Author: N Ravi

Prof. N Ravi joined the Indian Foreign Service in July 1973 and retired as Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, in December 2009. His assignments have covered political, economic and trade/commerce functions, in the Ministries of External Affairs, Finance and Commerce. His postings abroad have covered Belgrade, Tokyo (on two occasions), Thimphu, Moscow, Munich and as Ambassador of India to Vietnam. N Ravi was a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy (CPP) and a faculty member at IIM Bangalore. An alumnus of IIMB, he graduated in April 1982, receiving the Chairman's Gold Medal for Best All-Round Performance.

Shinzo Abe: A central figure in India-Japan ties Former Senior Fellow at Centre for Public Policy and faculty member at IIMB, Prof. N Ravi writes about how Abe Shinzo’s leadership transformed Japan’s relationship with India, in the context of his sudden and tragic demise

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 N Ravi FEATURED News and events 0

In the demise of former Prime Minister of Japan Abe Shinzo, under tragic circumstances, India has lost an extremely valuable friend. His paradigm for Japan’s role in this century and India’s place in that frame has been farsighted. Belonging to an elite politcal dynasty, Prime Minister Abe was the son of Shintaro Abe, onetime Foreign Minister of Japan and also the grandson of post-war PM Nobosuke Kishi who finalized a new security agreement with the USA, in 1960. Prime Minister Abe attained his position at a very young age of…