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

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Date of birth7 November 1964

Age60 Years (as of 2024)

BirthplaceSrinagar, India

ProfessionIndian Foreign Service (IFS) official

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

SpouseDolly Misri

FamilyDaughter - Didon Misri (lawyer living in London); has two children

Vikram Misri Biography

Vikram Misri is a seasoned Indian Foreign Service officer who has served in diplomatic postings across Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. A 1989 IFS «

Early life and background
Vikram Misri was born on 7 November 1964 in Srinagar, India, and grew up in that city. He completed his early schooling at institutions in Jammu and Kashmir and later attended Scindia School in Gwalior for his senior secondary education. Misri went on to study history at Hindu College, Delhi, and then earned an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He has said that representing India abroad was an ambition from his school days.

Career
Misri joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1989. Early in his career he worked in Brussels and Tunis from 1991 to 1996. He moved into roles close to the centre of government when he served in the Office of the External Affairs Minister and then as private secretary to Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral from 1996 into 1998.

Across the 2000s Misri held several diplomatic postings and headquarters assignments. From 2000 to 2003 he was First Secretary at the High Commission of India in Islamabad. He then served as Political Counsellor at the Indian Embassy in Washington, D.C., from 2003 to 2006, a period that overlapped with efforts to reshape Indo‑US relations. Back in New Delhi he was Director in the Office of the External Affairs Minister from 2006 to 2008, and then served as Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka between 2008 and 2011. He was Consul General in Munich for a brief period from 2011 to 2012.

Misri returned to roles supporting prime ministers when he was appointed private secretary to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2012. He later also served as private secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In 2016 he was named India’s ambassador to Myanmar. On 8 January 2019 he was appointed ambassador to China, a post he held during a period of heightened border tensions between the two countries. During that time he convened meetings between senior officials from both sides and publicly emphasised the need to manage border affairs while pursuing peaceful negotiation of the wider boundary question. He also spoke in favour of cooperation on COVID‑19 vaccine development in 2020.

In December 2021 Misri was appointed Deputy National Security Advisor of India. In July 2024 he was appointed Foreign Secretary of India, the top civil‑service position in the Ministry of External Affairs.

Public profile
Misri has worked across multiple regions — Europe, Africa, Asia and North America — during his diplomatic career. He is reported to be fluent in several languages: Kashmiri as his mother tongue, English and Hindi, with working knowledge of Punjabi and Urdu, and proficiency in French; he has also said he can manage in Spanish for everyday needs. Physical details reported include black eyes and grey hair.

Personal life
Vikram Misri is married to Dolly Misri. The couple have two children; their daughter Didon Misri is a lawyer based in London. He is a citizen of India and lists Srinagar as his hometown. His zodiac sign is Scorpio.

Controversies
The record notes an incident in 2020 when comments Misri made about Chinese troop positions prompted debate because they appeared to differ from statements made elsewhere by India’s leadership. In May 2025 his family faced online abuse related to public reaction over a ceasefire decision on the Line of Control; the situation included targeting of his daughter and led him to restrict his social media account.

Latest updates
As of July 2024 Vikram Misri holds the office of Foreign Secretary of India. Before that appointment he served as Deputy National Security Advisor from December 2021 and as ambassador to China beginning in January 2019.

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Recent Work

Foreign Secretary of India

Appointed as Foreign Secretary of India in July 2024.

2024
Deputy National Security Advisor of India

Appointed by the National Security Council Secretariat on 28 December 2021.

2021
Ambassador to China

Designated ambassador to China on 8 January 2019; involved in high‑level discussions during border tensions.

2019
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Career Highlights

  1. Joined Indian Foreign Service, 1989
  2. Private secretary to three Indian prime ministers: I.K. Gujral, Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi
  3. Ambassador to Myanmar (2016) and to China (2019)
  4. Appointed Deputy National Security Advisor (2021)
  5. Appointed Foreign Secretary of India (July 2024)
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