K.P. Fabian

Kalarickal Pranchu Fabian
Indian Foreign Service
In office 1964–2000
Indian ambassador to  Qatar[1]
In office 000000001992-11-17-0000November 17, 1992 – 000000001996-11-01-0000November 1, 1996
Preceded by	Ramesh Chand Shukla
Succeeded by	Rajamani Lakshmi Narayan
Indian ambassador to  Italy es:Anexo:Embajadores de la India en Italia
In office 000000001999-09-10-0000September 10, 1999 – 2000
Preceded by	es:Kamal Nain Bakshi
Succeeded by	Siddharth Singh
Personal details
Born	000000001940-09-23-0000September 23, 1940 Udayamperoor, Ernakulam District, Kingdom of Cochin, British Raj (now Kerala, India)
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Diplomat
Website	http://www.ambassador-fabian.com/

Ambassador K. P. Fabian is an Indian Diplomat who served in the Indian Foreign Service between 1964 and 2000, during which time he was posted to Madagascar, Austria, Iran, Sri Lanka, Canada, Finland, Qatar and Italy.^[2] During his time in the diplomatic service, he spent three years in Iran (from 1976 to 1979), witnessing the Iranian Revolution first hand. As Joint Secretary (Gulf), Fabian coordinated the evacuation of over 176,000 Indian nationals from Iraq and Kuwait in 1990–91. His multilateral experience includes representing India at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Civil Aviation Organization, Food and Agricultural Organization, World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. He is also the author of two books, Commonsense on the War on Iraq, which was published in 2003 and Diplomacy: Indian Style. Even while in service, Ambassador Fabian wrote and spoke on international affairs, mainly at universities in Madagascar, Austria, Iran, Sri Lanka, Canada, Finland, Qatar and Italy. The first address he delivered was on Mahatma Gandhi in 1969 at The Charles de Gaulle University, Tananarive, Madagascar. His presentation on the North-South Dialogue was published as a monograph by McGill University, Montreal(1983). In the corporate sector, for three years starting from 2002, he was on the board of Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers in Mumbai and concurrently chaired the Audit Committee of the Board. Currently, he is on the board of the Syndicate Bank. He was also the Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings, Chennai.^{[3] [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

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