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Captain '''Gopalaswami Parthasarathy''', popularly known as '''G. Parthasarathy''' (In [[Tamil language|Tamili]]: '''கோபாலசாமி பார்த்தசாரதி''') (born 13 May 1940) is a former [[commissioned officer]] in the [[Indian Army]] (1963-1968) and a diplomat and author.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/china-pak-nexus-in-ladakh-226724|title=China-Pak nexus in Ladakh}}</ref> He was Ambassador of India to [[Myanmar]], 1992–95, High Commissioner of India to [[Australia]] (1995–98), High Commissioner of India to [[Pakistan]] (1998-2000) and High Commissioner of India, [[Cyprus]] (1990–92). Later he was the spokesperson of the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] and the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]].
Captain '''Gopalaswami Parthasarathy''', popularly known as '''G. Parthasarathy''' (born 13 May 1940) is a former [[commissioned officer]] in the [[Indian Army]] (1963-1968) and a diplomat and author.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/china-pak-nexus-in-ladakh-226724|title=China-Pak nexus in Ladakh}}</ref> He has served as the High Commissioner of India, [[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 (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] and the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]].


==Early life and background==
==Early life and background==
He graduated with a B.E. Degree in Electrical Engineering from the [[College of Engineering, Guindy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://quotes.wsj.com/IN/XBOM/506525/company-people/executive-profile/79769963|title=Executive Profile|date=2018|publisher=[[Wall Street Journal]]|author=WSJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=11614712&privcapId=10930264|title=Executive Profile|date=2018|publisher=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|author=Admin}}</ref> [[Madras]], (now [[Chennai]]) in 1962. He has two daughters. He is not related to Gopalaswami Aiyangar who drafted Article 370 on Kashmir upon Nehru's suggestion. See the note about disambiguation above for further information.
He graduated with a B.E. Degree in Electrical Engineering from the [[College of Engineering, Guindy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://quotes.wsj.com/IN/XBOM/506525/company-people/executive-profile/79769963|title=Executive Profile|date=2018|publisher=[[Wall Street Journal]]|author=WSJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=11614712&privcapId=10930264|title=Executive Profile|date=2018|publisher=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|author=Admin}}</ref> [[Madras]], (now [[Chennai]]) in 1962.


==Career==
==Career==
He started his career as a [[commissioned officer]] in the [[Indian Army]] (1963-1968), subsequently he joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] on 29 July 1968, and his first diplomatic assignment was as 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, New Delhi|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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Swarup|first1=Harihar|title=The Right Person For Tough Job|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jan17/edit.htm|publisher=Tribune|accessdate=6 March 2016}}</ref>


He then served in Dar es Salaam and [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], and was Consul General in [[Karachi]] from 1982-1985. Later he was India's High Commissioner to [[Cyprus]] from 1990 to 92 Ambassador to [[Myanmar]] 1992 to 1995, [[High Commissioner]] to [[Australia]] from 1995 to 1998, and High Commissioner to [[Pakistan]] from 1998 to 2000. He was also Official Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs and Information Adviser and Spokesperson in the Prime Minister's Office with Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] (1985–1990).
Parthasarathy began his career as a [[commissioned officer]] in the [[Indian Army]] from 1963 to 1968. He should not be confused with another G Parthasarthy, the first [[List of vice-chancellors of the Jawaharlal Nehru University|Vice Chancellor]] of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] from 1969 to 1974.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}}


Mr. Parthasarathy is presently Chancellor of the Central University Jammu, President of the India Habitat Centre, New
===As a diplomat===
Delhi and Director in the India-Sri Lanka Foundation. He is also presently Visiting Professor in the [[Centre for Policy Research]] in New Delhi and a Senior Fellow at the [[Centre for Strategic and International Studies]] and a member of the Executive Committee of the Centre for Air Power Studies in New Delhi. He is on the Panel of Experts from India for Track 2 Dialogue with ASEAN. His main areas of interest are developments in India's neighbourhood and issues of economic integration, energy and national security and terrorism. He currently writes an influential column in ''[[The Pioneer (daily)|The Pioneer]]'', ''[[Business Line]]'' and ''[[Rediff.com]]'',<ref>{{cite web | title =G Parthasarathy's columns Home Page|publisher=  rediff.com, News| url = http://www.rediff.com/news/gp.htm| accessdate = 2013-08-21}}</ref> mostly on foreign affairs.  
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, New Delhi|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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Swarup|first1=Harihar|title=The Right Person For Tough Job|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jan17/edit.htm|publisher=Tribune|accessdate=6 March 2022}}</ref>
He is popularly regarded as a "hawk" when it comes to matters of [[India]]'s defence and policy towards [[Pakistan]] and [[terrorism]]. He co-authored a book with ex-Pakistan Foreign Secretary, Dr. Humayun Khan. The book, ''Diplomatic Divide'', debates the issues that divide India and Pakistan.<ref>[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]</ref><ref>[http://www.cprindia.org/onefac.php?s=112 Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219030118/http://cprindia.org/onefac.php?s=112 |date=19 February 2009 }} at [[Centre for Policy Research]].</ref> In July 2018, he was appointed as the Chancellor of [[Central University of Jammu]].<ref>http://pib.nic.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1538606#.W1Y6O7aZdwI.twitter</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/lt-general-syed-ata-hasnain-is-chancellor-of-kashmir-varsity/articleshow/64969707.cms|title=Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain is chancellor of Kashmir varsity}}</ref>
 
He then served in Dar es Salaam and [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], and was Consul General in [[Karachi]] from 1982-1985. Later he was India's High Commissioner to [[Cyprus]] from 1990 to 92 Ambassador to [[Myanmar]] 1992 to 1995, [[High Commissioner]] to [[Australia]] from 1995 to 1998, and High Commissioner to [[Pakistan]] from 1998 to 2000. He was also Official Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs and Information Adviser and Spokesperson in the Prime Minister's Office with Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] (1985–1990).{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}}
 
===Other fields of work===
Mr. Parthasarathy is presently Chancellor of the Central University Jammu, President of the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and Director in the India-Sri Lanka Foundation. He is also presently Visiting Professor in the [[Centre for Policy Research]] in New Delhi and a Senior Fellow at the [[Centre for Strategic and International Studies]] and a member of the Executive Committee of the Centre for Air Power Studies in New Delhi.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}} He is on the Panel of Experts from India for Track 2 Dialogue with ASEAN. His main areas of interest are developments in India's neighbourhood and issues of economic integration, energy and national security and terrorism. He currently writes an influential column in ''[[The Pioneer (daily)|The Pioneer]]'', ''[[Business Line]]'' and ''[[Rediff.com]]'',<ref>{{cite web | title =G Parthasarathy's columns Home Page|publisher=  rediff.com, News| url = http://www.rediff.com/news/gp.htm| accessdate = 2013-08-21}}</ref> mostly on foreign affairs.  
In July 2018, he was appointed as the Chancellor of [[Central University of Jammu]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Chancellor of Central University Jammu, Shri G. Parthasarathy calls on MoS Dr Jitendra Singh |url=http://pib.nic.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1538606#.W1Y6O7aZdwI.twitter |access-date=1 May 2022 |work=pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/lt-general-syed-ata-hasnain-is-chancellor-of-kashmir-varsity/articleshow/64969707.cms|title=Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain is chancellor of Kashmir varsity| newspaper=The Economic Times |access-date=1 May 2022}}</ref>
He is popularly regarded as a "hawk" when it comes to matters of [[India]]'s defence and policy towards [[Pakistan]] and [[terrorism]].
 
===As an author===
He co-authored a book with ex-Pakistan Foreign Secretary, Humayun Khan. The book, ''Diplomatic Divide'', debates the issues that divide India and Pakistan.<ref>[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]</ref><ref>[http://www.cprindia.org/onefac.php?s=112 Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219030118/http://cprindia.org/onefac.php?s=112 |date=19 February 2009 }} at [[Centre for Policy Research]].</ref>


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For the Indian diplomat and journalist, see Gopalaswami Parthasarathy (diplomat).

Gopalaswami Parthasarathy
Gopalaswami Parthasarathy - Kolkata 2015-06-23 7531.jpg
Capt. G Parthasarathy
Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University
In office
28 April 1969 – 27 April 1974
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byBasanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri
Indian Ambassador to Myanmar
In office
November 1992 – September 1995
PresidentShankar Dayal Sharma
Preceded byP.M.S Malik
Succeeded byL.T Pudaite
Indian High Commissioner to Australia
In office
1995–1999
Preceded byA.M. Khaleli
Succeeded byC.P. Ravindranathan
High Commission of India to Pakistan
In office
February 1999 – May 2000
PresidentK. R. Narayanan
Preceded bySatish Chandra
Succeeded byVijay K. Nambiar
Personal details
Born (1940-05-13) 13 May 1940 (age 85)
NationalityIndian
Alma materCollege of Engineering, Guindy
Occupation

Captain Gopalaswami Parthasarathy, popularly known as G. Parthasarathy (born 13 May 1940) is a former commissioned officer in the Indian Army (1963-1968) and a diplomat and author.[1] He has served as the High Commissioner of India, 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,[2][3] Madras, (now Chennai) in 1962.

Career

Parthasarathy began his career as a commissioned officer in the Indian Army from 1963 to 1968. He should not be confused with another G Parthasarthy, the first Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University from 1969 to 1974.[citation needed]

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.[4]

He then served in Dar es Salaam and Washington, and was Consul General in Karachi from 1982-1985. Later he was India's High Commissioner to Cyprus from 1990 to 92 Ambassador to Myanmar 1992 to 1995, High Commissioner to Australia from 1995 to 1998, and High Commissioner to Pakistan from 1998 to 2000. He was also Official Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs and Information Adviser and Spokesperson in the Prime Minister's Office with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (1985–1990).[citation needed]

Other fields of work

Mr. Parthasarathy is presently Chancellor of the Central University Jammu, President of the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and Director in the India-Sri Lanka Foundation. He is also presently Visiting Professor in the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies and a member of the Executive Committee of the Centre for Air Power Studies in New Delhi.[citation needed] He is on the Panel of Experts from India for Track 2 Dialogue with ASEAN. His main areas of interest are developments in India's neighbourhood and issues of economic integration, energy and national security and terrorism. He currently writes an influential column in The Pioneer, Business Line and Rediff.com,[5] mostly on foreign affairs. In July 2018, he was appointed as the Chancellor of Central University of Jammu.[6][7] He is popularly regarded as a "hawk" when it comes to matters of India's defence and policy towards Pakistan and terrorism.

As an author

He co-authored a book with ex-Pakistan Foreign Secretary, Humayun Khan. The book, Diplomatic Divide, debates the issues that divide India and Pakistan.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "China-Pak nexus in Ladakh".
  2. ↑ WSJ (2018). "Executive Profile". Wall Street Journal.
  3. ↑ Admin (2018). "Executive Profile". Bloomberg.
  4. ↑ Swarup, Harihar. "The Right Person For Tough Job". Tribune. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "G Parthasarathy's columns Home Page". rediff.com, News. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Chancellor of Central University Jammu, Shri G. Parthasarathy calls on MoS Dr Jitendra Singh". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain is chancellor of Kashmir varsity". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  8. ↑ “India has a stake in the unity and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka” : Interview with Gopalaswami Parthasarathy
  9. ↑ Profile Archived 19 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine at Centre for Policy Research.

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