| Satish Chandra | |
| Office: | Vice Chairperson of Vivekananda International Foundation |
| Office2: | Former Deputy NSA |
| Primeminister: | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Ambassador From: | Indian |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Term Start: | August 1995 |
| Term End: | December 1998 |
| Order: | 14th |
| Successor: | G. Parthasarathy |
| Occupation: | Diplomat |
Satish Chandra is a 1965 batch retired Indian Foreign Service officer. He is currently the Vice chairperson of the New Delhi based think tank Vivekananda International Foundation.[1]
Chandra has served as India's Permanent representative to United Nations Office at Geneva. His prior assignments include chairperson, Joint Intelligence Committee. He has served as the Deputy NSA under NSA Brajesh Mishra, and as a diplomat to Indian missions in Pakistan,[2] Bangladesh, and the United States of America.[3]
It was during his tenure as Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan when India conducted Pokharan nuclear tests.[4]