Vikram K Doraiswami, the current High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, has been named as the next Ambassador of India to the People’s Republic of China, as announced by the Ministry of External Affairs. Doraiswami, a 1992 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is set to assume his new role shortly. He previously served as India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh before his appointment to the UK.
Doraiswami’s diplomatic journey includes postings in Hong Kong and Beijing, where he spent nearly four years. He also served at the Prime Minister’s Office and as Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of India. In 2006, he was appointed as Political Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations in New York.
Throughout his career, Doraiswami held various significant positions, including serving as India’s Consul General in Johannesburg, South Africa, and as the Head of the Division for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) at the Ministry of External Affairs. He was also the Coordinator for the Fourth Summit meeting of BRICS in New Delhi in March 2012.
Pradeep Kumar Rawat, the current Ambassador of India to China, will be succeeded by Doraiswami. Rawat, who joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1990, has had a distinguished career, including previous postings in Hong Kong and Beijing.
