Amitabh Mattoo (born 26 June 1962, in Srinagar) (Padma Shri awarded in 2009) is one of India's leading thinkers and writers on international relations.
He is Professor of Disarmament Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Honorary Professor of International Relations at the University of Melbourne.
He was, till 19 June 2018, Advisor to the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, with the status of a Cabinet Minister..
He also serves as Chairman of the Governing Board of Miranda House, University of Delhi; the highest ranked college in India.
He has been a member of the Lancet Commission on Adoloscent Health and well Being and, when appointed, in 2002, the youngest Vice Chancellor of a public university in the history of independent India.