Sujan R. Chinoy

Sujan R. Chinoy is the Director General of one of India's foremost think tanks, the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi, since 2019. He is the Chair of the Think20 engagement group for India's G20 Presidency. 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 the Indo-Pacific with a deep grasp of politico-military and security issues. He spent many years handling policy planning in the National Security Council Secretariat of India. As Consul General in Shanghai and Sydney, his hands-on experience covered trade, investment and economic issues. He is a prolific contributor to newspapers and journals and is a sought-after speaker in India and overseas. Besides English, he is fluent in Chinese (Mandarin) and speaks French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Arabic, Urdu and French-Creole. He is also well-versed in Hindi and his mother tongue Gujarati.