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Vikram Doraiswami Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 17, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth11 July 1969

Age54 Years

BirthplaceKerala, India

ProfessionIFS Officer

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

SpouseSangeeta Doraiswami

FamilyHas a son; father served in the Indian Air Force

Vikram Doraiswami Biography

Career Indian Foreign Service officer with long diplomatic service across Asia, Africa, and the UK; appointed High Commissioner of India to the United King

Early life and background

Vikram Kumar Doraiswami was born on 11 July 1969 in Kerala, India, into a family with military roots. His father served in the Indian Air Force and took part in the Bangladesh Liberation War. Doraiswami attended a residential school in South India before moving to New Delhi for higher education, where he completed a Master of Arts in history at the University of Delhi. He also pursued an elective diploma in Chinese at the New Asia Yale-in-Asia language school of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Career

Doraiswami joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1992 and completed his initial training in New Delhi from 1992 to 1993. Early postings included service as Third Secretary at the High Commission of India in Hong Kong beginning in May 1994, followed by a posting to the Embassy of India in Beijing in September 1996.

Returning to New Delhi in 2000, he served in the Ministry of External Affairs as Deputy Chief of Protocol (Ceremonials). He also worked in the Prime Minister's Office, serving as Private Secretary during the tenure of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

In 2006 Doraiswami became Political Counsellor at India's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. He was appointed Consul General of India in Johannesburg in October 2009. After returning to the Ministry in July 2011, he headed the SAARC Division and coordinated the Fourth BRICS Summit hosted in New Delhi in March 2012.

From October 2012 to October 2014 he served as Joint Secretary of the Americas Division. He was appointed Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan in October 2014 and subsequently served as Ambassador to the Republic of Korea from April 2015 to July 2018.

After his Korea assignment, Doraiswami returned to Headquarters to lead the Division for Bangladesh and Myanmar. In April 2019 he helped establish a new Indo-Pacific Division at the Ministry of External Affairs. He was promoted in December 2019 and designated Additional Secretary with responsibility for International Organizations and Summits.

Doraiswami served as High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh from October 2020 until 18 September 2022. He assumed charge as High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom on 22 September 2022. As part of the formal credentialing, he presented Letters of Commission from the President of India to King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in a traditional carriage ceremony; he was the first Indian envoy received by the King at the palace following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Public profile

Doraiswami is multilingual, able to speak English, Hindi, Tamil, Chinese, French, and Korean. Colleagues and public records note interests that include reading, watching sports, exercise, travel, and listening to jazz. He has identified P. G. Wodehouse as a favourite author. Personal details recorded in public profiles indicate he is married to Sangeeta Doraiswami, a trained psychologist who works as a primary school teacher, and that they have a son.

Physical and personal notes published in profiles list his height at approximately 180 cm (5'11"), with black eyes and salt-and-pepper hair. He is reported to follow a non-vegetarian diet and to consume alcohol on occasion.

Latest updates

As of September 2022, Vikram Doraiswami serves as India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, having most recently completed his term as High Commissioner to Bangladesh. His long diplomatic career has included senior postings across Asia, Africa, multilateral work at the United Nations, and leadership roles within the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.

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Recent Work

High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom

Assumed charge as High Commissioner to the UK and presented Letters of Commission to King Charles III at Buckingham Palace.

2022
High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh

Served as High Commissioner in Dhaka from October 2020 to September 18, 2022.

2020-2022
Ambassador of India to the Republic of Korea

Served as Ambassador in Seoul from April 2015 to July 2018.

2015-2018
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Career Highlights

  1. Joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1992
  2. Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan (October 2014 – March 2015)
  3. Ambassador of India to the Republic of Korea (April 2015 – July 2018)
  4. High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh (October 2020 – September 2022)
  5. High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom (assumed charge on 22 September 2022)
  6. Held senior roles in the Ministry of External Affairs including Additional Secretary for International Organizations and Summits
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