Krishnan Srinivasan
Krishnan Srinivasan (born 1937) is a retired Indian diplomat, historian, author, former Indian Foreign Secretary, and Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Krishnan Srinivasan | |
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Srinivasan in 2021 | |
| Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs | |
| In office 1995–2002 | |
| 19th Indian Foreign Secretary | |
| In office 1 February 1994 – 28 February 1995 | |
| Preceded by | J N Dixit |
| Succeeded by | Salman Haider |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 February 1937 (age 87) Madras, India |
| Spouse | Brinda |
| Children | Rohan Srinivasan |
| Occupation | Diplomat and scholar |
He was born in Madras, India and educated at Bedford School and Christ Church, Oxford. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in May 1959. His early postings included Oslo, Beirut, and Tripoli. He was India's Ambassador/High Commissioner to Zambia and Botswana, Nigeria, Benin and Cameroon, the Netherlands and Bangladesh. He was appointed Secretary and finally Foreign Secretary and retired in 1995. In 1995, he was appointed Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs in London where he served until 2002.
He was a member of Christ Church, Oxford's Senior Common Room and High Table from 1998 to 2016, Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge (2002–05), Fellow of the Centre for International Studies Cambridge (2002–05), Fellow of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies London (2002–08), Fellow of the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies (2003–04), Fellow of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata from 2006 to 2015, and Fellow of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study at Uppsala in (2008 and 2012–13). He was elected Honorary Professor at ASCI Hyderabad in 2005. He was awarded a Hind Ratna in 2002 by non-resident Indians for services to their community and was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Valeur (Cameroon) in 2007.