Born in Fiji in 1941 to
parents migrated to Fiji from North Arcot district, Tamilnadu, India, Mr.Amraiya Naidu attended
his country’s Nasinu Teachers College and Andhra University in India, where he
graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree. He is married to Aruna and has two
sons Sanjeev and Sanjesh.
Mr. Naidu started his career
in 1966 as a teacher of chemistry and mathematics, and later served as principal
of three secondary schools. He was promoted as a Divisional Education Officer
in 1988, and the following year appointed to act as Chief Education Officer.
Mr. Naidu was his country’s
Permanent Secretary for Education, a position he had occupied since 1993.
Between 1990 and 1993 he had served as Deputy Secretary for Education.
In 1999 Amraiya Naidu,
appointed Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations .In 2001 he was again appointed as Fiji Ambassador to
United Nations. He continued in that role for 3 years. In 2004 he was posted to
Canberra as Fiji’s High Commissioner to Australia. He retired from Fiji’s diplomatic
service in June 2007.
This living legend of Fiji
remains in high demand long after he retired. Naidu belongs to a rare breed of
Fijians possessing the character, discipline and mindset to find time –
voluntarily in his case – to contribute to the welfare of Fiji citizenry.
Since
2012, after taking time off to travel and relax, he was enlisted by the Then
India Sanmarga Ikya (TISI) Sangam to chair Sangam College of Nursing’s Academic
Board.
In 2017, Fiji’s President
awarded him the Fijian highest Civilian honor ‘Companion of the Order of Fiji medal’.
Naidu accredits that pinnacle of honour to the “unstinting support and
countless sacrifices” of his life companion.
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