Chandrashekhar Dasgupta
Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change
Foreign Service Institute
India
Biography
Chandrashekhar Dasgupta (b. 1940) was an Indian Foreign Service officer from 1962 to till his retirement in 2000. Among other posts, he served as Ambassador to the European Union (1996–2000) and as Ambassador to China (1993–1996). Mr Dasgupta is presently a Member of PM’s Council on Climate Change; Distinguished Fellow at TERI; Member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and Co-Chair of the India – EU Round Table. Recently he served as Chairperson of the China Task Force. He is the author of War and Diplomacy in Kashmir, 1947–48, and numerous essays and articles on international affairs and global environmental issues. Dasgupta is recipient of Padma Bhushan.
Research Interest
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
