Pinak Chakravarty was a Visiting Fellow with ORF's Regional Studies Initiative where he oversees the West Asia Initiative Bangladesh and selected ASEAN-related issues. He joined the ORF in October 2014.
A former member of the Indian Foreign Service (1977 batch), he has served as a diplomat in Indian Diplomatic Missions in Cairo, Jeddah and London. Later, was Consul-General of India in Karachi, 1994-1995; Counsellor/Minister, DCM at the Indian Embassy in Tel Aviv, 1995-1999; and Deputy High Commissioner at Dhaka, 1999-2002. At the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), he served as Deputy Chief of Protocol, Deputy Secretary/Director in the Americas Division and as Director, SAARC Summit Secretariat, 1995. He was the Chief of Protocol from 2002 to 2006, after which he was nominated as Ambassador to the Philippines but later shifted to Bangladesh where he served as High Commissioner from 2007 to 2009. From 2010 to 2011 he served as Ambassador to Thailand. Returning to Delhi he served as Special Secretary (Public Diplomacy) before he was appointed Secretary (Economic Relations) in the MEA. He retired from service in September 2013.
He is a regular contributor to newspapers, journals and books. His latest journal article is titled "Bangladesh-India Ties: Pragmatic Transformation," published in the <em>Indian Foreign Affairs Journal</em>. One of his recent book chapters is titled "Bridging the Hiatus of History: India’s Look East Policy" in <em>India’s Asia-Pacific Engagement: Impulses and Imperatives</em> (Manohar 2015).
He also participates in TV programmes on foreign policy and strategic affairs.
Commentaries
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Apr 24, 2022ইউক্রেন যুদ্ধের নেপথ্যে থাকা হার্ড পাওয়ার
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Mar 24, 2022The war in Ukraine and its economic fallout
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Mar 19, 2022Hard Power Underpinning of the Ukraine War
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Mar 01, 2022Glimmer of hope in Ukraine crisis
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Feb 24, 2022Quad takes another step forward
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Feb 19, 2022ইউক্রেনের অচলাবস্থা সংশ্লিষ্ট কোনও পক্ষের জন্যই লাভজনক নয়
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Feb 19, 2022BrahMos Missile Sale – A Rubicon Crossed
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Jan 28, 2022Ukraine stand-off a lose-lose situation
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Dec 22, 2021Celebrating a unique 50-year relationship: India and Bangladesh are development partners with worrying challenges
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Dec 15, 2021India, Russia reinvigorate bilateral ties
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Nov 18, 2021S-400 CAATSA sanctions ball in US court
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Oct 27, 2021Decoding the rising Islamist threat in Bangladesh
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Oct 18, 2021ऑकस आणि क्वाड एकाच दिशेने?
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Oct 12, 2021Can Quad and AUKUS synergise?
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Sep 23, 2021अफगाणिस्तानात रंगणार जागतिक आखाडा?
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Sep 16, 2021Why Afghanistan will be a new geopolitical pivot
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Jul 23, 2021अफगाणिस्तान गृहयुद्धाच्या उंबरठ्यावर
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Jul 19, 2021Afghanistan poised on cusp of civil war
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May 10, 2021India-US ties: Overcoming hesitation
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Mar 15, 2021Quad – An idea whose time has come
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Mar 11, 2021भारत-पाकिस्तान शस्त्रसंधी की गुगली?
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Mar 06, 2021Is the India-Pakistan ceasefire a googly?
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Feb 15, 2021कोरोना लस आणि राष्ट्रवादाचे द्वंद्व
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Feb 08, 2021Vaccine nationalism exacerbates global faultlines
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Jan 22, 2021Can India offset Chinese influence through its vaccine diplomacy?
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Jan 13, 2021New Year rings in reconciliation in West Asia
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Dec 21, 2020Islamist agitation and sculpture politics in Bangladesh
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Dec 09, 2020पाकची ‘ओआयसी’मधील बोंब बिनकामाची
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Dec 07, 2020Proxy war between Iran and Israel heats up
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Dec 02, 2020Why India need not worry about Pakistan’s efforts to instigate OIC
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Nov 27, 2020Will India back Israel-Saudi formal ties? How can India benefit?
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Nov 18, 2020Biden’s policy agenda: A bumpy road ahead
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Nov 02, 2020China eyes opportunity amidst Thailand protests
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Oct 21, 2020The last lap of America’s Presidential polls
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Aug 22, 2020India and the historic nomination of Kamala Harris
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Aug 17, 2020Does India stand to gain from Israel-UAE agreement – and how?
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Jul 29, 2020Bangladesh too on the Chinese radar
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Jun 29, 2020Trump hits the pause button on H-1B visa
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Jun 08, 2020China’s hobnailed boot on Hong Kong’s neck
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May 22, 2020WHO, the battleground for cold war 2.0
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Apr 20, 2020Iran’s grim fight against coronavirus