Gopalaswami Parthasarathy is a distinguished diplomat and author in India. He was a career Foreign Service Officer who retired from Service on May 31, 2000. Prior to his entry to the Indian Foreign Service Mr. Parthasarathy was a Commissioned Officer in the Indian Army. He has served as Ambassador of India to Myanmar, High Commissioner of India to Australia, High Commissioner of India to Pakistan and High Commissioner of India, Cyprus. He has served as Spokesman, Ministry of External Affairs and Information Adviser and Spokesman in the Prime Minister’s Office with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Mr. Parthasarathy is presently Visiting Professor in the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. He is also a Senior Fellow and the Centre for strategic and International Studies and a member of the Executive Committee of the Centre for Air Power Studies in New Delhi.

Some Recent Articles Posted by him are as follows;

• August 19, 2010, The Tribube, “ US at crossroads in Afghanistan ”
• August 19, 2010, Business Line, “ More chaos to India's west ”
• June 16, 2010, Wall Street Journal, “Engage America's Friends on Afghanistan”