How India Scaled Mt G20: The Inside Story of the G20 Presidency – By Amitabh Kant (Published by Rupa Publications India)

Step inside the high-stakes, closed-door war rooms of international diplomacy and discover the definitive, first-person account of how India executed one of the most audacious geopolitical triumphs of the twenty-first century. Published by Rupa Publications India, How India Scaled Mt G20: The Inside Story of the G20 Presidency is authored by Amitabh Kant—the veteran bureaucrat who served directly as India’s G20 Sherpa. This extraordinary insider narrative offers an unvarnished, behind-the-scenes look at the intense backroom negotiations, strategic maneuvers, and relentless diplomacy that united a fractured global order under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The year 2022 presented the world with an unprecedented convergence of existential crises. As the international community grappled with a sluggish post-pandemic recovery, accelerating climate breakdown, acute food and fuel shortages, and explosive geopolitical polarization, the G20 risked falling into gridlock. It was amidst this highly volatile, historically challenging climate that India stepped up to assume the presidency. Driven by Prime Minister Modi's vision of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam—"One Earth, One Family, One Future"—India did not merely host the summit; it completely re-engineered the global governance agenda, shifting the focus toward the Global South and achieving a historic, unanimous consensus on the New Delhi Leaders' Declaration when critics predicted complete failure.

As India’s chief negotiator, Amitabh Kant was at the absolute epicenter of this diplomatic mountain climb. Moving past dry, formal communiqués, his fast-paced, deeply analytical narrative unveils the raw mechanics of modern statecraft. Kant shares the precise, hour-by-hour strategies used by Indian diplomats to bridge deep rifts between opposing global superpowers, detailing how India championed historic milestones that reshaped international policy: