India’s former envoy to China Vikram Misri has been appointed the Deputy National Security Adviser in the National Security Council Secretariat. Misri will report to NSA Ajit Doval.
Misri is a 1989-batch IFS officer and will succeed Pankaj Saran who previously was India’s envoy to Russia. He was India’s ambassador to Beijing in 2019 and was also a part of several dialogues held with China following the violent Galwan Valley clash in June this year.
Misri has worked with three Prime Ministers I K Gujral, Manmohan Singh and with Narendra Modi as well in the past, during the initial months. Misri has served as Deputy High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka, Consul General of India in Munich, Ambassador of India to Spain and Ambassador of India to Myanmar.
He has served in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, US, Myanmar, Brussels and Spain among other countries. He was First Secretary/Counsellor in the High Commission of India in Islamabad from 2000 to 2003 during the days of Parliament attack, Op Parakram, Agra summit.
He was also Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office from March 2012 to October 2012, before he became the PS to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
