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.
The Indian Foreign Service (IFrS) is the 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. Vinay Mohan Kwatra is the 34th and the current Foreign Secretary.
Shyam Saran is an Indian career diplomat. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1970 and rose to become the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. Prior to his appointment as the Foreign Secretary he served as India's ambassador to Myanmar,Indonesia and Nepal and as its High Commissioner to Mauritius. Upon finishing his tenure as the Foreign Secretary,he was appointed the Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Indo-US Civil Nuclear Issues and later as Special Envoy and Chief Negotiator on Climate Change.
Meera Shankar served as India's Ambassador to the United States of America from 26 April 2009 to 2011. She was India's second female ambassador to the United States of America,Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit being the first. She was succeeded by Nirupama Rao on August 1,2011.
The foreign secretary of India is the top diplomat of India and administrative head of the Ministry of External Affairs. This post is held by an Indian foreign service officer of the rank of secretary to the government of India. Vinay Mohan Kwatra is an Indian diplomat and currently serving as the Foreign Secretary of India from May 2022,succeeding Harsh Vardhan Shringla.
Kanwal Sibal is a career diplomat who retired as Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. In 2017,The Government of India awarded him with the Padma Shri award for his distinguished services in the field of Public Affairs.
Syed Akbaruddin is a retired Indian diplomat from 1985 batch of the Indian Foreign Service and served as India's permanent representative at the United Nations at New York from January 2016 to April 2020. He had previously served as official spokesperson of India's Ministry of External Affairs from January 2012 to April 2015 and was Indian representative at IAEA from 2006 to 2011. He is currently serving as the dean of Kautilya School of Public Policy.
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.
Vijay Keshav Gokhale IFS,born 24 January 1959,is a retired Indian diplomat and the 32nd Foreign Secretary of India. Gokhale previously served as the Ambassador of India to China.
Raveesh Kumar is an Indian diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service. Currently he is an 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.
Pankaj Saran is a former Indian civil servant of the Indian Foreign Service cadre. He was the Deputy National Security Adviser of India.
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.
The Geeta Mandir is a Hindu temple located at Model Town,Jalandhar,city of Punjab,India. It is dedicated to Lord Krishna. Located in Model town. it is one of the most active temples in the Jalandhar city after Devi Talab Mandir.
Vinay Kumar Tripathi is an Indian officer and locomotive engineer who served as Chairperson of the Railway Board and served as General Manager of North Eastern Railway zone.
Randhir Jaiswal is an Indian diplomat and civil services officer. He is a 1988 batch Indian Foreign Service officer,currently serving as the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs of India.
