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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Addresses / Remarks
- Remarks by Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy at SIIS-CICIR International Symposium on Core Concerns of Major Powers and Their Role in Rebuilding of Afghanistan | February 16, 2022
- Keynote Address by Ambassador Sujan R. Chinoy at IIM Rohtak | January 09, 2022
- Inaugural Address at 13th MP-IDSA SOUTH ASIA CONFERENCE | 16 December 2021
- Welcome Remarks by Ambassador Sujan R. Chinoy at MP-IDSA Seminar on ‘India and UN Peacekeeping – An Appraisal’ |
October 01, 2021 - Introductory Remarks by Ambassador Sujan R. Chinoy at 5th India-Iran-Afghanistan Trilateral Dialogue | 31 March 2021
- Opening Remarks by Ambassador Sujan R Chinoy At MP-IDSA & Gusau Institute, Nigeria Webinar | 30 March 2021
- Welcome Remarks by Ambassador Sujan R Chinoy At The K. Subrahmanyam Memorial Lecture | 25 February 2021
- Opening Remarks by Ambassador Sujan R Chinoy on “India’s Cyber Preparedness” | 29 January 2021
- Opening Remarks by Ambassador Sujan R Chinoy on “Nuclear Disarmament in the Era of Weakening Arms Control” | 22 January 2021
- Inaugural Address by Amb Sujan R. Chinoy on Deciphering China – The Maritime Context | 26 November 2020
- Address by Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy Director General, MP-IDSA At Herat Security Dialogue 2020 | 12 November 2020
- Welcome Address by Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy Director General, MP-IDSA At Lecture by H.E. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan 8 October 2020
- DG, IDSA Remarks at M.L. Sondhi Webinar on Regional Dynamics: Will the QUAD lead to a Coalition of Democracie 10 September 2020
- Opening Remarks on UN@75: India and the Future of Multilateralism 4 September 2020
- Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s Address at Webinar Hosted by the Embassy of India in Mexico on India-Mexico Relations
- Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s Inaugural Address on Indian Foreign Policy | IOFS Batch Training Module
- Amb Sujan R. Chinoy on 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
- Welcome Address by Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy | 12th South Asia Conference
- Welcome Address by Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy | Aim and Objective of Capsule
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