Jyotindra Nath Dixit was an Indian diplomat,who served as Foreign Secretary (1991–1994),the top bureaucrat in the Ministry of External Affairs. At the time of his death,he was the National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and is mostly remembered for his role as a negotiator in disputes with Pakistan and China.
Vikas Swarup is a retired Indian diplomat and writer. He retired from the Indian Foreign Service as the Secretary (West) at the Ministry of External Affairs,India on 30 June 2021 and has previously served as High Commissioner of India in Canada and has been the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs. He was best known as the author of the novel Q &A,adapted in film as Slumdog Millionaire,the winner of Best Film for the year 2009 at the Academy Awards,Golden Globe Awards and BAFTA Awards.
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.
Navtej Singh Sarna is an Indian author,columnist,diplomat and former Indian Ambassador to the United States. He previously served as the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom,and the Ambassador to Israel.
Hardeep Singh Puri is an Indian politician and former diplomat who is serving as 33rd Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas since 2021.
Kanwal Sibal is a career diplomat who retired as Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. In 2017,The Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri award for his distinguished services in the field of Public Affairs.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar,better known as S. Jaishankar,is an Indian diplomat,politician and author,who is serving the thirtieth Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since 31 May 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and has been a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019. He previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018.
The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial is a public statue of Mahatma Gandhi,installed on a triangular island along Massachusetts Avenue,in front of the Embassy of India,Washington,D.C.,in the United States. A gift from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations,it was dedicated on September 16,2000 during a state visit of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the presence of US President Bill Clinton.
Arun Kumar Singh or commonly Arun Singh is a former Indian diplomat. He was the Indian Ambassador to the United States from 2015 to 2016. He is now a senior fellow with the Asia program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Before taking charge as ambassador in the United States,he served as Ambassador of India to France in Paris. On 8 March 2015,Ministry of External Affairs of India announced its decision to appoint Singh as the next Ambassador of India to the United States.
Navdeep Suri is a retired Indian diplomat completing 36 years in the Indian Foreign Service,having served in India's diplomatic missions in Cairo,Damascus,Washington,Dar es Salaam and London and as India's Consul General in Johannesburg. He has also headed the West Africa and Public Diplomacy departments at the Ministry of External Affairs. He was India's High Commissioner to Australia and Ambassador to Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
Gautam Bambawale is an Indian diplomat and served as the Indian Ambassador to China from 2017 to 2018. He had previously served as the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan.
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.
Reenat Sandhu is a retired Indian diplomat and former ambassador of India to the Netherlands. She had previously served as Secretary West in the Ministry of External Affairs and as the Indian Ambassador to Italy and San Marino.
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.
Manjeev Singh Puri is a retired Indian civil servant of the Indian Foreign Service cadre and the former Ambassador of India to Nepal.
Donald Armin Blome is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Pakistan since 2022. He also served as the United States ambassador to Tunisia from 2019 to 2022.
Michael A. McCarthy is an American diplomat who had served as the United States Ambassador to Liberia from January 22,2021 to July 12,2023.
