Shivshankar Menon
[4] His great-grandfather, Sir C. Sankaran Nair, was a president of the Indian National Congress in 1897, so far the only Malayali to hold this position.His last position in China as ambassador was also significant as it marked improvement in Sino-India relations, the high point being the visit of then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.He was appointed Foreign Secretary in 2006, and was the National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.[9] He joined the Institute of South Asian Studies at National University of Singapore as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow in November 2017.Menon wrote "Choices: Inside The Making of Indian Foreign Policy" that was first published in 2016 and was based on his experience as National Security Advisor of India.