Date of Birth 

16 June 1966

Marital Status 

Married

Languages known 

English, Mizo, Spanish

Educational Qualifications 

Bachelor of Arts (Hons.)-English  Literature

Date of Joining Indian Foreign Service 

20 August 1990

DIPLOMATIC CAREER

February 1992 - February 1994 

Third Secretary / Second Secretary,  Embassy of India, Madrid

April 1994 - April 1997 

Second Secretary, Embassy of India, Tashkent

June 1997 - January 1999 

Under Secretary, Ministry of External  Affairs, New Delhi

February 1999 - July 2002 

First Secretary, Embassy of India, Buenos  Aires

August 2002 - November 2005 

Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of India, Sydney

November 2005 - January 2009 

Secretary to Government of Mizoram, India

March 2009 - June 2013 

Consul General of India, Istanbul

June 2013 - June 2016 

High Commissioner of India to Malawi

June 2016 - September 2018

Joint Secretary (Global Estate  

Management)/ Deputy Director General,  Indian Council for Cultural Relations/  Joint Secretary (Pravasi Bharatiya  Kendra), Ministry of External Affairs,  New Delhi

September 2018 - January 2019 

Additional Secretary (Global Estate Management), Ministry of External  Affairs, New Delhi

January 2019 – November 2022 

Ambassador of India to Slovak Republic

November 2022 - till date 

Ambassador of India to Colombia & Ecuador