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  • Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy

    Director General
    Email: 
    dg.idsa@nic.in
    Phone: 
    +91 11 26146831

    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.

    Addresses / Remarks

    Ambassador Sujan R. Chinoy at Webinar hosted by the Embassy of India in Mexico on India-Mexico Relations
    National Security (Defence & Security Challenges posed by China and Pakistan)
    Welcome Remarks by Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy | 4th West Asia Conference
    Opening Remarks by Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy | 12th South Asia Conference
    Amb Sujan R. Chinoy on 'Managing Global Commons' at the 7th Indian Ocean Conference-IOC 2024 @Perth
    Amb Sujan R. Chinoy on 'The New Wars: Policies, Practices, and Preparation' @Raisina Dialogue 2024

    Select Publications

    • Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘As Putin plays Russian roulette in Ukraine, Indian diplomacy treads a fine line’, has been published in ‘The First Post’ on 02 March 2022.

      There is little doubt that India should, and will, continue to maintain its voting pattern, and abstain again when the matter is put to a vote in the UNGA in the next few days, says Amb Chinoy.

      March 02, 2022
      IDSA News
    • Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article on why India was right in abstaining on the vote in the United Nations Security Council on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has been published in Hindustan Times on 28 February 2022.

      By abstaining from voting against Russia at UNSC, India has acted in its own national interest, as it relies on Russia to boost security on its volatile northern borders. Says Amb Chinoy.

      February 28, 2022
      IDSA News
    • Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘Is the time right for India to get a third aircraft carrier?’ has been published in ‘The Indian Express’ on 24 February 2022.

      There is a broad consensus on the need for it, but given the post-pandemic budgetary constraints, the idea may have to be put on the back burner, writes Amb Chinoy.

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      February 24, 2022
      IDSA News
    • Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘India predates Constitution. It’s cultural nationalism that makes us Indians’ was published in ‘The Print’ on 04 February 2022.

      Reducing India to a civic nation, bound only by revered Constitution, disregards our rich heritage, says Amb. Chinoy.

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      February 04, 2022
      IDSA News
    • Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s article on the journey of the Indian Armed Forces has appeared in the special issue of Yojana on Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, published by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India.

      January 03, 2022
      IDSA News
    • Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy's chapter "India And Mexico: A Case For A Robust Strategic Partnership" was published in the edited volume 'India's Foreign Policy in the Post-Covid World-Through The Eyes Of Indian Diplomats'. As Middle Powers, there is much potential for India and Mexico to come closer, says Amb. Chinoy.

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      December 22, 2021
      IDSA News
    • Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s piece ‘Xi is supreme — for now. But will CPC eventually judge him harshly?’ has been published in Hindustan Times on November 25, 2021.

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      November 25, 2021
      IDSA News
    • Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s assessment of the Third Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan hosted by India's National Security Adviser Shri Ajit Doval on December 10, ‘How NSA-level talks bring India back in the Afghanistan game’, has been published in the First Post.

      A proactive approach has enabled India to actively contribute to the task of building a regional consensus on the future of Afghanistan, says Amb. Chinoy.

      November 11, 2021
      IDSA News
    • Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘Vedanta: The Spiritual Canon Guiding India’s Strategic Thought’ has been published by News 18, on November 11, 2021.

      The Vedantic approach that underlines Narendra Modi’s foreign policy and external engagement can make nations more independent, yet less transactional in their approach, writes Amb. Chinoy.

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      November 11, 2021
      IDSA News
    • Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘AUKUS could rock China’s boat in the Indo-Pacific’ has been published in ‘The Hindu’ on November 08, 2021.

      The article focusses on the strategic drivers and implications, especially for maritime security in the Pacific Ocean.

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      November 08, 2021
      IDSA News

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