Subinay Nandy is the 18th Representative of the United Nations since the UN first opened an office in 1952. In May 2011, he took up his responsibilities as UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, on his appointment by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. Mr. Nandy is also the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka. As the most senior UN official in the country Mr. Nandy will lead the UN Country Team of 20 resident and non-resident UN agencies.

Mr. Nandy has almost 20 years of experience with the United Nations.  Most recently, he served as UNDP Country Director in the People’s Republic of China, where he led the development of UNDP’s new programme, as well as developing a new strategic partnership on global development issues, and leading UNDP’s support to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
 
From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Nandy was UNDP Country Director in Vietnam. In addition to developing and expanding UNDP’s support to Vietnam, he played a leading role in the development of the ‘One UN’ approach. In recognition of his support to Vietnam, Mr. Nandy was awarded the President’s Friendship Award.

Mr. Nandy also held the position of Chief of the Regional Programme and Policy Division in the UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific in New York. He served as Deputy Resident Representative in Turkmenistan, and Assistant Resident Representative in Bangladesh – where he started his UNDP career as National Programme Officer.

The United Nations in Sri Lanka has a long history of partnerships since the arrival of the first UN Resident Representative in 1952.  Today, the United Nations help support Sri Lanka in a range of development activities that including humanitarian assistance,  poverty alleviation, good governance, post tsunami reconstruction, human rights, health, education, human settlements, and environment, energy and disaster risk management.