Shyam Saran is the 26th Foreign Secretary of India. He was the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and India’s Chief Climate Negotiator. He chaired the National Security Advisory Board and led the Research and Information System for Developing Countries after retiring from government service in 2010. Currently, he is President of the India International Centre and serves on the board of the Institute of Chinese Studies in New Delhi. Ambassador Saran authored ‘How India Sees the World and How China Sees India and the World.’ He is a recipient of the Order of the Rising for advancing relations with Japan.