India's former envoy to China Vikram Misri was on Monday, 27 December, appointed as the Deputy National Security Advisor of India in the National Security Council Secretariat.
A 1989 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Misri had served as India's ambassador to Beijing in 2019, amid the border dispute. He has also previously served as India's ambassador to Myanmar and Spain.
He has served in various capacities in Ministry of External Affairs, including in the office of external affairs minister. Misri has also served as the private secretary to three prime ministers of India.
He was the private secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi from May 2014 – July 2014.
The appointment of Rawat, who was serving as the Indian envoy to the Netherlands before being given this sensitive post, comes in the midst of the lingering eastern Ladakh border standoff.
Misri will report to National Security Adviser Ajit Doval.
He will succeed Pankaj Saran, who retires from office on 31 December. Rajinder Khanna and Dattatray Padsalgikar are also serving as deputy NSAs.
Misri was succeeded as Ambassador to China by Pradeep Kumar Rawat, a 1990 batch IFS officer, earlier this month.
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