Name:Shyam Saran
Title: Special Envoy to the Prime Minister of India on climate change
Age: 63
Qualification: Indian Foreign Service officer, 1970 batch
Work Experience: He was India’s ambassador in Nepal, Indonesia and Myanmar, High Commissioner in Mauritius, joint secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office, and foreign secretary.
Hobbies: Reading and travelling.
(This story appears in the 23 October, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)