Vikram Doraiswami

Vikram Kumar Doraiswami is the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.[1] Prior to this appointment, he was the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh.

His Excellency
Vikram Doraiswami
IFS
High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom
Assumed office
22 September 2022
Preceded byGaitri Issar Kumar
High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh
In office
October 2020 – September 2022
Preceded byRiva Ganguly Das
Succeeded byPranay Kumar Verma
Ambassador of India to the Republic of Korea
In office
April 2015 – July 2018
Preceded byVishnu Prakash
Succeeded bySripriya Ranganathan
Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan
In office
October 2014 – March 2015
Personal details
Born (1969-07-11) 11 July 1969
Alma materUniversity of Delhi
OccupationIndian Foreign Service

Early life and education

Doraiswami was born to a Tamil military family. His father was an airforce officer who fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war, a country to which Doraiswamy eventually became High Commissioner.[2] He studied in schools all over India before eventually acquiring a master's degree in history from the University of Delhi. He worked for a year as a journalist while sitting for the Civil Services exam.

Professional career

He joined the Indian Foreign Service as part of the 1992 batch. In the course of his diplomatic career, he has been posted to the permanent mission to the UN, was the consul general in Johannesburg, and headed the Division for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation and the North American division at the Ministry of External Affairs. He has served as High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh,[3] and as Ambassador of India to South Korea and Uzbekistan.[4] He was also deputed to the Prime Ministers office during the tenure of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and was Private secretary to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.[5]

Personal life

He is married to Sangeeta Doraiswamy and they have one son.[6] Vikram Doraiswami's interests include reading, sports, fitness, travel and Jazz. He speaks Chinese, some French and Korean.

References
  1. "Shri Vikram K. Doraiswami appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom". Ministry of External Affairs. Government of India. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. "My father took part in Liberation War as pilot: Indian envoy". Bangla news. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. "New Indian High Commissioner-designate to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami arrives". New Indian Express. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. "Vikram Kumar Doraiswami appointed as next Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan". UZ Daily. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  5. "Full text of "Gazette of India, 2004, No. 428"". Internet Archives. Government of India. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  6. "India in brief". Korea JoongAng Dail. Retrieved 29 August 2022.


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