Periasamy Kumaran (born 23 January 1969) is an Indian diplomat from 1992 batch of Indian Foreign Service who is currently serving as the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.[1] Before that he served as the Secretary (East) in Ministry of External Affairs of India, the High Commissioner of India to Singapore and as ayhr Indian Ambassador to Qatar.[2]
Periasamy Kumaran | |
|---|---|
 Kumaran in 2025 | |
| High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2026 | |
| President | Droupadi Murmu |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Vikram Doraiswami |
| Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs of India | |
| In office 1 April 2025 – 25 March 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Jaideep Muzumdar |
| Succeeded by | Rudrendra Tandon |
| High Commissioner of India to Singapore | |
| In office July 2020 – July 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Jawed Ashraf |
| Succeeded by | Shilpak Ambule |
| Ambassador of India to Qatar | |
| In office October 2016 – July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Sanjiv Arora |
| Succeeded by | Dr Deepak Mittal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 January 1969 |
| (B.Tech) IIT Madras | |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Rank | Secretary |
Early and life education
editPeriasamy Kumaran was born on 23 January 1969.[3] He was educated at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, in Chennai with a B.Tech degree in Electronics and Communication engineering.[4]
Civil Service career
editKumaran entered the Indian Foreign Service in 1992.[5] From January 1994 to June 1997, he worked as Third Secretary at the Indian Embassy in Cairo, while studying Arabic at the American University in Cairo.[4]
From July 1997 to December 2000, he served as Second Secretary, then First Secretary of the Indian Embassy at Tripoli, Libya. From December 2000 to September 2003, he was First Secretary of the Indian Embassy in Brussels. From September 2003 to March 2005, he was Director of the Western Europe department in the Ministry of External Affairs.[5]
From April 2005 to June 2007 he was passport officer for the Bangalore district. From June 2007 to October 2009, he was posted to Pakistan as the Counselor to the Indian High Commission. Thereafter, he was sent to the United States, where he was the Counselor at the Indian embassy there from October 2009 to August 2011.[4]
From September 2011 June 2014, he was Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. From July 2014 to September 2016, he was Joint Secretary of the Consular, Passport & Visa Division at the foreign ministry in New Delhi.[4] Thereafter, he served as Ambassador to Qatar from October 2016 to July 2020.[6][7]
Kumaran was appointed High Commissioner to Singapore on 26 May 2020[8] and presented his credentials on 25 August 2020,[5] serving in that post from July 2020 to July 2023.[9][10]
High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom
editOn 26th March, 2026, Kumaran has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.[11]
References
edit- ↑ "Shri Periasamy Kumaran has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom". Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. 26 March 2026. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ https://www.mea.gov.in/east.htm
- ↑ GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Ministry of External Affairs Offi ce of the Joint Secretary [Administration] (2013). CIVIL LIST of the Indian Foreign Service (As on April 01, 2013) (PDF). p. 17. Archived from the original (pdf) on 22 April 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 "High Commissioner". High Commission of India in Singapore. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Presentation of Credentials, 25 August 2020". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore. 25 August 2020. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ↑ "Previous Ambassadors". Embassy of India, Doha. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ↑ "P Kumaran appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the State of Qatar". Ministry of External Affairs, India. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 30 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ↑ "Shri Periasamy Kumaran has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Singapore". Ministry of External Affairs, India. 26 May 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ↑ "High Commissioner of India to Singapore, P. Kumaran's Farewell to Singapore". Indiplomacy. 24 July 2023. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ↑ "Past High Commissioners of India to Singapore". High Commission of India in Singapore. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ↑ "Periasamy Kumaran appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to UK". The Hindu. 26 March 2026. Retrieved 27 March 2026.