Shri Sandeep Kumar IFS (1985) presently Ambassador of India to Croatia has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Ireland. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly. Shri Sandeep Kumar has served in various missions abroad, viz Hong Kong, Hanoi, Paris, Cape Town and Kabul. From September 2008 to January 2013, Kumar was on deputation to UNDP in Kabul (Afghanistan) where he worked on police reforms. From February 2013 to August 2015, he served as Joint Secretary in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) Division of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. He took up his position as Ambassador of India to the Republic of Croatia on 08 August 2015.
Shri Kumar holds educational degrees in M.Phil. in Environment and Development (University of Cambridge, UK), M.Sc. in Security Studies (University of Madras, India) LL.B. (Delhi University, India) and BA Hons. in English Literature (Delhi University, India). He speaks English, Hindi, Chinese, French and German. Mr. Kumar has a passion for the arts, travel and sports. He has written a non-fictional account of his experiences in Afghanistan: “On Edge”.
Indian Bureaucracy Dot Com wishes Shri Sandeep Kumar the very best.