Amb. Sujan Chinoy is the Director General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi since 2019. A career diplomat from 1981-2018, he held several important diplomatic assignments, including as Ambassador to Japan. He is a specialist on China, East Asia and politico-military and security issues. He anchored as a team leader the CBMs/peace and tranquillity issues related to the India-China boundary dispute between 1996 and 2000. On deputation to the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) from 2008-2012, his expertise covered external and internal security issues including the extended neighbourhood of the Indo-Pacific. He has served as Consul General in Shanghai and Sydney and has extensive experience in trade, investment and economic issues.
He was the Chair of the Think20 engagement group for India’s G20 Presidency. He regularly contributes to newspapers and journals, besides lecturing in India and overseas.
He schooled at the Rajkumar College (Rajkot), read English Literature at the Maharaja Sayajirao University in Vadodara, Gujarat, and gained his Master of Business Administration from Gujarat University in Ahmedabad. He has an advanced Diploma in Chinese (Mandarin) from the New Asia Yale-in-China Chinese Language Centre of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was an Exchange Student at the Otemon Gakuin University in Osaka in 1978.
He is fluent in English, Chinese (Mandarin) and conversant in French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Arabic, Urdu and French-Creole. He also speaks Hindi and Gujarati.
Defence Leads Drive to Innovate & Make in India
Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘Defence Leads Drive to Innovate & Make in India’ has been published in New Indian Express on 29 February 2024.
The article analyses significant strides made by India in recent years through reforms to promote innovation, 'Make In India' and 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' in the defence sector.
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Tech Wars or Old Battlefields: Lessons from the Recent Conflicts
Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘Tech Wars or Old Battlefields: Lessons from the Recent Conflicts’ has been published by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) on 21 February 2024.
Today, network-centric warfare has taken centre stage. Artificial intelligence (AI), space and cyber realms are fusing with sensors, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and beyond-visual-range (BVR) weapons on the modern battlefield, drastically reducing Sensor To Shooter (STS) kill chains, says Amb Chinoy.
'India-US ties: Beyond fleeting expediencies' Published in Hindustan Times
Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s opinion piece ‘India-US ties: Beyond fleeting expediencies’ has been published in Hindustan Times on 12 February 2024.
Bilateral ties between India and the US have a standalone and enduring logic of their own. The US bet on India is part of a long-term vision, says Amb Chinoy.
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Civil–Military Fusion for Atmanirbhar Bharat
Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘Civil–Military Fusion for Atmanirbhar Bharat’ has been published by Observer Research Foundation on 31 December 2023. Given India’s history and ethos, India must forge its own unique structures to achieve jointness and integration and civil–military fusion in the broadest possible sense, says Amb Chinoy.
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India`s Approach to West Asia: Trends, Challenges and Possibilities
The Taiwan Factor in the US’s Regional Posture
Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s Issue Brief ‘The Taiwan Factor in the US’s Regional Posture’, has been published by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) on 15 December 2023. The Issue Brief talks about the US’s historical grapple with the Taiwan issue and the need to inject clarity in its positions, particularly whether it would militarily defend Taiwan.
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Kissinger’s China Legacy is Washington’s Burden
Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s opinion piece titled ‘Kissinger’s China Legacy is Washington’s Burden’ has been published in Hindustan Times on 12 December 2023.
This piece talks about Henry Kissinger's legacy that haunts the USA today-his role in the rise of China as an economic and military power that is now a systemic rival for dominance in a West-designed world order fraying at the edges.
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Taiwan, a Malacca blockade and India’s options
Director General MP-IDSA and Think20 Chair for India’s G20 Presidency, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s opinion piece ‘Taiwan, a Malacca blockade and India’s options’ has been published in ‘The Hindu’ on 09 November 2023.
There are limitations to what India can do in the event of a U.S.-China conflict over Taiwan, says Amb Chinoy.
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Charting the Path Ahead as India Gains Prominence on Global Stage
Director General MP-IDSA and Think20 Chair for India's G20 Presidency, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy Op-Ed piece on ‘Charting the path ahead as India gains prominence on global stage’ featured in Hindustan Times on 25 October 2023.
The article highlights G20India presidency, Soft Power, India' leadership in Global South, great power competition and more.
U.N.'s 2030 Agenda Needs a Reboot
Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA and Chair of Think20 (India's G20 Presidency), Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s co-authored article, ‘U.N.'s 2030 Agenda needs a reboot’ has been published in Nikkei Asia on 20 September 2023.
Success of G20 and G7 summits can provide new momentum toward advancing SDGs, say the authors.
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