Meet India's Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: April 28, 2024; 12:32 ♦ (Vindobona)

Shri Shambhu S. Kumaran, India's Ambassador and Permanent Representative, presented his credentials to Austria's Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen, and the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna, Ghada Waly. Meet Ambassador, Shambhu S. Kumaran, the permanent representative of the Republic of India to the International Organizations in Vienna and Ambassador to Austria.

The new Resident Representative of India to the IAEA, HE Mr. Shambhu S. Kumaran (l.), presented his credentials to IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi (r.). / Picture: © Flickr / Dean Calma / IAEA [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)]

Shambhu S. Kumaran, a distinguished member of the Indian Foreign Service since 1995, has been appointed as India's new Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna and as Ambassador to Austria. He presented his credentials to Ghada Waly, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna.

Ambassador Kumaran has an extensive diplomatic background, having…