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Madame Justice Jean Angela
Permanand
, CMT, a former Judge of the Appeal
Court of Trinidad and Tobago, began her career in Law in
1962 with her own private practice. She was appointed Senior
Counsel in 1981, Solicitor-General in 1980-1982 and acted
as Chief Justice during the period 2001/2002.
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago presented
her with the Chaconia Medal (Gold) in 2003 for long and
Rajkumar “Krishna” Persad
, HBM has
steadfastly promoted Indian art and culture for more than
five decades. He was the first Trinidad and Tobago national to
have been awarded a scholarship by the Indian Government
to study music and dance in India and received the title,
‘Natya Kala Ratna’. In 1967 he became the founder, director
and choreographer of the Trinidad School of Indian Dance,
the first to be established in this part of the world.
DavidRudder
, more so than any other local artiste,
has been recognised internationally for his integration and
capture of the essence of Trinidad and Tobago’s multicultural
society through his music. His music, which blends pop, jazz,
blues, calypso, has been considered a bridge betweenmodern
pop and World Beat Music.
Mr Rudder’s lyrical prowess has been recognised,
acclaimed, studied and evaluated by academics such as
A. Norman Sabga
is the Chairman and Chief
Executive of the ANSA McAL Group, one of the largest and
most diversified conglomerates in the Caribbean with some
6,000 employees. He was educated at the Red Rice College
in the United Kingdom and then at Fordham University in
the United States.
A leading entrepreneur, he has been pivotal in the
expansion of the group’s business through St. Kitt’s, Grenada,
Dr Marjorie Thorpe
is a graduate in English
of McGill University and Queen’s College – both of Canada
– and The University of the West Indies. She also has a post-
graduate diploma in Mediation.
A former University Dean and Deputy, Dr Thorpe
pioneered the introduction of the first Women and
Development Studies atTheUWI in 1985 and publishedmany
selected articles. She has held appointments as the Chair of
the Trinidad and Tobago Public Service Commission and the
OUR CAMPUS
meritorious service to the country. In 2009, she was elected
President of the Commonwealth Law Reform Agencies.
She has served on the Integrity Commission, chaired the
Committee to review mediation in Criminal Matters as well
as the Committee to review the Appointment Process of
Senior Counsel.
This accomplished cultural ambassador has represented
his country in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe,
SouthAmerica and the Far East.The Government of Trinidad
and Tobago presented him with National Award of the
Humming Bird Medal in 1969 and then many years later
again recognised him as an ‘Icon’.
Professors Kenneth Ramchand and Gordon Rohlehr.
Renditions such as ‘Ganges meets the Nile’, ‘Hosay’, ‘The
Power of the Glory’, ‘High Mas’ have been given significant
respect for their impact in further inculcating all facets of the
country’s social fabric into song. His sterling contribution has
projected the image of Trinidad and Tobago in a positive way
on the world stage.
Barbados, Guyana and the United States andmade significant
headway into introducing new commodities and business
models in the region.
Chair of the Trinidad and Tobago Board of the Defence Force.
She served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative
of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations from 1988-
1992; after which she held the post of Deputy Director of
the United Nations Development Fund for Women in New
York until 1995. She then served as Resident Coordinator of
the UN System Operational Activities and UNDP Resident
Representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean until
1999.
