Vikram Misri

On July 15th, 2024, Vikram Misri assumed charge as the new Foreign Secretary succeeding Vinay Mohan Kwatra whose tenure ended on 14th July 2024.

Key Points

He is a 1989 batch IFS officer serving as Deputy National Security Advisor in the National Security Council Secretariat.
He has a credit of serving as Private Secretary to three Prime Ministers: Mr Inder Kumar Gujral, Dr Manmohan Singh and Mr Narendra Modi.
Apart from serving as India’s Ambassador to China where he played a key role in India-China talks after the Galwan Valley clash in 2020.
He worked at Indian embassies in Brussels and Tunis.
He was ndia’s Ambassador to Spain in 2014 and to Myanmar in 2016.
He has also held positions in several Indian diplomatic missions across Europe, Asia, Africa and North America.