Dr. N. Nandakumar,
Ambassador-designate to the Republic of Mali
Dr. N. Nandakumar joined the prestigious Indian Foreign Service in the year 2007. Before becoming India’s Ambassador-designate to the Republic of Mali, he served as Consul General of India in Shanghai, China looking after India’s economic, trade, investment and cultural relations with the economically advanced eastern region of China.
At headquarters, he has served as Chief of Staff of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Secretary in the Finance Division looking after India’s development assistance to its neighbouring countries as well as its sister nations from the Global South.
Dr. N. Nandakumar began his career as an officer trainee at the Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran (PAI) Division of the Ministry of External Affairs. He has served in the Indian Mission in Tehran as a language trainee and later as officer handling political, commercial and cultural matters. After his assignment in Tehran, Dr. N. Nandakumar was posted to Mandalay, Myanmar where he served as India’s Consul General looking after India’s economic, trade and cultural relations with that country.
The officer is a recipient of the prestigious Ambassador Bimal Sanyal medal of the Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi. He graduated in Agricultural science with specialization in Genetics. He is a recipient of university gold medals for outstanding academic performance at both M.Sc., and Ph.D. at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, his alma mater.
He speaks English, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Persian. He is married to Mrs. N. Sreedevi and has a son. He likes reading, yoga and cricket.
