G. Parthasarathy

Mr. G. Parthasarathy (DIN:00068510), aged about 80 years, is a retired Government Officer in Indian Foreign Service. He has graduated with a B.E. Degree in Electrical Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras in 1962. He has vast experience in the fields of administration and public relations.

Mr. Parthasarathy is presently President of the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and Research Professor in the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Centre for Air Power Studies in New Delhi. Mr. Parthasarathy is a widely read Columnist, writing for a number of newspapers and news agencies in India and abroad, on foreign policy and national security issues. He is on the Panel of Experts from India for Track 2 Dialogue with ASEAN and a Director in the India-Sri Lanka Foundation. He is also a member of the Indian Delegation to the high-level Indo-U.S. Strategic Dialogue organized in collaboration with the Aspen Institute in the USA. He is also the Chancellor of the Central University of Jammu.

In the past, Mr. Parthasarathy has served in Indian Missions abroad as Second/First Secretary, Embassy of India, Moscow, Deputy High Commissioner to Tanzania, Counsellor (Political and Press), Embassy of India, Washington D.C. and Consul General of India, Karachi. He has also served as High Commissioner of India to Cyprus, Ambassador of India to Myanmar, High Commissioner of India to Australia and High Commissioner of India to Pakistan. Mr. Parthasarathy was the Deputy Secretary in the Foreign Secretary’s Office in New Delhi and has also served as Spokesman, Ministry of External Affairs and Information Adviser and Spokesman in the Prime Minister’s Office with the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.