Bio
T.C.A Raghavan retired from the Indian Foreign Service in December 2015 as Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan (2013-15) after 33 years of service having served in the same country from 2003-2007. During his last posting in New Delhi (2007-09) in the Ministry of External Affairs, he was appointed the Joint Secretary of the Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran Division. He has also served in United Kingdom, Bhutan and Kuwait (1983-1986). He was also High Commissioner to Singapore from 2009-2013.
A doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Raghavan held the position of Director-General of the Indian Council of World Affairs in New Delhi from July 2018 to July 2021.
He is the author of several books, including, Attendant Lords, Bairam Khan and Abdur Rahim- Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India for which he was awarded the Mohammad Habib Memorial Prize by the Indian History Congress in December 2017. Among his other books, The People Next Door- The Curious History of India’s relations with Pakistan; History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G.S. Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and their quest for India’s Past (2019).
His last book was Sapru House: A Story of Institution-building in World Affairs which he co-authored in the year 2021.
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