<p>Dr K P Ashwini of Kasaba Kurubarahalli village in the district has been appointed as a special rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). </p>.<p>Dr Ashwini’s appointment has been officially made at the UNHRC’s session which concluded in Geneva on October 7. Three names, including that of Ashwini, were doing rounds for the post. </p>.<p>Dr Ashwini will take over the UNHCR special rapporteur in Geneva on November 1 for a period of six years. She is the first Asian as well as the first Indian to be appointed for the post. </p>.<p>She will work on apartheid policy at the global level, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance independently. She will submit reports and also advise the UNHRC occasionally on these issues. </p>.<p>She hails from a Dalit family and is the daughter of V Prasannakumar and Jayamma. She has obtained MPhil and PhD from JNU, Delhi.</p>.<p>Dr Ashwini served as a lecturer at Mount Carmel College and a professor at Saint Joseph’s College, Bengaluru.</p>.<p>She has conducted a special study on the effects of mining on the tribals of Odisha and Chattisgarh with Amnesty International.</p>
<p>Dr K P Ashwini of Kasaba Kurubarahalli village in the district has been appointed as a special rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). </p>.<p>Dr Ashwini’s appointment has been officially made at the UNHRC’s session which concluded in Geneva on October 7. Three names, including that of Ashwini, were doing rounds for the post. </p>.<p>Dr Ashwini will take over the UNHCR special rapporteur in Geneva on November 1 for a period of six years. She is the first Asian as well as the first Indian to be appointed for the post. </p>.<p>She will work on apartheid policy at the global level, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance independently. She will submit reports and also advise the UNHRC occasionally on these issues. </p>.<p>She hails from a Dalit family and is the daughter of V Prasannakumar and Jayamma. She has obtained MPhil and PhD from JNU, Delhi.</p>.<p>Dr Ashwini served as a lecturer at Mount Carmel College and a professor at Saint Joseph’s College, Bengaluru.</p>.<p>She has conducted a special study on the effects of mining on the tribals of Odisha and Chattisgarh with Amnesty International.</p>
