Professor of Commonwealth Studies. He became the second Director of the ISIS after Professor Appadorai demitted the office in 1965 and served for six years. He continued the rigorous standards set by Prof. Appadorai with the intention of making it one of the leading institutes of learning in the field of International Relations and Area Studies. Students were selected following an all-India exam and interview process, and had to exhibit an aptitude for research. Among Professor Rajan's initiatives was the establishment of State Government scholarships for PhD students.<ref name=Vivekanandan />

===School of International Studies, JNU===
Prof. Rajan oversaw the merger of the ISIS with the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]] after the latter was established in 1969. The [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|JNU]] Vice-Chancellor G Parthasarathi acceded to his insistence that the faculty should be appointed on tenure rather than through contract.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rajan|first=M.S.|title=Contract academics|url=http://hindu.com/2002/11/15/stories/2002111500941000.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125155824/http://hindu.com/2002/11/15/stories/2002111500941000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|accessdate=20 August 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 November 2002}}</ref> However, he was unable to prevent the bifurcation of the Sapru House Library based on ownership of books, journals and documents.<ref name=Vivekanandan />
Rajan was the very first professor on the rolls of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|JNU]] as also the first to be made Professor Emeritus.<ref>{{cite web|title=JNU Teachers Association: Report on 'Teachers Day' Function|url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/jnuta/activities.htm|publisher=JNUTA|accessdate=16 June 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214180720/http://www.jnu.ac.in/jnuta/activities.htm|archivedate=14 December 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He remained Director of the School till 1971 and continued as Professor of International Organisation till 1984.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rajan|first=M.S.|title=Indian School of International Studies Joins Jawaharlal Nehru University|journal=International Studies|date=1 January 1973|volume=12|issue=1|pages=138–140|doi=10.1177/002088177301200105|s2cid=153796117}}</ref>

==Academic accomplishments==
Rajan was prolific in his academic pursuits, with over 25 authored/edited books and over 110 articles in reputed journals.<ref name=Vivekanandan /> He was, at various times, the editor of ''International Studies'', ''India Quarterly'' and a journal that he brought out in the 1980s, ''The Non-Aligned World''.
His focus areas were India's foreign policy, non-alignment and the role of international organisations, particularly the United Nations.

===Books===
*{{cite book|last=Rajan|first=Mannaraswamighala Sreeranga|title=United Nations and domestic jurisdiction|year=1958|publisher=Orient Longmans|pages=679}}
*{{cite book|editor-last=Rajan|editor-first=M.S.|title=India's foreign relations during the Nehru era : some studies|year=1977|publisher=Asia Pub. House|location=Bombay|isbn=9780210222898}}
*{{cite book|last=Rajan|first=M.S.|title=Japan's postwar peace settlements.|year=1978|publisher=Humanities. Pr.|location=Atlantic Highlands, N.J.|isbn=9780391008694}}
*{{cite book|editor-last=Rajan|editor-first=M.S.|title=Great power relations, world order, and the Third World|year=1981|publisher=Vikas|location=New Delhi|isbn=9780706910735|author=Ganguly, Shivaji }}
*{{cite book|last=Appadorai|first=A.|title=India's foreign policy and relations|year=1985|publisher=South Asian Publishers|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788170030546|author2=Rajan, M.S. }}
*{{cite book|editor-last=Rajan|editor-first=M.S.|title=The Nonaligned and the United Nations|year=1987|publisher=Oceana Publications|location=Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.|isbn=9780379207880|author=Mani, V.S.|author2=Murthy, C.S.R.}}
*{{cite book|last=Rajan|first=M.S.|title=Studies on India's foreign policy|year=1993|publisher=ABC Pub. House|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788171230556}}
*{{cite book|last=Rajan|first=M.S.|title=Nonalignment and the nonaligned movement in the present world order|year=1994|publisher=Konark Publishers|location=Delhi|isbn=9788122003543}}
*{{cite book|last=Rajan|first=M.S.|title=World order and the United Nations : essays from a nonaligned perspective|year=1995|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788124103265}}
*{{cite book|editor-last=Rajan|editor-first=M.S.|title=United Nations at fifty and beyond|year=1996|publisher=Lancers Books|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788170950585}}
*{{cite book|last=Rajan|first=M.S.|title=Recent essays on India's foreign policy|year=1997|publisher=Kalinga Publications|location=Delhi|isbn=9788185163819}}
*{{cite book|last=Rajan|first=edited with an introduction by M.S.|title=International and area studies in India|year=1997|publisher=Lancers Books|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788170950660}}
*{{cite book|last=Rajan|first=M. S.|title=India and international affairs : a collection of essays|year=1999|publisher=Lancers Books|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788170950714}}

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