About CGII
Our Team
Our Team
Centre for Global India Insights (CGII) is supported by a distinguished advisory board comprising eminent diplomats, scholars, and industry leaders who provide strategic guidance and thought leadership in shaping our initiatives.
Our leadership team is committed to fostering meaningful discussions, delivering high-quality research, and strengthening India’s engagement with the world.
Board Of Advisors
Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India, India’s Former Ambassador to Russia and France
India’s Ministry of External Affairs, Former Secretary Italy, Thailand, Poland and Oman
India’s Former Permanent Representative to the UN and Ambassador to Kazakhstan, foreign affairs analyst
Former Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs, India’s Former Ambassador to Kenya and Hungary
Fellow of the Global Solutions Initiative (GSI, Berlin) and an honorary member of the Indonesian Creative Cities Network (ICCN)
Founder & CEO
Founder-CEO TGII Media Private Limited and Centre for Global India Insights, Author, Columnist – Global Affairs
Speakers / Contributors
Akanshya Shah
Akanshya Shah is a Nepali journalist, researcher, and communication specialist based in New Delhi. She has a strong focus on South Asian affairs, with particular expertise in Nepal-India relations and China’s influence in the region
Aparajita Sarangi
BJP MP from Bhubaneswar and a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer
Ambassador (Retd.) Bhaswati Mukherjee
Former Ambassador of India to the Netherlands
Brij Lal
Distinguished Indian politician from BJP and former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer.
Harsh Vardhan Shringla is Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha). He was India’s Foreign Secretary from January 2020 to April 2022 and Chief Coordinator for India’s G20 Presidency from 2022-2023.
Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India, India’s Former Ambassador to Russia and France
Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri is a former Assistant Secretary General at the United Nations and the Founding Deputy Executive Director of UN Women
Founder-CEO TGII Media Private Limited and Centre for Global India Insights, Author, Columnist – Global Affairs
Priyanka Chaturvedi
Priyanka Chaturvedi is Rajya Sabha MP from Shiv Sena, Maharashtra. She is also Deputy Leader and National Spokesperson of Shiv Sena. She is Member of Parliament Standing Committee of IT & Communications, Member of Consultative Committee on External Affairs. She contributes her opinion columns in various newspapers and websites. She was a part of ISB’s 10000 Women programme, a scholarship programme by Goldman Sachs for women entrepreneurs.
Srikanth Kondapalli is Professor in Chinese Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Director General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi
Syed Akbaruddin
India’s Former Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha
India’s former High Commissioner to the UK & Sri Lanka, and former Ambassador to Venezuela
