Shri Sujan R. Chinoy appointed Indian Ambassador to
Mexico
Shri Sujan R. Chinoy, presently Additional Secretary
in the Ministry of External Affairs
and the senior
most
serving Gujarati diplomat, has
been appointed as the next
Ambassador
of India to Mexico. Shri
Chinoy is the first Gujarati to hold such post.
A 1981-batch IFS officer,
Shri Chinoy hails from
a well-known family
of Rajkot. His
grandfather, Barrister
C.N.Chinoy, was the Diwan of
Rajkot State in pre-Independence days.
Shri Chinoy holds expertise on China
and East Asia and over the years
was part of many path-breaking visits of
Indian leaders to
the Communist country. As Consul
General of
India in Shanghai between 2000-2005 and
thereafter, as Consul General of India in Sydney
until 2008, Shri Chinoy worked extensively on India’s external trade
and economic
engagement.
Shri Chinoy has served in various
key positions including those in the
Indian Missions in Hong Kong and Beijing in the 1980s, and was part
of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s visit
to China in 1988,
former President R. Venkataraman’s
visit to China in 1992 and former President K.R.Narayanan’s visit to the
Chinese mainland
in year 2000. He played
a key role in improving bilateral
relations with China,
including in the immediate aftermath of India’s nuclear tests in 1998.
His other stints were as Under
Secretary/Deputy Secretary
(China)
in the East Asia Division, Deputy Secretary in the
Americas Division and as Officer On Special Duty
(Press Relations) in the External
Publicity Division of the Ministry of External Affairs.
As First Secretary/Counsellor in the Permanent Mission
of India to the United
Nations in New York, 1992-1995, he dealt with diverse multi-lateral issues,
including during India’s
term as a non-permanent member
of the UN Security Council. He
was also India’s representative
to the First Committee
of the UN General
Assembly, dealing with disarmament,
non-proliferation & international
security affairs. He was
Counsellor (Political) in the Embassy
of India in Riyadh in the
mid-1990s followed by a four-year assignment as Director (China) in the Ministry of External Affairs,
tasked with the mandate of
ensuring peace
and tranquility
and promoting confidence
building
measures along the Line of Actual
Control in the
India-China border areas.
Born on September 27, 1958, Shri Chinoy
did his schooling at the elite Rajkumar
College
in Rajkot. He
studied BA (Hons.) in English Literature and Psychology from the M.S.
University, Baroda,
and, obtained an MBA degree
in Marketing from
Ahmedabad. He speaks fluent Chinese (Mandarin) and is also well versed in French, German,
Japanese, Arabic and Creole.
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