Amb Sujan Chinoy is the Director General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. 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. He was a Member of the All-Party MPs Delegation to the UAE and West Africa in the context of OPERATION SINDOOR.
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 India-China Diplomatic and Military Expert Group 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 45 years, 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. Amb Chinoy has chaired the Mid-Term evaluation of the Modernisation Plans (III & IV) for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs).
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” (HarperCollins) and “Global Tumult: India as a Pole Star” (Rupa Publications) and has edited several books on defence, security and IR issues.