Dr.t.p Sreenivasan

Biography

T. P. Sreenivasan is Visiting Professor in the Department is currently the Vice-Chairman and Executive Head of the Kerala State Higher Education Council with the rank of Vice-Chancellor. A former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Governor for India of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna and Ambassador to Austria and Slovenia, T.P. Sreenivasan has served in the Indian Foreign Service for 37 years. His previous postings include US, Kenya, United Nations, Fiji, Soviet Union, Nairobi, Japan to name a few. He rose to the highest level in the Indian Foreign Service in 2001 and retired in 2004. He was also a member of the National Security Advisory Board of the Government of India. He also contributes articles regularly to the “Asia Wall Street Journal”, ‘The New Indian Express, The Times of India’, ‘The Tribune’ ‘Deccan Chronicle”, Asian Age, Malayalamanorama, Mathrubhumi, etc. Mr. Sreenivasan was also Visiting Fellow on Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, Washington in 2009. He is the author of three books: ‘Words, Words, Words-Adventures in Diplomacy’, ‘Encounters’ and ‘Mattering to India-the Shashi Tharoor Campaign.’ T.P. Sreenivasan IFS (Rtd), Former Ambassador of India to the United Nations, Vienna, Former Governor for India, IAEA, Vienna,

Research Interest

International Relations