Sd muni biography

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Sukh Deo Muni

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Professor S D Muni is Professor Emeritus at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and a member of the Executive Council of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. For nearly 40 years, he taught, conducted and supervised research in International Relations and South Asian Studies at JNU (1974-2006), National University of Singapore (NUS) [2008-2013], Banaras Hindu University (1985-86) and University of Rajasthan (1972-73).

Professor Muni served as India’s Special Envoy to the Southeast Asian countries on United Nations (UN) Security Council Reforms (2005) and represented India’s Minister of External Affairs at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Paris Peace Conference, held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He also served as India’s Ambassador to Lao People’s Democratic Republic (1997-99). Professor Muni was nominated to the first ever constituted National Security Advisory Board of India during 1990-91. He was the founding Executive Member of the Regional Centre of Strategic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka. In 2005, he was bestowed with the ‘Sri Lanka Ratna’ award, Sri Lanka’s highest national honour for a foreign national. The Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka, Colombo, offered him an af

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S. D. Muni

Archive data: Person was Distinguished Fellow (Hon.) at IDSA.

Professor S.D. Muni is member of IDSA’s Executive Council. For nearly forty years, he taught, conducted and supervised research, in International Relations and South Asian Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University (1974-2006), National University of Singapore (2008-2013), Banaras Hindu University (1985-86), and University of Rajasthan (1972-73). He served as India’s Special Envoy to SE Asian countries on UNSC Reforms (2005) and represented India’s Minister of External Affairs at the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Paris Peace Conference, held in Phnom Penh, Kampuchea. He was also India’s Ambassador to Lao People’s Democratic Republic (1997-99). Prof. Muni was nominated to the first ever constituted National Security Advisory Board of India during 1990-91. He was the founding executive member of the Regional Centre of Strategic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, and also served on the Executive Council of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, India. In 2005 he was bestowed with ‘Sri Lanka Ratna’, Sri Lanka’s highest national honor for a foreign national. The Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka, Colombo, offered him affiliat

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