Claude Arpi
Distinguished Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (Delhi)
Claude Arpi is an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) born in 1949 in Angoulême, France. After graduating as a Dental Surgeon from Bordeaux University, he came to India where he has been settled for the past 49 years.
He is presently a Distinguished Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (Delhi).
Claude Arpi previously held the Field Marshal KM Cariappa Chair of Excellence from the United Service Institution of India (USI) for four years during his research on the Indian Presence in Tibet 1947-1962 (published in four volumes).
He has extensively worked in the National Archives of India as well as in the Prime Minister’sMuseumand Library (Nehru Papers) on Indian frontiers and particularly on the Indian Frontier Administrative Service.
He is the author of several books on Tibet, China, India and Indo-French relations.
