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Gopalaswami Parthasarathy

Indian diplomat


Summary

Indian diplomat

FieldValue
imageGopalaswami Parthasarathy - Kolkata 2015-06-23 7531.jpg
captionCapt. G Parthasarathy
birth_date
death_date
nationalityIndian
alma_materCollege of Engineering, Guindy
occupation
office2Indian Ambassador to Myanmar
term_start2November 1992
term_end2September 1995
predecessor2P.M.S Malik
successor2L.T Pudaite
president2Shankar Dayal Sharma
office3Indian High Commissioner to Australia
term_start31995
term_end31999
predecessor3A.M. Khaleli
successor3C.P. Ravindranathan
office4High Commission of India to Pakistan
term_start4February 1999
term_end4May 2000
predecessor4Satish Chandra
successor4Vijay K. Nambiar
president4K. R. Narayanan
net_worth

Captain Gopalaswami Parthasarathy, popularly known as G. Parthasarathy (born 13 May 1940) is a former commissioned officer in the Indian Army (1963-1968), a diplomat and author. He has served as the High Commissioner of India to Cyprus (1990–92), Ambassador of India to Myanmar, 1992–95, High Commissioner of India to Australia (1995–99) and the High Commissioner of India to Pakistan (1999-2000). Later he was the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs and the Prime Minister's Office.

Early life and background

He graduated with a B.E. Degree in Electrical Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras, (now Chennai) in 1962.

As a diplomat

In 1968, he joined the Indian Foreign Service, and his first diplomatic assignment was as the Third Secretary in the Embassy of India in Moscow from August 1970. For years he was known in the corridors of South Block (Secretariat Building) as "Chotta GP" ('chotta' is Hindi for small) to distinguish him from his namesake G Parthasarathy one of India's tallest diplomats, who served as India's High Commissioner to Pakistan between 1963 and 1965.

Other fields of work

He currently writes an influential column in The Pioneer, Business Line and Rediff.com, mostly on foreign affairs. In July 2018, he was appointed as the Chancellor of Central University of Jammu.

He co-authored a book with ex-Pakistan Foreign Secretary, Humayun Khan. The book, Diplomatic Divide, debates the issues that divide India and Pakistan.

References

References

  1. "China-Pak nexus in Ladakh".
  2. WSJ. (2018). "Executive Profile". [[Wall Street Journal]].
  3. Admin. (2018). "Executive Profile". [[Bloomberg News.
  4. "The Right Person For Tough Job". Tribune.
  5. "G Parthasarathy's columns Home Page". rediff.com, News.
  6. "Chancellor of Central University Jammu, Shri G. Parthasarathy calls on MoS Dr Jitendra Singh". pib.gov.in.
  7. "Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain is chancellor of Kashmir varsity". The Economic Times.
  8. [http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/10/india-has-stake-in-unity-and.html “India has a stake in the unity and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka” : Interview with Gopalaswami Parthasarathy]
  9. link. (19 February 2009 at [[Centre for Policy Research]].)
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