# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/k-subrahmanyam
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:13:52.795Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/k-subrahmanyam"
name: "K. Subrahmanyam"
slug: "k-subrahmanyam"
description: "Krishnaswamy Subrahmanyam was an Indian international strategic affairs analyst, journalist and former civil servant. Considered a proponent of Realpolitik, Subrahmanyam was an influential voice in Indian security affairs for a long time. He was most often referred to as the doyen of India's strategic affairs community, and as the premier ideological champion of India's nuclear deterrent. His son S Jaishankar was appointed India's External Affairs Minister in 2019."
tagline: "Indian journalist and strategic affairs analyst (1929-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/K._Subrahmanyam.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1929-01-19"
deathDate: "2011-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.199048374306107
  historical:           3.794801333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "كى. سوبراهمانيام"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations