Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran to speak on climate change at ICG on Jan 24

Goa Khabar : Shyam Saran, president of the India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi and former foreign secretary of India will speak on the topic: “Climate Change. Is it too little, too late?” at the International Centre Goa (ICG) on Friday, January 24 at 6 pm. The event is organized by ICG in association with Bika Utsav as part of the  ‘ICG Public Lectures’ series and is free and open to all.

As a career diplomat, Saran has served as the Prime Minister’s special envoy for nuclear affairs and climate change.  After leaving government service in 2010,  Saran headed the Research and Information System for developing countries (RIS), a prestigious think tank focusing on economic issues (2011-2017) and was chairman of the National Security Advisory Board and the National Security Council (2013-2015). 

Saran has also authored some important books. “How India Sees the World” (2017) and “How China Sees India and the World” (2022) are some of them. 

Saran was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the President of India for his contribution to the Civil Services in 2011.

In 2019, the Emperor of Japan decorated Saran with the  “Spring Order, Gold and Silver Star” for his services in promoting Indo-Japanese relations.