Srinivasa Dhanaraj

His Excellency Srinivasa Dhanaraj SK OE
11th Secretary-General of the Community of Nations
In office 1 January 2004 – 31 December 2013
Preceded by	Vytautas Šeduikys
High Commissioner of Sivathra to Halland
In office 17 June 2001 – 8 September 2004
High Commissioner of Sivathra to Estmere
In office 1 May 1997 – 10 December 2000
High Commissioner of Sivathra to Garambura
In office 24 February 1990 – 12 December 1996
Personal details
Born	Srinivasa Dhanaraj ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ ಧನರಾಜ್ (1941-04-07) 7 April 1941 Mangalore, Sivathra
Spouse	Pandith Maharaj
Residence	Mangalore
Education	University of Mangalore St Mary’s College, Damesbridge University

Srinivasa Dhanaraj (Sivathran: ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ ಧನರಾಜ್), born 7 April 1941) is a Sivathran diplomat who served as the 11th Secretary-General of the Community of Nations during two terms, between January 2004 and December 2013. Before holding this post, Dhanaraj served as High Commissioner of Sivathra to Halland, Estmere and Garambura. Srinivasa entered the Sivathran foreign service at the age of 22, age in which he accepted his first post in Werania.

Srinivasa is the son of H.s. Dhanaraj, a former politician member of the National People's Party that served as Minister of Agriculture and Mining. His mother, Rekha Karanth, was a well-known Estmero-Sivathran writer and poet. Srinivasa was born and raised in the neighbourhood of Budigere Hills, Mangalore, where he attended the Anderson Lankesh School. He later assisted to the University of Mangalore, where he studied International Relations with a later specialisation in Asterian Geopolitics; Dhanaraj graduated with summa cum laude and after having done an internship at the offices of the Global Institute for Fiscal Affairs, he entered to the Commonwealth Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the age of 22. That same year, he was transferred to his first post at the Sivathran embassy to Werania, from where he started his diplomatic career. Srinivasa later assisted to the Damesbridge University in Estmere, where he took courses related to Bahian and Rahelian Studies and graduated again with the highest honours. In 1990, he was granted the highest position in the Sivathran diplomatic career, when he was appointed High Commissioner of Sivathra to Garambura, position in which he spent six years before moving again to Euclea, where he was appointed High Commissioner to Estmere and later to Halland in Asteria Superior. Srinivasa left the High Commission to Halland in 2004, after being elected as the 11th Secretary-General of the Community of Nations becoming the first Sivathran and Satrian to hold the office.

He left the Community of Nations after having served two full terms; his heritage in the organisation is generally described as positive, with several important steps being taken in order to achieve peace in Satria, end child poverty, pressure for broader women recognition and rights and the recognition of climate change as a problem to face. Srinivasa now lives in Mngalore with his spouse, Pandith Maharaj, an economist and professor at the International University of Sivathra. He now writes for the Sivathran Times and other important magazines and newspapers.

Awards and honours

National honours

• Sivathra: Knight of the Order of the Commonwealth of Sivathra
• Sivathra: Grand Officer of the Order of the Elephant of the Commonwealth of Sivathra