The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is a diplomatic service and a central civil service of the Government of India under the Ministry of External Affairs. The Foreign Secretary is the head of the service. Vikram Misri is the 35th and the current Foreign Secretary.
Triloki Nath Kaul was one of India's foremost diplomats in the 20th century. A member of the Indian Civil Service (ICS),he served in the foreign service branch,culminating in his being appointed Foreign Secretary twice. He served as Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union and as the Indian Ambassador to the United States.
Ismat Jahan is a Bangladeshi diplomat who is currently serving as the permanent observer of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to the European Union. From 2009 to 2016,she was the ambassador of Bangladesh to Belgium,Luxembourg and the European Union and from 2007 to 2009,she was the ambassador and permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations.
Ruchira Kamboj is a retired Indian Foreign Service officer of the 1987 batch,who last served as India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2022 to May 2024 until her retirement. She has previously served as High Commissioner of India to South Africa,first female Indian Ambassador to Bhutan and Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO,Paris.
Nirupama Menon Rao is a retired civil servant of 1973 batch Indian Foreign Service cadre who served as India's Foreign Secretary from 2009 to 2011,as well as being India's Ambassador to the United States,China and Sri Lanka during her career.
The British Deputy High Commission,Chennai is the United Kingdom diplomatic mission with responsibility for the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It was formed in 1947 with Sir Christopher Masterman,CSI,CIE, as its inaugural holder,who served as Deputy High Commissioner until the following year. The Deputy High Commissioner is equivalent to a Consul-General,and reports to the British High Commission. The current Deputy High Commissioner is Halima Holland. The first female head of the Chennai mission,she succeeds Oliver Ballhatchet.
Subimal Dutt,OBE,ICS was an Indian diplomat and ICS officer. He served as India's Commonwealth Secretary and later as Foreign Secretary under Jawaharlal Nehru and was also India's ambassador to the Soviet Union,Federal Republic of Germany and Bangladesh.
Sujatha Singh is an Indian civil servant of the IFS cadre who served as India's Foreign Secretary from August 2013 to January 2015. Previously she had been the Indian Ambassador to Germany (2012–2013).
Nagma Mohamed Mallick is an Indian civil servant of the Indian Foreign Service. She holds the rank of Secretary/Grade I of the government. She is currently ambassador of India to the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania since 2021. On 29 June 2015 she was appointed as the High Commissioner of India to Brunei Darussalam. Before this posting,she served as India's Ambassador to Tunisia October 2012 to November 2015. She was a TV and stage actress,and acted in India's first television soap opera,Hum Log.
Jaimini Bhagwati is an Indian author,columnist and former Indian Foreign Service officer who served as the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.
Raveesh Kumar is an Indian diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service of 1995 batch. Currently,he is an Indian ambassador to the Czech Republic. Previously,he served as Indian ambassador to Finland also accredited to Estonia,residing in Helsinki. He was the former official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in the Government of India. He was the youngest ever official spokesperson. He was the Consul General of India in Frankfurt,Germany before being appointed as the spokesperson of the MEA.
Riva Ganguly Das is a retired Indian civil servant who belongs to the Indian Foreign Service cadre. She is the former High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh and former Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations,an autonomous organisation of the Government of India.
Roopa Divakar Moudgil is an Indian Police Service officer belonging to the Karnataka cadre. She is from the 2000 officers' batch of the Indian Police Service and is the Inspector General of Police of the Karnataka State Police.
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha is a retired Indian diplomat who belongs to the Indian Foreign Service. He is the former High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom. He was sworn in as Central Information Commissioner on 1 January 2019 served their till 3 October 2023.
Harsh Vardhan Shringla is Chief Coordinator for India’s G20 Presidency in 2023. He has previously served as Foreign Secretary of India and India's Ambassador to the United States,High Commissioner to Bangladesh,and Ambassador to Thailand.
Vikram Misri is an Indian diplomat. He currently serves as the 35th Foreign Secretary of India from July 2024 onwards. Previously,he served as the Deputy National Security Advisor of India from 1 January 2022,succeeding Pankaj Saran till 14 July 2024. Whereas,he has served as the ambassador of India to China from January 2019 to December 2021.
Vikram Kumar Doraiswami is the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom. Prior to this appointment,he was the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh.
