Work Experience

• Joined Indian Foreign Service in 1996
• Third Secretary / Second Secretary, Embassy of India, Cairo: 1998-2000
• First Secretary, Embassy of India, Muscat: 2000-2003
• Deputy Secretary handling relations with Bangladesh in Ministry of External Affairs: 2003-2006
• Counselor, Embassy of India, Brussels, Belgium: 2006-2009
• Counselor, Embassy of India, Kathmandu: 2009-2012
• Director / Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs: 2012-2014
• Consul General of India to Cape Town, South Africa: 2014-2017
• Minister (Commerce) in Embassy of India, Washington, DC: 2017-2019
• Ambassador of India to the Republic of Tunisia: 2019-2021
• Joint Secretary (E&SA)/Additional Secretary (E&SA), Ministry of External Affairs: August 2021-September 2024
• Ambassador of India to Portugal since 11 September 2024

Languages Known

English, Hindi, Arabic, Punjabi, Dogri, Bangla