Dilip Sinha

Dilip Sinha (born 1954) is an Indian diplomat and former public administrator. He served in the Indian Foreign Service from 1978 to 2014 and as chairman of the Manipur Public Service Commission, India, from 2015 to 2016. Ambassador Sinha is a public speaker on international security, Afghanistan-Pakistan-Iran and environmental diplomacy. He is the author of Legitimacy of Power: The Permanence of Five in the Security Council (2018, Vij Books). The book traces the origins of international security cooperation and scrutinizes the moorings of the UN Security Council's powers in international law.

Dilip Sinha was head of India's UN affairs during its membership of the Security Council in the eventful period, 2011–2012. He was ambassador to the UN in Geneva, where he was elected vice president of the UN Human Rights Council in 2014 and vice chairman of the South Centre. Sinha steered India's response to the crises in Libya and Syria in the Security Council and to Sri Lanka in the Human Rights Council. During his diplomatic career, Sinha headed India's relations with Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran and served in Germany, Egypt, Pakistan, Brazil, Bangladesh, and Greece.

Sinha currently serves on the board of the Asian Development Research Institute Society.

In August 2023, Pan Macmillan India announced the acquisition of IMPERIAL GAMES IN TIBET: The Battle for Survival and Sovereignty by Dilip Sinha. The book will be published in spring/summer 2024. [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/acquisition-announcement-imperial-games-tibet-pan-macmillan-india/].

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