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 (India) 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.
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.
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 was ambassador to several countries.
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 Indian diplomat who is currently serving as the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs in the Government of India. He presently also holds the record as the longest serving Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs in history.
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.
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. He previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018. He became the second ever diplomat to be appointed as India's External Affairs minister,after Natwar Singh.
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. 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.
Ruchi Ghanashyam is an Indian diplomat who belongs to the Indian Foreign Service.
Reenat Sandhu is an Indian diplomat and current 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.
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.
Lazarous Kapambwe is a Zambian diplomat,the 17th Ambassador of the Republic of Zambia to the United States of America since January,2020. He has served as Zambia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 18 June 2007 to 31st December 2019. He was the sixty-seventh President of the Economic and Social Council. He has also served as Zambia's Ambassador to the African Union,from June 2003 to June 2007.
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.
