Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1977 and served in key diplomatic roles across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UK, Pakistan, Israel, Bangladesh, and Thailand. He has also served at the Ministry of External Affairs, India as Chief of Protocol.
A former President of the Association of Indian Diplomats, he is a prolific writer, having authored over 170 articles, book reviews, and chapters on international relations and India’s foreign policy and diplomacy.