Who’s Speaking

Our speaker Mr. Claude Arpi for ORCA's Global Conference on New Sinology 2024

Mr. Claude Arpi

Mr. Claude Arpi

Distinguished Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR

Mr. Claude Arpi is an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) born in 1949 in Angoulême, France. He settled in India 49 years ago. He is a Distinguished Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR. Claude Arpi earlier held the Field Marshal KM Cariappa Chair of Excellence from the United Service Institution of India (USI) for his research on the Indian Presence in Tibet 1947-1962 (in 4 volumes – Vij Publisher). He is the author of many books on Tibet, China, India and the Indo-French relations. He also contributed to the ORCAxISDP Special Issue "The Dalai Lama's Succession: Strategic Realities of the Tibet Question."