Academic Background
Master of Science (Nuclear Physics) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai (1971) Ph.D. (High Energy Physics) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai (1974) Professional Background: July 1973 : Joined Indian Foreign Service 1976-77 : Served as Third Secretary/Second Secretary in Kuwait/Saudi Arabia 1978-81 : Under Secretary in the Middle East desk, Ministry of External Affairs covering at various stages countries from Iran, Iraq to North Africa 1981-82 : Fellow in the Institute of Defence Studies & Analysis (IDSA), N. Delhi 1982-83 : Deputy Secretary (North), Ministry of External Affairs, dealing with Nepal and Bhutan. 1983-86 : First Secretary (Disarmament), Permanent Mission of India, Geneva and Alternate Representative of India to UN Conference on Disarmament. 1986-89 : Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Algiers 1989-91 : Director (United Nations Division) and Disarmament Head, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi 1991-94 : Joint Secretary (South & Disarmament), Ministry of External Affairs in-charge of India's relations with ASEAN, Indo-China and South Pacific. 1994-2000 : Seconded to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna for the post of senior professional in External Relations & Policy Coordination Division, for a job as international civil servant. Sept.2000 - July 2003 : Returned to MEA in India as Joint Secretary (Disarmament & International Security Affairs), covering all disarmament issues, bilateral security dialogues and dialogues on nuclear non-proliferation, export controls and defence Cooperation, security forums such as ARF, CICA, UNSC and other ad hoc groupings on security issues such as Pugwash. July 2003 - July 2004 : Additional Secretary (International Organisations), Ministry of External Affairs with previous charge expanded to include other international organisations. 28 July 2004 - Feb 2008 : Ambassador of India to Austria and Permanent Representative of India to all international organisations in Vienna. 1 March 2008 - February 28, 2011 : Secretary General of SAARC.
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