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 is 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.
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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Use of Armed Forces to quell internal security crises remains controversial
Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA and Chair of Think-20 (India's G20 Presidency), Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘Use of Armed Forces to quell internal security crises remains controversial’ has been published in ‘The Indian Express’ on 18 September 2023.
The PM is right. Heavy weaponry and air power should always be reserved for use against external adversaries, says Amb Chinoy.
Spotlighting Another Border Point, the ‘Rogue Channel’
Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA and Chair of Think-20 (India's G20 Presidency), Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘Spotlighting another border point, the ‘rogue channel’’ has been published in ‘The Hindu’ on 13 September 2023.
The Union Home Minister’s visit to Harami Nala on the India-Pakistan border last month highlights the enhanced security measures in place, says Amb Chinoy.
How Defence Diplomacy Can Help India Achieve Its Global, Geostrategic Ambitions
Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA and Chair of Think-20 (India's G20 Presidency) Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s opinion piece ‘How defence diplomacy can help India achieve its global, geostrategic ambitions’ has been published in First Post on 12 September 2023.
India has also used its growing defence logistics capabilities to build its credibility as a first responder in dealing with regional crises, says Amb Chinoy.
संरक्षण मुत्सद्देगिरीचा आराखडा
‘SAKAL’ a Marathi language publication of Pune published the article of Director General and Chair of Think-20 (India's G20 Presidency) Amb Sujan R. Chinoy on ‘India's Defence Diplomacy on 10 September 2023.
India’s G20 presidency is Already a Big Success
Director General and Chair of Think-20 (India's G20 Presidency) Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘India’s G20 presidency is already a big success ’was published in Hindustan Times on 07 September 2023. The article analyses the great success already achieved by G20 India 2023
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India Lights The Way Forward’ in 'G20India: The 2023 New Delhi Summit
Amb Sujan R. Chinoy Contributes an article 'India Lights The Way Forward’ in 'G20India: The 2023 New Delhi Summit'
Director General and Chair of Think-20 (India's G20 Presidency) Amb Sujan R. Chinoy contributed an article 'India Lights The Way Forward’ in the publication 'G20India: The 2023 New Delhi Summit', managed by the Global Governance Project and G20 Research Group.
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Amb Sujan R. Chinoy Exchanges Views with Director of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies Yerkin Tukumov on the Sidelines of Central Asian Forum for Security and Cooperation
Director General and Chair of Think-20 (India's G20 Presidency) Amb Sujan R. Chinoy had a productive exchange of views with Mr Yerkin Tukumov, Director of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan), on 14 July 2023, on the sidelines of the Central Asian Forum for Security and Cooperation.