Jayant Prasad
Jayant Prasad is an Indian diplomat who is Ambassador to Nepal.
Early life and education
He was born on June 5, 1952 and educated in Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University. After lecturing on modern Indian history for two years at St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, he entered the Indian Foreign Service in 1976.
Career
Postings at Indian missions
In Indian Missions abroad, he has served as India's Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, Ambassador to Algeria; Counsellor for trade access and development cooperation at the Indian Mission to the European Union in Brussels, First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, Geneva and Second Secretary in the Embassy of India in Paris. He was Ambassador to Afghanistan at the time of the 2008 and 2009 Kabul Indian embassy attacks.
He also served as an Indian ambassador to Nepal from 25 August 2011 – 25 August 2013, a post that was earlier held by his father, Bimal Prasad.This was his last Indian mission abroad after which he got retired.[1]
Postings in Delhi
In the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), New Delhi, he served as head of the Americas Division, head of the unit on Multilateral Economic Relations, Staff Officer to the Foreign Secretary, Deputy Secretary for Disarmament Affairs and Desk Officer for Bangladesh.
Other positions held
He was member of U.N. Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (2005–07), Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs,[2] Harvard University (1998–99), and Rapporteur of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, Geneva (1986–87).
References
- ↑ "India formally appoints Jayant Prasad as envoy to Nepal". Nepal News. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ↑ "Twenty Fellows Named to Weatherhead Center for International Affairs". Harvard University Gazette. Retrieved 22 September 2012.