Vikram Doraiswami
{{short description|Indian diplomat and current High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom}}
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| image = File:Vikram Doraiswami 2022.jpg
| office = High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom
| term_start = 22 September 2022
| predecessor = Gaitri Issar Kumar
| office1 = High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh
| term_start1 = October 2020
| term_end1 = September 2022
| predecessor1 = Riva Ganguly Das
| successor1 = Pranay Kumar Verma
| office2 = Ambassador of India to the Republic of Korea
| term_start2 = April 2015
| term_end2 = July 2018
| predecessor2 = Vishnu Prakash
| successor2 = Sripriya Ranganathan
| office3 = Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan
| term_start3 = October 2014
| term_end3 = March 2015
| occupation = Indian Foreign Service
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| alma_mater = University of Delhi
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| honorific_suffix = IFS
| honorific_prefix = His Excellency
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Vikram Kumar Doraiswami is an Indian diplomat of Indian Foreign Service who is currently serving as High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.{{cite web |title=Shri Vikram K. Doraiswami appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom |url=https://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/35646/Shri+Vikram+K+Doraiswami+appointed+as+the+next+High+Commissioner+of+India+to+the+United+Kingdom |website=Ministry of External Affairs |publisher=Government of India |access-date=29 August 2022}} Prior to this appointment, he was High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh and as an Indian Ambassador to Republic of Korea and Uzbekistan.
Early life and education
Doraiswami was born to a Tamil military family. His father was an Indian Air Force officer who fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war, a country to which Doraiswami eventually became High Commissioner.{{cite news |title=My father took part in Liberation War as pilot: Indian envoy |url=https://banglanews24.com/english/national/news/bd/87334.details |access-date=29 August 2022 |agency=Bangla news |date=22 December 2020}} 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.{{fact|date=August 2024}}
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,{{cite news |title=New Indian High Commissioner-designate to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami arrives |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2020/oct/05/new-indian-high-commissioner-designate-to-bangladeshvikram-doraiswami-arrives-2206245.html |access-date=29 August 2022 |publisher=New Indian Express |date=5 October 2020}} and as Ambassador of India to South Korea and Uzbekistan.{{cite news |title=Vikram Kumar Doraiswami appointed as next Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan |url=http://www.uzdaily.com/en/post/27826 |access-date=29 August 2022 |agency=UZ Daily}} 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.{{cite web |title=Full text of "Gazette of India, 2004, No. 428" |url=https://archive.org/stream/in.gazette.2004.428/W_25_2011_111_djvu.txt |website=Internet Archives |publisher=Government of India |access-date=29 August 2022}}
Personal life
He is married to Sangeeta Doraiswami and they have one son.{{cite web |title=India in brief |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3010730&ref=mobile |website=Korea JoongAng Dail |access-date=29 August 2022}}
Vikram Doraiswami's interests include reading, sports, fitness, travel and Jazz. He speaks Chinese, some French and Korean.
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApzCgHncVlo MEET THE ENVOY: INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER | DBC NEWS]
Category:High commissioners of India to Bangladesh
Category:High commissioners of India to the United Kingdom
Category:Ambassadors of India to Uzbekistan
Category:Ambassadors of India to South Korea
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