Dalela might relocate to Dhaka, and Doraiswami represents India in the UK.

Devanshi Jajware
July 02, 2022

Vikram Doraiswami was chosen after a thorough selection process, during which the Modi administration even considered political appointees for London.Vikram Doraiswami, the Indian ambassador to Bangladesh, is anticipated to replace him as India's representative to the United Kingdom.

Doraiswami, an Indian Foreign Service officer from the 1992 batch who speaks Chinese, has worked as the country's ambassador to the US, South Korea, Uzbekistan, and as the prime minister's private secretary.Gaitri Issar Kumar, an ambassador who retired on June 30, 2022, is replaced by Vikram Doraiswami. Vikram is anticipated to be replaced in Dhaka by Sudhakar Dalela, the current Deputy Chief of Mission in the US and an IFS officer from the 1993 cohort.Pranay Verma, the Indian ambassador to Vietnam, is rumoured to be taking the place of Ruchira Kamboj in Bhutan and Sandeep Arya in Hanoi.

As the permanent representative of India to the UN, Kamboj has been appointed. Verma and Arya are both officers from the 1994 class.India now has an ambassador in Vikram Doraiswami who will work to forge deeper ties but also address any areas of contention, such as those involving the diaspora, head-on. Dalela, a potential successor to him, has extensive experience working as the Director of the Prime Minister's Office, where he focused on India's relations with its neighbours in South Asia.

He also served as Joint Secretary for Bhutan and Nepal during the 2017 Doklam crisis with China.Doraiswami, a competent and diligent diplomat, has played a key role in forging close bilateral relationships with Dhaka by advocating for the development of defence and infrastructure partnerships. One of the major individuals that helped KIA motors enter South Korea was Doraiswami, the Indian ambassador there.

The Modi administration underwent a multi-month comprehensive screening process that included considering the option of appointing a political appointee as ambassador to London before appointing Doraiswami. Although there are many causes of contention between India and the UK, they are related to London's ambition to exploit the remnants of the former Imperial Raj in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Due to the size of its domestic Muslim Mirpuri vote base, the UK has frequently experimented with Jammu and Kashmir-related issues in the past. The nation is also to blame for a number of problems involving providing home to extremist Sikhs and enabling them to gather money against India. However, a free trade agreement is now being negotiated between India and the UK, with New Delhi explicitly outlining the terms

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