Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty is a retired Indian diplomat and former High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh.
[5] He wrote Transformation- Emergence of Bangladesh and Evolution of India-Bangladesh Ties about Bangladesh-India relations.
[6][7] In 2018, he wrote that popular anger against perceived corruption of Awami League meant India had to be ready to talk with Khaleda Zia and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
[9] He believes India should support the ruling Awami League while viewing Bangladesh Nationalist Party as anti-Hindu and anti-India.
[9][10][11] Matthew Miller, spokesman for the US State Department, denied his comments about Haas hiding during the general elections in Bangladesh.