An Indian Diplomat who served as Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. He was the Ambassador of India to Armenia, Georgia, Sudan, South Sudan, Poland and Lithuania, and is currently Special Adviser to the Prime Minister in Lesotho, South Sudan and Guinea-Bissau and to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils of Kargil and Leh.

He writes regularly for The Sunday Guardian and appears on TV channels as an expert foreign affairs analyst.