Ex-diplomat and writer Phunchok Stobdan dies | India Information
1 min learnNew DelhiApr 21, 2026 04:06 AM IST
Phunchok Stobdan, former Ambassador of India to Kyrgyzstan, handed away on Sunday. He was 67.
He served as a Joint Director within the Nationwide Safety Council Secretariat, and was Senior Fellow on the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Research and Analyses. He was additionally the founding president of the Ladakh Worldwide Centre, Leh.
Stobdan was a senior fellow for Eurasian Safety at Delhi Coverage Group, a assume tank. His final coverage temporary on the group — ‘A Strategic Lifeless Finish for India’s Eurasian Connectivity’ — was printed in March, through which he wrote concerning the Chabahar challenge, and the warfare in Iran.
In a notice, Delhi Coverage Group wrote that Stoban was a distinguished diplomat-scholar, and a distinguished member of India’s strategic group.
He additionally served as a Professor on the Centre for Strategic and Regional Research in J&Ok. He additionally wrote two books – ‘The Nice Sport within the Buddhist Himalayas: India and China’s Quest for Strategic Dominance’, printed in ߣ and ‘India and Central Asia: The Strategic Dimension’, printed in 2020.
