Auburn students will soon be challenged by the United Nations food and agriculture agency's top negotiator to help eliminate malnutrition, hunger and food insecurity.
Vimlendra Sharan, director of the Liaison Office for North America of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO, will present his lecture “The Greatest Opportunity of Your Generation: Ending Hunger” at The Hotel at Auburn University as part of the College of Agriculture's E.T. York Distinguished Lecturer Series.
Sharan assumed his current position in February 2016, bringing with him 25 years of experience in Indian and international government leadership on issues involving rural development, agricultural development and food security.
Before joining the FAO, Sharan served as India’s permanent representative to U.N. agencies based in Rome and also chaired the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s evaluation committee and held the office of vice president of the World Food Program’s executive board.
The E.T. York Distinguished Lecturer Series was established in 1981 by the late E.T. York, an Alabama native and Auburn alumnus who received his bachelor’s degree in agricultural science in 1942 and his master’s in agronomy and soils in 1946.
Sharan's lecture will be Monday, Oct. 2.
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