
From 1990 to 1993, he was Counsellor (Commercial) at the Indian mission in Budapest. įrom 1988 to 1990, he served in Sri Lanka as First Secretary and political adviser to the Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF). From 1985 to 1988 he was the first secretary at the Indian embassy in Washington, D.C. He was part of the team that resolved the dispute over the supply of US nuclear fuel to the Tarapur Power Stations in India. He returned to New Delhi, where he worked as a special assistant to the diplomat Gopalaswami Parthasarathy and as undersecretary in the Americas division of India's Ministry of External Affairs, dealing with United States. He is currently serving as Minister of External Affairs within the Government of India.Īfter joining the Indian Foreign Service in 1977, Jaishankar served as third secretary and second secretary in the Indian mission to the Soviet Union in Moscow from 1979 to 1981, where he studied Russian. and PhD in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), where he specialised in nuclear diplomacy. He has an MA in Political Science and an M.Phil. Stephen's College at the University of Delhi. Jaishankar did his schooling from The Air Force School, Subroto Park, New Delhi, and is a graduate in Chemistry from St.

Vijay Kumar, former Rural Development Secretary of India. He has two brothers: the historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam and the IAS officer S. Jaishankar was born in New Delhi, India to prominent Indian strategic affairs analyst, commentator and civil servant K. He is the first former Foreign Secretary to head the Ministry of External Affairs at the Cabinet-level. He was made the Minister of External Affairs on. On, he was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the second Modi ministry. In 2019, he was conferred with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour. On retirement, Jaishankar joined Tata Sons as the President, Global Corporate Affairs. Jaishankar played a key role in negotiating the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1977 and during his diplomatic career spanning over 38 years, he served in different capacities in India and abroad including as a High Commissioner to Singapore (2007–09) and as Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2001–04), China (2009–2013) and USA (2014–2015). He has previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019, representing Gujarat. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955) is an Indian diplomat and politician who is the current Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since.


Jawaharlal Nehru University ( MA, MPhil, PhD)
