Vikram Doraiswami, India's high commissioner to UK, appointed India's next ambassador to China

VIkram Doraiswami, who is currently India's heights commissioner to United land, has been prescribed as the young embassador of India to the People's Republic of China.In an official statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, “Vikram K. Doraiswami (IFS:1992), currently India’s high commissioner to the United Kingdom, has been appointed as the next ambassador to the People’s Republic of China.” He is expected to assume charge shortly.India’s decision to send a senior diplomat to Beijing comes as both sides attempt to rebuild ties strained by the over four-year-long border standoff in eastern Ladakh. Doraiswami will replace Pradeep Kumar Rawat.Other key appointments include Secretary (East) P. Kumaran being posted to London, Additional Secretary Puneet Agarwal to Thailand, Nagesh Singh moving from Thailand to Australia.Pranay Verma, currently India’s high commissioner to Bangladesh, will move to Brussels. A political appointee cannot be ruled out in Dhaka where the post remains vacant for now.Doraiswami joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1992. Before that, he did journalism for a year. According to MEA, he received his master's degree in history from Delhi University.After completing his in-service training in New Delhi from 1992-1993, Doraiswami was appointed third secretary in the Indian Embassy in Hong Kong in May 1994. He completed a Diploma in the Chinese Language at New Asia Yale-in-Asia Language School, Chinese University of Hong Kong.In September 1996, he was appointed to the Indian Embassy in Beijing, where he served for about four years. On his return to the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi in 2000, Doraiswami was appointed Deputy Chief of Protocol (Official). After two years he was promoted to the Prime Minister's office. Later he served as Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of India.In July 2011, Doraiswamy, a fomer journalist, came back to serve in the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, where he headed the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Division.For a two year period between 2012 and 2014, Doraiswami served as the joint secretary in the Americas Division of the ministry of external affairs.He became India's ambassador to Uzbekistan in October 2014, before being appointed India's ambassador to Korea in April 2015. From July 2018 to April 2019, he served as the head of the Bangladesh and Myanmar department. He was tasked with setting up a new department in the external affairs ministry for the Indo-Pacific region.He took charge as Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh on October 05, 2020 before starting his stint in the UK.