Bio
Sanjay Bhattacharyya is a former Indian diplomat who specialized in diplomacy for an era of globalization and transformation. As secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, he was at the helm of India’s foreign policy making, diaspora affairs and citizen-centric governance initiatives, and was BRICS Sherpa during India’s presidency. He served as ambassador to Switzerland, Turkey and Egypt.
Since his retirement from government, he has been an independent consultant, pursuing interests in academic, advocacy and corporate capacities. He is a professor of diplomatic practice at Jindal Global University and lectures regularly on governance, public policy and foreign affairs at government, academic and corporate institutions.
Sanjay serves as an independent director and as an adviser to companies in the corporate sector.