Born on September 17, 1943 in Patna, Bihar,
India.
Diploma with distinction in the Japanese
Language and History in Keio University, Japan in 1963. B.A. (Hons) in
History from St. Stephen's College, Dehli University, in 1964. M.A. in
History and Politics, Constitutional History from Christ Church
College, Oxford University, in 1967. Rhodes Scholar from India, in
1965 at Oxford University. Doctorate of laws, American College of
Greece, Athens in 1993. After joining the Ministery of External
Affairs of India in 1968, as a member of Indian Embassy he has lived
and worked in Tokyo, Beirut, Cairo, Cyprus, Hamburg, Jakarta, Karachi,
Athens, Hanoi. He has been Former Ambassador of India to Japan
(2000-2003).
He is now Professor and Director Global Security
Research Institute,
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan since June,
2004.
His mother tongue is Hindustani. He understands
Japanese, Vietnamese, German, Indonesian, French besides English. He
has 2 children; a boy and a girl. His spouse is Mrs. Nilima Seth.
PAST
PUBLICATIONS
Number of articles and review in newspaper and
magazines. Poetry in English: "Pillars of a Landscape" 1995;
Cultural critique in Japanese: "How much weight can an elephant
lose?" 2001; "Pillars of A Landscape" in Japanese
translation by Hideo Yokokawa 2002, etc.
