Early Life and Education
Navin Chawla was born in New Delhi. He studied at the Lawrence School, Sanawar, Himachal Pradesh, (1953–1961) and received his Senior School Certificate in 1961. He received the Government of India Scholarship for the first two years at The Lawrence School. He did his B.A. (Hons.) History, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi (1962–66) and then his B.A. (Hons.) History from London University (1965–67). He also holds a diploma in Social Administration from the London School of Economics (1968). He was appointed Fellow of Queen Elizabeth House, in 1996, at Oxford University.
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