Dr. Seshadri Chari | |
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| Born | Seshadri Ramanujan Chari 2 April 1953 Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Rashmi Seshadri Chari |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence(s) | New Delhi, India |
| Alma mater | University of Mumbai (BCom, LLB, MA) Manipal Academy of Higher Education (PhD) |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer, politician, political organiser, foreign policy analyst |
Dr.Seshadri Ramanujan Chari (born 2 April 1953) is an Indian politician, journalist, writer, and foreign policy analyst. He is a swayamsevak, or ideologue, of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).[1]
Involved in political organising, Chari currently serves on the national executive committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)[2] and formerly served as head of BJP foreign policy.[3] He has also been a consultant on governance with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), posted at Juba, South Sudan.
Early life and education
[edit]Born in Matunga, Bombay, Maharashtra, on April 2, 1953, to father Ramanujan Chari and mother Kalyani, Tamil Brahmins from Tanjavur, Seshadri Chari is one of five children. While his father worked for Sri Ram Mills and Hindustan Polymers, he was also active in the local Indian National Congress. In his youth, Chari started going to Sangh Shakha at the age of four, but became actively involved in his teens. As a Mukhya-Shikshak of a Sangh Shakha, largely attended by daily wage earners from Kerala, he was also active in the labour union led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Ahilya Rangnekar. This association brought him close to Rangnekar and B. T. Ranadive with whom he would engage in political and ideological discussions. His uncle, S. T. Chary, was a close associate of V. K. Krishna Menon and a supporter of former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, supported his journalistic aspirations. He also attended the South Indian Education Society High School.
A debater and student activist at Shri Chinai College of Commerce and Economics, University of Mumbai, Chari became part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh sponsored anti-Emergency movement Lok Sangharsh Samiti. He offered satyagraha and was imprisoned at Mumbai Central Jail.
He earned his Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws, and Master of Arts in History degrees from the University of Mumbai.[4]: 63 He was awarded a PhD by Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) for his thesis on "Regional Dynamics of Indo-Pacific Region and Implications of China's Influence in India's Extended Neighbourhood".[5]
Career
[edit]Post Emergency, he became a RSS pracharak, first in Mumbai Mahanagar and then Thane. In 1988, he was transferred to the Bharatiya Janata Party where he became the general secretary of the BJP Mumbai unit.
Chari rose to prominence as editor of the RSS's weekly journal Organiser, from 1992 to 2004.[4]: 63 [6]: 76 [7]
In 2007, Chari was president of the party worker training cell at the RSS,[8]: 124 where he was considered a moderate.[8]: 144, 154
Chari is currently the director of international affairs at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), the director at the Forum for Strategic & Security Studies (FSSS), and the secretary-general at the Forum for Integrated National Security (FINS).[9]
Personal life
[edit]He belongs to the Hindu faith and is married to Rashmi Seshadri Chari; they have a child, named Mayank Seshadri Chari.
Bibliography
[edit]- Raghavan, G N S; Chari, Seshadri (1996). A new era in the Indian polity: a study of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the BJP. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 9788121205399.
- Chari, Seshadri (1996). Reservation for Christians: What Next?. Suruchi Prakashan.
References
[edit]- ^ "No RSS role in Jaswant's expulsion: Seshadri Chari". Zee News. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ "Guest Lecturer - Shri. Seshadri Chari". MIT School of Government. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ "Tamils issue an internal matter of Sri Lanka: Chari". Zee News. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Studies in International Strategic Issues". 9. 2006.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Ramanujam, Chari Seshadri (2021). "Title of Thesis : Regional Dynamics of the Indo Pacific Region and Implications of Chinas Influence in Indias Extended Neighbourhood". Shodhganga. hdl:10603/341846. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Saltzman, Devyani (2015). Shooting Water: A Mother-daughter Journey and the Making of a Film. Penguin Books India. ISBN 9780144001026.
- ^ "Is data mining to better poll prospects legal?". The Free Press Journal. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ a b Schwecke, Sebastian (6 December 2012). New Cultural Identitarian Political Movements in Developing Societies: The Bharatiya Janata Party. Routledge. ISBN 9781136846571.
- ^ "FINS Leadership". Forum For Integrated National Security. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
