Shivshankar Menon

Shivshankar Menon
4th National Security Advisor of India
In office
24 January 2010 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byM K Narayanan
Succeeded byAjit Kumar Doval
27th Foreign Secretary of India
In office
1 October 2006 – 31 July 2009
Preceded byShyam Saran
Succeeded byNirupama Rao
Ambassador of India to China[1]
In office
3 August 2000 – 7 July 2003
Preceded byVijay K. Nambiar
Succeeded byNalin Surie
High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka[2]
In office
1997-2000
Succeeded byGopalkrishna Gandhi
Personal details
Born (1949-07-05) 5 July 1949 (age 75)
Paris, France
RelativesK. P. S. Menon (grandfather)
C. Sankaran Nair (great-grandfather)
Residence(s)New Delhi, India
Alma materSt. Stephen's College, Delhi University
OccupationDiplomat, civil servant

Shivshankar Menon (born 5 July 1949) is an Indian diplomat, who served as National Security Adviser of India under Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh. He had previously served as the Foreign Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. Prior to that he was Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, and Sri Lanka and ambassador to China and Israel.[3][4][5] He is currently Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress. He is also Visiting Professor of International Relations at Ashoka University.[6]

  1. ^ "Embassy of India, Beijing". Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference HCI Colombo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Profile of Foreign Secretary Mr. Shivshankar Menon". Embassy of India, Washington DC. Archived from the original on 26 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Menon is next NSA". The Hindu. 21 January 2010. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Shiv Shankar Menon is new National Security Advisor". rediff.com. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Faculty/Staff".