Mr. Jayadeva Ranade

Mr. Jayadeva Ranade is the President of the Centre for China Analysis and Strategy and a former Member of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB). A former Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, he is also a Member of the Core Group on China of the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) and a Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi. He is a security and intelligence expert and a seasoned China analyst with almost 30 years of experience in the field. He has also dealt with matters relating to terrorism and Pakistan and has been directly involved in the formulation of policy at the highest levels of the Government of India. He was conferred the Organisation's two highest awards, both out of turn. Mr. Ranade earned a Diploma of Advanced Proficiency in Chinese after a two-year study programme at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and completed an Intensive Introductory Course in Mandarin and a Diploma in Mandarin from the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. His foreign assignments have included Hong Kong and Beijing, while his last foreign posting, prior to his retirement in late 2008, was as Minister at the Indian Embassy in Washington. Mr. Ranade is the author of the book ‘China Unveiled: Insights into Chinese Strategic Thinking’, released in January 2013. He contributes to many mainstream national newspapers, magazines, and leading publications, mostly on strategic and security issues relating to China, Tibet, and East Asia, his chosen fields of specialisation. Chapters contributed by him on specialised aspects relating to China have been published in thirteen books. He is often invited by leading TV news channels to comment on issues of national interest and is regularly invited to international conferences and seminars in India and abroad to speak on China, East Asia, intelligence, and related issues.