Vikram Doraiswami appointed India's High Commissioner to UK
New Delhi [India], August 23: Present High Commissioner of Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswami has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the UK.
The announcement for his appointment has been made by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
In a statement, MEA said, "Shri Vikram K. Doraiswami (IFS: 1992), presently High Commissioner of India to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom."
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Meanwhile, Doraiswami joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1992. Before that, he did journalism for a year.
According to MEA, he received his master's degree in history from Delhi University.
He was also appointed as Third Secretary in the Indian Embassy in Hong Kong in 1994. He also specialised in chinese language.
He was also appointed as Indian Embassy in Beijing, where he served for about four years.
Doraiswami was appointed Deputy Chief of Protocol (Official). After two years he was promoted to the Prime Minister's office. Later he served as Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of India.
Meanwhile, he also served as head of the Bangladesh and Myanmar department.
In April 2019, he was tasked with setting up a new department in the Ministry of External Affairs for the Indo-Pacific region. After promotion in December 2019, he was designated Additional Secretary for International Organizations and Summits.
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He assumed charge as Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh on October 05, 2020. Vikram Doraiswami is interested in reading, sports, fitness, travelling and Jazz music. He is fluent in Chinese, French and Korean.
-PTC News with ANI inputs
