Career and Rank Structure
- At an embassy:
- Third Secretary (entry level)
- Second Secretary (promotion upon being confirmed in service)
- First Secretary
- Counsellor
- Minister
- Deputy Chief of Mission/Deputy High Commissioner/Deputy Permanent Representative
- Ambassador/High Commissioner/Permanent Representation/
- At the Ministry of External Affairs
- Under Secretary
- Deputy Secretary
- Director
- Joint Secretary
- Additional Secretary
- Secretary
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