INDIAN FOREIGN SERVICE : HISTORY AND CHALLENGE BY J.N. DIXIT [HARDCOVER]

The book contains, in great detail, an analytical description of the evolution of the Indian Foreign Service based on archival material as well as personal experiences of the author in the Service spread over nearly four decades. Shri J.N. Dixit has also analyzed the challenges the Indian Foreign Service faces at present and could face in the future. About The Author: J.N. Dixit, an eminent member of the Indian Foreign Service, former Foreign Secretary of India, former member of the National Security Advisory Board and Former National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister, completed writing this book just a few weeks before assuming his charge in the Prime Minister's Office. He had the unique and exceptional experience of being India's Head of Mission in five out of eight countries of South Asia (Bhutan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). He had also authored eleven books apart from editing a few others during the ten years of his retirement from government service, before he returned and assumed the important post of National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister in 2004....