Tarun Basu is a media veteran of over 40 years, having worked with both national and international media houses. He was the founder-editor of IANS that blazed a new trail in news agency journalism. As a long-time analyst of India’s foreign policy, he tracked international relations across multiple Indian governments, having traveled widely with eight Indian prime ministers. He has maintained a keen interest in the accomplishments of Indians abroad—a community now considered to be 30 million strong—and has through his various travels kept in close touch with the community.