Syed Akbaruddin

Syed Akbaruddin
Indian diplomat
सैयद अकबरुद्दीन
Born Syed Akbaruddin
Language English
Nationality Indian
Citizenship Indian

Syed Akbaruddin (Hindi: सैयद अकबरुद्दीन) is an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (India) from April 2015.[1] Akbaruddin is a former official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs of India from 2011 to April 2015.Vikas Swarup took over official spokesperson post from Syed Akbaruddin.[2] He also heads the External Publicity and Public Diplomacy division of the Ministry of External Affairs in capacity of Joint Secretary.[3][4][5] He is also the Chief Coordinator for the India-Africa Summit in October 2015.[6]

Personal Life

He is the son of late Prof. S. Bashiruddin, foreply the Head of the Dept. of Journalism and Communication, Osmania University, who headed the Department for many years also served as Indian Ambassador to Qatar, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University and Director of the Research Wing of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune and Dr. Zeba Bashiruddin who was a member of the English Department, Sri Sathya Sai University.[7]

Career

Akbaruddin is a 1985 batch civil servant. At the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, he was on deputation for four years and returned to India in 2011. He is considered "expert" on the West Asia issues in India and has served in various capacities in that region including consul general at Jeddah from 2000 to 2004. He was the director at Foreign Secretary's Office of the Ministry from 2004 to 2005.[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/vikas-swarup-takes-over-as-spokesperson-in-mea/articleshow/46970353.cms
  2. ↑ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/vikas-swarup-takes-over-as-spokesperson-in-mea/articleshow/46970353.cms
  3. ↑ "Spokesperson's Office – Personnel". Mea.gov.in. Ministry of External Affairs. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Syed Akbaruddin is new spokesperson of India's Foreign Office". Yahoo News. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Organogram of the Ministry of External Affairs" (PDF). mea.gov.in. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  6. ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-syed-akbaruddin-bids-adieu-novelist-vikas-swarup-takes-over-as-the-mea-spokesperson-2078581
  7. ↑ http://www.siasat.com/english/news/prof-zeba-basheeruddin-passed-away
  8. ↑ Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy (8 December 2011). "West Asia expert Syed Akbaruddin to be MEA's spokesperson". India Today (New Delhi). Retrieved 25 September 2014.