Sanjaya Baru

Sanjaya Baru
Director for Geo-Economics and Strategy International Institute of Strategic Studies
Personal details
Father B. P. R. Vithal
Education University of Hyderabad

Sanjaya Baru is an Indian political commentator and policy analyst, currently serving as Director for Geo-Economics and Strategy at the International Institute of Strategic Studies.[1] Previously he had served as associate editor at The Economic Times and The Times of India, and then chief editor at Business Standard. His father B. P. R. Vithal served as Finance and Planning Secretary during former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's stint as Secretary of Finance. Before he became a journalist, he was a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) when he was a student at University of Hyderabad.[2] He became Manmohan Singh's media advisor and chief spokesperson, a role in which he served from May 2004 until August 2008.[3] In April 2014, Penguin India published The Accidental Prime Minister, Baru's tell-all memoir about his time at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). In it, Baru alleges that the prime minister was completely subservient to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who wielded significant influence in the running of the Singh administration, including the PMO itself. The book has sparked off a controversy, with the PMO officially denouncing it as "fiction".[4] Baru, however, has said that he set out to show an empathetic portrait of the prime minister.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Sanjaya Baru. Penguin India. Retrieved on 14 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Baru, Sanjay (2014); The Accidental Prime Minister (1st ed.). Penguin Group, ISBN 978-067-008-6740
  3. ↑ Sanjaya Baru: Director for Geo-Economics and Strategy. International Institute of Strategic Studies. Retrieved on 12 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Anu Anand. "Indian PM Manmohan Singh 'not in charge', new book claims". The Guardian. 11 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Ritu Sarin. "Sanjaya Baru interview: 'I have written only 50% of what I know'". The Indian Express. 12 April 2014.

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