Shri Akhilesh Mishra IFS (1989) presently Ambassador of India to Maldives, has been appointed as Director General of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Delhi w.e.f. 25 February 2019 vice Ms Riva Ganguly Das. Shri Mishra was Consul General of India in Toronto, Canada.
1o things to know about Shri Akhilesh Mishra IFS:
- JS in Ministry of External Affairs, heading Northern Division dealing with India’s relations with Nepal ,Bhutan
- Joint Secretary in charge of Multilateral Economic Relations Division
- Deputy Chief of Mission in Kabul (Afghanistan)
- Deputy High Commissioner in Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)
- Deputy Consul General in San Francisco (USA)
- Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi
- Handled different capacities in Indian embassy in Kathmandu (Nepal),Rome (Italy) and Lima (Peru)
- Bachelor of Technology and Masters of Technology in Mechanical Engineering, both from the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
- Knowledge of Spanish, Italian and Nepalese.
- Knows Hindi and Sanskrit, besides English
Indian Bureaucracy Dot Com wishes Shri Akhilesh Mishra the very best.