Born : January 1966 Education: M. Sc. (Special) in Chemistry from Lucknow University, India DIPLOMATIC CAREER 1992 Joined Indian Foreign Service 1994 to 1996 Third Secretary at Embassy of India, Kyiv 1996 to 1999 Second Secretary at Embassy of India, Moscow 1999 to 2002 Special Assistant to High Commissioner, London; First Secretary (Economic) 2002 to 2005 Deputy Secretary (Central Europe) & Deputy Secretary and Director (United Nations-Economic & Social) at Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), New Delhi 2005 to 2008 Counsellor (Press, Information & Culture), Embassy of India, Kathmandu 2008 to 2010 Director (External Publicity), Director (Pakistan, Afghanistan & Iran), MEA 2010 to 2011 Director (External Affairs Minister’s Office), MEA 2011 to 2014 Deputy High Commissioner, High Commission of India, Islamabad Oct 2014 – December 2015 JS(States). In his capacity as JS(States), he was tasked with creation of a separate Department in Ministry of External Affairs to facilitate international outreach of India’s states . Oct 2015 onwards Joint Secretary dealing with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran in the Ministry of External Affairs. Learnt Ukrainian and speaks Russian, apart from Hindi, Urdu, English and Nepali. Married. |