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| image       = Gopalaswami Parthasarathy - Kolkata 2015-06-23 7531.jpg

| caption     = Capt. G Parthasarathy

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|05|13|df=y}}

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| nationality = Indian

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| alma_mater = [[College of Engineering, Guindy]]

| occupation = {{hlist|Academic|[[Indian Army]] officer|Diplomat|Author}}

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| office      = [[List of vice-chancellors of the Jawaharlal Nehru University|Vice-Chancellor]] of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]

| term_start  = 28 April 1969

| term_end    = 27 April 1974

| predecessor = ''Office established''

| successor  = [[Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri]]

| office2      = Indian Ambassador to Myanmar

| term_start2  = November 1992

| term_end2    = September 1995

| predecessor2 = P.M.S Malik

| successor2  = L.T Pudaite

| president2  = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]

| office3    = Indian High Commissioner to Australia

| term_start3  = 1995

| term_end3    = 1999

| predecessor3 = A.M. Khaleli

| successor3  = C.P. Ravindranathan

| office4      = [[List of High Commissioners of India to Pakistan|High Commission of India to Pakistan]]

| term_start4  = February 1999

| term_end4    = May 2000

| predecessor4 = [[Satish Chandra]]

| successor4  = [[Vijay K. Nambiar]]

| president4  = [[K. R. Narayanan]]

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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]].

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.

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 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.  

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, 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>