S. Jaishankar has been Indias External Affairs Minister since May 2019 and is currently a member of the Rajya Sabha representing Gujarat. He was Indias Foreign Secretary from 2015 to 2018. In a career spanning four decades in the Indian Foreign Service, he served as Ambassador to the United States, China and Czech Republic as well as High Commissioner to Singapore. His previous book, The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World, was published in 2020.