Vijay Keshav Gokhale

Vijay Keshav Gokhale
32nd Foreign Secretary of India
In office
29 January 2018[1] – 28 January 2020
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterSushma Swaraj
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Preceded bySubrahmanyam Jaishankar
Succeeded byHarsh Vardhan Shringla
Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs
In office
21 October 2017[2] – 29 January 2018
Preceded byAmar Sinha
Succeeded byT. S. Tirumurti
Indian Ambassador to China
In office
20 January 2016[3] – 21 October 2017[3]
Preceded byAshok Kantha
Succeeded byGautam Bambawale[4]
Indian Ambassador to Germany
In office
1 October 2013 – 20 January 2016[5]
Preceded bySujatha Singh
Succeeded byGurjit Singh
Personal details
Born (1959-01-24) 24 January 1959 (age 65) [6][7]
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Delhi
OccupationIFS
ProfessionCivil Servant

Vijay Keshav Gokhale IFS, born 24 January 1959,[7] is a retired Indian diplomat and the 32nd Foreign Secretary of India. Gokhale previously served as the Ambassador of India to China.[8]

  1. ^ "Vijay Gokhale takes over as foreign secretary: Fixing neighbourhood policy, checking China's rise top priorities - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. 29 January 2018.
  2. ^ Feeds, IANS (29 June 2017). "Beijing envoy Vijay Keshav Gokhale is new Secretary (ER)".
  3. ^ a b "Embassy Of India, Beijing". indianembassybeijing.in.
  4. ^ "Gautam Bambawale India's next ambassador to China". 12 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Previous Ambassadors - Embassy of India,Berlin - Germany". 22 April 2018. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Civil list" (PDF). 1 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Welcome to High Commission of India, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)". 8 February 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Vijay Keshav Gokhale appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the People's Republic of China". gov.in. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

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