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'''Krishnan Srinivasan''' (born 15 February 1937) is a retired Indian diplomat, historian, author, former Indian [[Foreign Secretary (India)|Foreign Secretary]], and Deputy Secretary-General of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] .<ref>[http://us.macmillan.com/author/krishnansrinivasan Krishnan Srinivasan: Macmillan author page]</ref><br />
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He was born in [[Madras, India]] and educated at [[Bedford School]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. He joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in May 1959. His early postings included [[Oslo]], [[Beirut]], and [[Tripoli]]. He was India's [[Ambassador]]/[[High Commissioner]] to [[Zambia]] and [[Botswana]], [[Nigeria]], [[Benin]] and [[Cameroon]], the [[Netherlands]] and [[Bangladesh]]. He was appointed Secretary and finally Foreign Secretary and retired in 1995. In 1995, he was appointed [[Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General#Political Affairs|Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs]] in London where he served until 2002.<br />
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He was a Member of [[Christ Church, Oxford]]’s Senior Common Room and High Table from 1998 to 2016, Fellow of [[Wolfson College, Cambridge]] (2002–05), Fellow of the Centre for International Studies Cambridge (2002–05), Fellow of the [[Institute of Commonwealth Studies]] London (2002–08), Fellow of the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies (2003–04), Fellow of the [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata]] from 2006 to 2015, and Fellow of the [[Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study]] at [[Uppsala]] in (2008 and 2012–13). He was elected Honorary Professor at ASCI Hyderabad in 2005. He was awarded a [[Hind Ratna]] (India) in 2002, and was made a [[Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Valeur]] (Cameroon) in 2007.<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
===Non fiction===<br />
*''Tricks of the Trade'' (2000).<br />
*''The Rise, Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth''. Hardback (2005). Paperback (2008).<br />
*''The Jamdani Revolution; Politics, Personalities and Civil Society in Bangladesh'' (2007).<br />
*''Towards the New Horizon: World Order in the 21st Century'' (2009)<br />
*''Diplomatic Channels'' (2012)<br />
*''Europe in Emerging Asia'' (2015)<br />
*''Old Europe, New Asia'' (2015)<br />
*''Values in Foreign Policy, Investigating Ideals and Interests'' (2019)<br />
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===Fiction===<br />
*''The Eccentric Effect'' (2001).<br />
*''The Ugly Ambassador'' (2003).<br />
*''Guesswork'' (2005).<br />
*''The Invisible African'' (2012)<br />
*''Ambassador Marco's Indian Instincts'' (2016)<br />
*''The Ambassador and the Private Eye'' (2021)<br />
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===Newspapers===<br />
He is a regular columnist and book reviewer on international affairs for several Indian newspapers.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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*''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]]'', A & C Black, London 2020 and subsequent issues;<br />
*''The International Who's Who'', Routledge, London 2015 and subsequent issues.<br />
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