Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy

Amb Sujan Chinoy is the Director General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi.

A career diplomat from 1981-2018, he was Ambassador to Japan and Mexico and the Consul General of India in Shanghai and Sydney. A specialist on China and politico-security-military issues, he headed the Expert Group of Diplomatic and Military Officials negotiating the confidence-building measures (CBMs) dialogue with China on the boundary dispute from 1996-2000. At the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) from 2008-2012, he handled external and internal security policy issues.

During his public service spanning four and a half decades, he has dealt with political, security, defence, trade and economic issues. His Foreign Service career included postings at the UN in New York and Saudi Arabia. He was the Chair of the Think20 engagement group for India’s G20 Presidency.  He is a member of the Executive Council of the Society of the Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) and Member, Governing Council, Indian Council of World Affairs. Amb Chinoy has also chaired the Mid-Term evaluation of the Modernisation Plans for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs). He was a Member of the All-Party MPs Delegation to the UAE and West Africa in the context of OPERATION SINDOOR.

He speaks fluent Mandarin and is conversant in Japanese, German, French and Spanish. He is the author of “World Upside Down: India Recalibrates Its Geopolitics” (Harper Collins) and “Global Tumult: India as a Pole Star” (RUPA Publications) and has edited several books on defence, security and IR issues.

 
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Editor’s Note

This year, Bangladesh is celebrating 50 years of the War of Liberation. The struggle for freedom, which started soon after the creation of Pakistan in 1947, culminated in signing the Instrument of Surrender on 16 December 1971. On that fateful day, Pakistan’s Gen. A.A.K. Niazi, along with 93,000 Pakistani forces, publicly surrendered to the joint forces or the Mitra Bahini that comprised the Indian Army and the Mukti Bahini. It was the largest military surrender after World War II. Bangladesh was born as an independent nation-state and reclaimed its identity.

India and the Evolving Security Landscape

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy contributed the chapter, 'India and the Evolving Security Landscape' in the book 'Modi 2.0: A Resolve to Secure India', edited by Bibek Debroy, Ranjit Pachnanda, Anirban Ganguly and Uttam Sinha.

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A Future beyond the Past

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy contributed the chapter 'A Future beyond the Past' in the book 'A New Cold War: Henry Kissinger and the Rise of China', edited by Mr Sanjaya Baru and Mr Rahul Sharma.

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