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Shri Pavan Kapoor
Shri Pavan Kapoor
Secretary (West)

Shri Pavan Kapoor, Secretary ( West ) In a diplomatic career spanning over three decades, Ambassador Kapoor has worked in different capacities both in Indian Missions abroad and at headquarters in New Delhi. A 1990 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, he started his diplomatic life in Moscow and was most recently Ambassador to the Russian Federation (Nov. 2021- Feb 2024).

Prior to this, he was Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and PR to IRENA (Oct. 2019- Nov.2021), and Ambassador to Israel (March 2016- Sep.2019). He also served as India’s High Commissioner to Mozambique and the Kingdom of Swaziland (Jan 2014- Jan 2016).

Apart from serving at different posts in Missions abroad (Geneva, London, Kyiv) and at the Ministry of External Affairs, he has also worked in the Prime Minister’s Office in New Delhi. He also served as an international civil servant with the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.

Pavan Kapoor is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India and has a Masters in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics.