Sujan R. Chinoy is a former Indian diplomat, the Director General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA), India's foremost think-tank in New Delhi in the field of defence, security and international relations. His retirement from the Indian Foreign Service on 30 September 2018 after a professional diplomatic career spanning more than 37 years with experience on China, East Asia, Asia-Pacific region, the Gulf, OIC, United Nations, National Security, US and Latin American region. He held the highest rank of Grade I Ambassador. He had member of the prestigious Padma award selection committee 2023.
Sujan R. Chinoy
Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
The Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi, is India's foremost think tank for advanced research in international relations, especially defence, strategic and security issues, and providing training to civilian, military and paramilitary officers of the Indian government. It is funded by the Indian Ministry of Defence but operates as a non-partisan and autonomous body. It aims to promote national and international security by carrying out research on defence and security-related issues and disseminating the knowledge among the policy-makers and wider public.
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses postal stamp issued in 2015