India has diplomatic relations with 201 states/dependencies around the globe,having 199 missions and posts operating globally while plans to open new missions in 2020–21 hosted by 11 UN Member States.
Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon was an Indian academic,politician,and non-career diplomat. He was described by some as the second most powerful man in India,after the first Prime Minister of India,Jawaharlal Nehru. He wrote the first draft of the Preamble to the Constitution of India,initiated the idea of the Constituent Assembly of India and was the architect,and the person who coined the name,of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Jyotindra Nath Dixit was an Indian diplomat,who as 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 (India) to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and is most remembered for his role as a negotiator in disputes with Pakistan and China.
Madras Christian College (MCC) is a liberal arts and sciences college in Chennai,India. Founded in 1837,MCC is one of Asia's oldest extant colleges. The college is affiliated to the University of Madras but functions as an autonomous institution from its main campus in Tambaram,Chennai.
The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) 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.
Captain Gopalaswami Parthasarathy,popularly known as G. Parthasarathy is a former commissioned officer in the Indian Army (1963-1968) and a diplomat and author. He has served as the High Commissioner of India,Cyprus (1990–92),Ambassador of India to Myanmar,1992–95,High Commissioner of India to Australia (1995–99) and the High Commissioner of India to Pakistan (1999-2000). Later he was the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs and the Prime Minister's Office.
Kavalam Madhava Panikkar,popularly known as Sardar K. M. Panikkar,was an Indian statesman and diplomat. He was also a professor,newspaper editor,historian and novelist. He was born in Travancore,then a princely state in the British Indian Empire and was educated in Madras and at the University of Oxford.
Shivshankar Menon is an Indian diplomat,who served as National Security Adviser of India under Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh. He had previously served as the Foreign Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. Prior to that he was Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan,and Sri Lanka and ambassador to China and Israel. He is currently Visiting Professor of International Relations at Ashoka University.
Kumara Padmanabha Sivasankara Menon Sr.CIE ICS,usually known as K. P. S. Menon,was a diplomat and diarist,a career member of the Indian Civil Service. He was appointed independent India's first Foreign Secretary,serving from 1948 to 1952.
Krishnan Srinivasan is a retired Indian diplomat,historian,author,former Indian Foreign Secretary,and Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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.
Thomas Charles Krajeski is an American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Yemen from 2004 to 2007 and the United States Ambassador to Bahrain from 2011 to 2014.
Abhay Kumar [Pen Name Abhay K.] is an Indian poet-diplomat and currently serves as the Deputy Director General of Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR),New Delhi. He served as India's 21st Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros from 2019-2022 He has also served in different diplomatic capacities earlier in Russia,Nepal and Brazil. His published collections of poetry include Stray Poems,Monsoon,The Magic of Madagascar,The Alphabets of Latin America,The Prophecy of Brasilia,The Eight-Eyed Lord of Kathmandu,The Seduction of Delhi among others,while his edited books are CAPITALS,100 Great Indian Poems,100 More Great Indian Poems,New Brazilian Poems,The Bloomsbury Anthology of Great Indian Poems,The Bloomsbury Book of Great Indian Love Poems,The Book of Bihari Literature among others. His Earth Anthem has been translated into over 150 languages and was played at the United Nations to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Earth Day. He also wrote an anthem for SAARC spurring search for an official SAARC Anthem. He wrote a 'Moon Anthem' to celebrate the success of India's Moon Mission Chandrayaan-2. He has penned anthems on all the planets in the Solar System.
Kewal Singh Choudhary (1915–1991) was an Indian diplomat,Foreign Secretary and India's ambassador to the USSR,Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and USA. He was a 1955 recipient of the Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is an Indian diplomat and politician serving as the Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since 30 May 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019,representing Gujarat. He previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018.
The History of Indian foreign policy refers to the foreign relations of modern India post-independence,that is the Dominion of India (from 1947 to 1950) and the Republic of India (from 1950 onwards).
Pradeep Kumar Rawat is an Indian diplomat.
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