Phunchok Stobdan

Phunchok Stobdan is a former Indian civil servant and served as the Indian ambassador to Kyrgyzstan.[1][2] He was also a Senior Fellow at Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, and was the founding president of the Ladakh International Centre.[3]

Phunchok Stobdan
Indian ambassador to Kyrgyzstan
In office
2010–2012
Preceded byJ.S. Pande
Personal details
NationalityIndian
OccupationDiplomat, Ambassador IFS

Stobdan is an academician, diplomat and author, and regarded as an expert on Indian foreign policy and national security on Central and Inner Asian affairs.[4][5]

Career

He is a 1974 batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service. He has earlier served in the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), which reports to National Security Advisor.[3]

Works

Stobdan is author of the book The Great Game in the Buddhist Himalayas: India and China’s Quest for Strategic Dominance.[6][7][8] The book looks at China–India relations through prism of Buddhist Himalayas.[9]

Stobdan also writes columns for The Indian Express and The Tribune (Chandigarh).[3][4]

References
  1. "Prof. Phunchok Stobdan to be the next Ambassador of India to Kyrgyzstan".
  2. "Former diplomat Stobdan's comments on Dalai Lama spark row, Leh markets shut on Monday". The Print.
  3. Phunchok Stobdan (profile), Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. P. Stobdan (26 May 2020). "As China intrudes across LAC, India must be alert to a larger strategic shift". Indian Express.
  5. "Ladakh's new aspirations".
  6. Shyam Saran (16 February 2020). "Rocky Mountain High (book review)". Indian Express.
  7. Bérénice Guyot-Réchard (6 March 2020). "Buddhist power politics". India Today.
  8. Ajay Banerjee (1 December 2019). "Why Tibet can cause the great Himalayan divide". The Tribune (Chandigarh).
  9. PTI (12 October 2019). "Book looks at Sino-India ties through prism of Buddhist Himalayas". Outlook.
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