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Dipak K. Nandy (Bengali: দীপক নন্দী;born 21 May 1936) is an Indian academic and administrator. Beginning his career as a lecturer in English literature, Nandy developed greater interests in race relations and was the first director of the Runnymede Trust.
1 day ago · The Manchester-born daughter of Calcutta-born academic Dipak Nandy and a British mother has spoken of her Indian heritage during Labour Party conferences in the past. Her father was well-known for ...
Jun 27, 2024 · Abstract. The impact of the 1958 Notting Hill riots tends to figure in histories of the political right, as a galvanizing force for anti-immigrant sentiment—or as radical catalyst in the transnational history of the Black Atlantic.
15 hours ago · Nandy, 44, has been a prominent figure in the Labour Party. She was one of the final three candidates in the party’s leadership contest in January 2020, where she competed against Keir Starmer. ... The Manchester-born daughter of Calcutta-born academic Dipak Nandy and a British mother has spoken of her Indian heritage during Labour Party ...
The daughter of academic Dipak Nandy and Ann Luise Byers, she became a Labour MP in 2010. Nandy challenged for the Labour leadership in 2020 and came in third behind current leader Keir Starmer ...
A prominent Marxist academic, Dipak Nandy went on to become a key figure in equalities campaigning, working on the Sex Discrimination Act, Race Relations Act and Equal Pay Act in the Seventies, founding and directing the Runnymede Trust racial equality think tank and becoming deputy director of the Equal Opportunities Commission.
Jul 27, 2022 · Dipak Nandy moved from Calcutta to England in 1956, becoming a lecturer at Leicester University and later helping to draft the 1976 Race Relations Act. “I didn’t really know anyone who was a Marxist apart from my dad,” Nandy said.
1 day ago · Nandy was born to a politically engaged family; her father, Dipak Nandy, was an influential academic and advisor on race relations. She grew up in Bury, Greater Manchester, and was educated at the prestigious Parrs Wood High School in Manchester. Nandy studied politics at Newcastle University, graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in 2001.
Dipak Nandy became the Trust's first Director. Since its inception, the Trust has worked to challenge racial discrimination and promote a successful multi-ethnic Britain by providing the facts of racial discrimination and the techniques for overcoming it, stimulating debate and suggesting strategies in public policy.
May 16, 2024 · As the daughter of esteemed British-Indian academic Dipak Nandy, her heritage made her one of the few British-Asian female MPs upon election. She is a mother-of-one and is married to Andy...
