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'''T. P. Sreenivasan''' (''Thettalil Parameswaran Pillai Sreenivasan''; (Malalayam: ടി.പി. ശ്രീനിവാസന്‍,Ṭī. Pī. Śṟīnivāsan); born 17 June 1944<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tentaran|date=2020-06-16|title=Today in history india 17 June {{!}} On this day special in history in India|url=https://www.tentaran.com/today-in-history-india-17-june-on-this-day-special/|access-date=2021-03-16|website=Latest News|language=en-US}}</ref> in [[Kayamkulam]], [[Travancore]]) is a former [[India]]n diplomat and is the head of the Council for Higher Education of the State of [[Kerala]].

 

Sreenivasan was born in [[Kayamkulam]] as the son of K. Parameswaran Pillai, a school teacher and N. Chellamma. After school and studies at University College, part of the [[University of Kerala]], in [[Thiruvananthapuram]],<ref>{{Cite news|title = The making of a diplomat|url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/the-making-of-a-diplomat/article6107573.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2014-06-12|access-date = 2016-02-01|issn = 0971-751X|language = en-IN}}</ref> he joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] (IFS batch, 1967).

He was secretary of legation third class in [[Tokyo]] and legation secretary first class in [[Thimphu]], [[Bhutan]]. From 1975 to 1977, he was secretary of legation first class in [[Moscow]]. From 1986 to 1989, he was Indian High Commissioner in [[Suva]], [[Fiji]] and responsible for seven other island nations in the South Pacific. From 1992 to 1995, he was a representative of the Permanent Representative at the UN headquarters; from 1995 to 1997, he assumed the office of the Indian High Commissioner in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]] and served as Permanent Representative of the Government of India at the United Nations Office at Nairobi. From 1997 to 2000 he was Deputy Ambassador in [[Washington, D.C.]].

From 2000 to 2004, he was Indian Ambassador in [[Vienna]] for [[Austria]] and [[Slovenia]], as well as Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna. He retired 30 June 2004.

Sreenivasan is now the head of the Council for Higher Education of the State of Kerala and executive vice president with the rank of vice-chancellor.

He has continued as a columnist for a variety of newspapers and magazines (see [https://www.rediff.com/news/tps.html Rediff archive]), as is the nonfiction author of autobiographical works to his 37-year diplomatic career. He has been married to Lekha Sreenivasan,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Imagindia Institute - Independent Think tank of India, Strategic planning in india, Project planning in india, International Affairs & relations|url=http://www.imagindia.org/tp_sreenivasan.html|access-date=2021-03-16|website=www.imagindia.org}}</ref> a [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer and teacher, since 1968.

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