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60 Years of Partnership: UNDP in India Through the Lens

By Abhir Avasthi, Communications Associate at UNDP India

November 27, 2025

Indian flag with a white 60 years emblem on a blue patterned background.

Black-and-white photo of a panel with five men at a curved desk; one standing.

UNDP was created in 1965, when the United Nations merged two technical cooperation programmes – UN Special Fund and The Expanded Programme for Technical Assistance – into one unified development agency. Yet in India, UNDP’s story began even earlier.

Please scroll to explore the milestones:

Person with a blue-yellow patterned headwrap next to a pink poster showing historical photos.

Partial view of a person beside a turquoise infographic poster with historical photos.

Collage: lime column of energy-themed photos; right shows a person wearing a gold necklace.

Collage featuring a peach panel with a plant photo and small images; a person in a patterned headscarf on the right.

Left: blue-titled magazine collage; right: person in a suit, obscured by a blurred center block.

Blue infographic with small photos and captions; person with long hair on the right.

Infographic poster with 2010-2020 header and thumbnails on left; person partially visible on right.

Woman in a patterned hijab beside a yellow timeline panel with small photos; blurred center.

Medical poster with a left column of small photos and a green info area; a large right section.

Man in a red shirt beside a left-side collage of web page thumbnails.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Acting Administrator, Haoliang Xu's visit and UNDP@60 Celebrations

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Acting Administrator, Haoliang Xu was on a two-day mission to New Delhi, India from November 10-11.