30 January - 3 February 2025 | Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur
Mani Shankar Aiyar served 26 years in the Indian Foreign Service, including a deputation to the Office of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Thrice elected to the Lower House of Parliament from Tamil Nadu, he also served a six-year term in the Upper House. In 2006, he was conferred the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award. A cabinet minister from 2004 to 2009, he held various portfolios. He has published nine books to date, including his latest, Memoirs of a Maverick. The companion volume to his memoirs, The Rajiv I Knew, was published and launched in January 2024.