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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Krishnan Srinivasan&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 15 February 1937) is a retired Indian diplomat, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Historian&lt;/del&gt;, author, former Indian [[Foreign Secretary (India)|Foreign Secretary]], and Deputy Secretary-General of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] .&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://us.macmillan.com/author/krishnansrinivasan Krishnan Srinivasan: Macmillan author page]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Krishnan Srinivasan&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 15 February 1937) is a retired Indian diplomat, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;historian&lt;/ins&gt;, author, former Indian [[Foreign Secretary (India)|Foreign Secretary]], and Deputy Secretary-General of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] .&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://us.macmillan.com/author/krishnansrinivasan Krishnan Srinivasan: Macmillan author page]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;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&#039;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#Political Affairs|Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs]] in London where he served until 2002.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;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 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Oslo&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Beirut&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;, and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Tripoli&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;. He was India&#039;s [[Ambassador]]/[[High Commissioner]] to [[Zambia]] and [[Botswana]], [[Nigeria]], [[Benin]] and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Cameroon&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;, 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#Political Affairs|Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs]] in London where he served until 2002.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;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]] (India) in 2002, and was made a [[Chevalier de l&#039;Ordre de la Valeur]] (Cameroon) in 2007.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He was a Member of [[Christ Church, Oxford]]’s Senior Common Room and High Table from 1998 to 2016, Fellow of [[Wolfson College&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;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]] (India) in 2002, and was made a [[Chevalier de l&#039;Ordre de la Valeur]] (Cameroon) in 2007.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He is a regular columnist and book reviewer on international affairs for several Indian newspapers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He is a regular columnist and book reviewer on international affairs for several Indian newspapers.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Krishnan Srinivasan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 15 February 1937) is a retired Indian diplomat, Historian, author, former Indian [[Foreign Secretary (India)|Foreign Secretary]], and Deputy Secretary-General of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] .&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://us.macmillan.com/author/krishnansrinivasan Krishnan Srinivasan: Macmillan author page]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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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&amp;#039;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#Political Affairs|Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs]] in London where he served until 2002.&lt;br /&gt;
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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]] (India) in 2002, and was made a [[Chevalier de l&amp;#039;Ordre de la Valeur]] (Cameroon) in 2007.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Bibliography==&lt;br /&gt;
===Non fiction===&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tricks of the Trade&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2000).&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Rise, Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  Hardback (2005).  Paperback (2008).&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Jamdani Revolution; Politics, Personalities and Civil Society in Bangladesh&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2007).&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Towards the New Horizon: World Order in the 21st Century&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2009)&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Diplomatic Channels&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2012)&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Europe in Emerging Asia&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2015)&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Old Europe, New Asia&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2015)&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Values in Foreign Policy, Investigating Ideals and Interests&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2019)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Fiction===&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Eccentric Effect&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2001).&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Ugly Ambassador&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2003).&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Guesswork&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2005).&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Invisible African&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2012)&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ambassador Marco&amp;#039;s Indian Instincts&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2016)&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Ambassador and the Private Eye&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2021)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Newspapers===&lt;br /&gt;
He is a regular columnist and book reviewer on international affairs for several Indian newspapers.&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Who&amp;#039;s Who (UK)|Who&amp;#039;s Who]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, A &amp;amp; C Black, London 2020 and subsequent issues;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The International Who&amp;#039;s Who&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Routledge, London 2015 and subsequent issues.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Zambia]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Botswana]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Nigeria]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Benin]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Cameroon]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to the Netherlands]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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