New Delhi, June 2: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has appointed senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Vipul as India’s next Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), according to an official announcement issued on Tuesday.
Vipul, a 1998-batch IFS officer currently serving as India’s Ambassador to Qatar, will assume his new diplomatic assignment in Riyadh shortly. He succeeds Sohail Ajaz Khan, who has been transferred to the MEA headquarters in New Delhi.
With more than two decades of diplomatic experience, Vipul has served in several key Indian missions, including postings in Cairo, Colombo, Geneva and Dubai. His assignments have covered political and commercial affairs, development cooperation, disarmament, international security and media relations.
Between 2014 and 2017, he served as Director and later Joint Secretary to India’s External Affairs Minister. He subsequently held the position of Consul General of India in Dubai until 2020.
From 2020 to 2023, Vipul headed the Gulf Division in the MEA, overseeing India’s relations with countries across the Gulf region. He later took charge as Ambassador to Qatar and presented his credentials to Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in August 2023.
His appointment comes at a time when India continues to deepen its strategic, economic and people-to-people ties with Saudi Arabia, one of New Delhi’s most important partners in the Gulf region.
An engineering graduate from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Vipul completed his Mechanical Engineering degree in 1994 and later earned an MBA from Indian School of Business.
He is expected to take up his new diplomatic responsibilities in Riyadh in the coming weeks.
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