BIO DATA OF MR. RANJIT RAE, AMBASSADOR OF INDIA
| Date of Birth |
: 25th February, 1957 |
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| Educational Qualification |
: Post Graduate (Economics), Delhi School of Economics. |
| POSTINGS |
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| 1978-80 |
Lecturer, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. |
| 1980 |
Joined the Indian Foreign Service |
| Oct1984 – Oct1986 |
Second Secretary/Acting High Commissioner, High Commission of India, Kampala. |
| Oct1986 – Jan1991 |
Under Secretary / Deputy Secretary, United Nations Division / Foreign Secretary’s Office, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. |
| Jan1991 – Jan1994 |
First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India, New York(Alternate representative on the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board; Member of the United Nations Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions.) |
| Feb1994 – Dec1995 |
Deputy Secretary / Director (Economic Cooperation Unit), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. |
| Dec1995 – Dec1997 |
Press Secretary to the President of India. |
| Jan1998 – Dec1998 |
Attended course on Strategic Studies at National Defence College, New Delhi. |
| Dec1998 – Feb2000 |
Director, Office of the External Affairs Minister, New Delhi. |
| Feb2000 – Aug2002 |
On Deputation to the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and Department of Peace Keeping Operations of the United Nations in New York. |
| Oct2002 – Jan2006 |
Joint Secretary (Nepal/Bhutan), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. |
| Feb2006 – April2010 |
Ambassador of India to Hungary and also accredited to Bosnia & Herzegovina (since April 2006). Also accredited to Slovenia during 2006-2007. |
| June2010 – till date |
Ambassador of India to Vietnam |