West likely to differentiate more between Good and Bad terrorism.

To start with i am no expert on security matters. Following is just an understanding from common sense And may be far from truth, hence purely a work of fiction, any resemblance to reality is purely lucky coincidence!

In the Cold War era, many violent retributions could be avoided by clandestine deals between the 2 superpowers. And the soviet melt down happened, a century after it was born. 

The Cold War in that sense was a much cleaner and faster... A war that could be won with the disintegration of soviets. Compare it to the war against Islamic terror across the world today. 

1. There is no real centralization of power, and the war even involved lone wolf attacks motivated by cultural moorings and beliefs not even understood by the west. Part of it because west continues to study this phenomenon with the moral compass it builds for itself, and which helped them tide over the more agreeable soviet threat.

2. The Islamic concept of global conquest to form an Ummah has been around for nearly one and a half millennia and in that sense is a timeless struggle... A slow and dirty war, unable to be comprehended by the west.

I won't be surprised if the west will finally come down to the view that to counter Islamic terror a Cold War like structure is helpful. I expect to see therefore more such talk of good and bad terrorism in the days to come that can install a power structure with which deals can be cut.

Obviously this good and bad terrorism will be born out of self interests on the countries and India will feel slighted by the inability to influence this differentiation by its own interests. It thus becomes even more important for india to start doing the same, but with a view of its own self interest.

. I do expect that some slect terrorists groups may be given gratification by India to counter balance our friendly neighbour's machinations 

. India will try and gain some strategic depth in pok, west Punjab, Baluchistan and Sindh and maybe even FATA, etc by enhancing operational strength on the feild by enabling More feet on the ground.

. More and more Indian funded Islamist groups may likely find sanctuary in Afghanistan to counter the bad terrorists - Pakistan funded Taliban.

PK is Amir Khan's implicit Gharwapsi.

I watched PK. I do not know the intentions of Amir Khan or of Raju Hirani, who has a knack of romanticising goons as in "Munnabhai" , or of iconoclasts as in "PK". I don't believe that there is any evidence to prove that such tendencies flow from Hirani's alleged links with Dubai/Karachi based iconoclastic goons of real life.

I assume he was honestly trying to find answers to questions that have troubled our rishis since time immemorial,  but he may not have had the time or inclination to study the wisdom of these rishis in the vedas and upanishads, ... wisdom which would have quenched some of his quest for God.

Since the film boiled down to blasting gurus and sadhus,  I believe the fine gentlemen hold the same dismal view of the babas and prophets of yore.  Each one of each religions Godmen were all babas and sadhus of their time whose handouts continue to guide/misguide a majority of earthlings today. PKs renunciation of prophets, I would logically believe, is indiscriminate and I  believe his dislike for Holy Pilgrimages is equally for Amaranth (as portrayed in the film) as it is for the far more remote pilgrimahe stations which are not shown in film.

His dissing of faith in the stone god may be the same as that for all crucified or invisible Gods.  That "missing Gods" are not limited to the theiving Hindus but equally for the far richer Church and Saudi petro funded religious enterprises. I think we should credit Amir Khan for  renouncing his own faith and bravely becoming apostate.

Coming back to the native wisdom on the topic of discussion re-initiated by PK, let's take a quick look at the  4 mahavakya of Vedas for hint. That such discussion is already documented in a religion called Hinduism, it indeed points to how makers of PK agree to hinduism, knowingly or unknowingly. It's Amir's implicit Gharwapsi moment.

Anyway, so These 4 mahavakyas are the essence of the theme of the 4 vedas... a kind of executive summary of their deep philosophical discourse, interpreted in detail in the Upanishads. They say:

1. Prajnanam iti Brahmaan - wisdom is the soul/spirit. Knowledge itself is Brahmaan.

2. Ayam ātmā brahma - "I am this Self (Atman) that is Brahman"

3. Tat Tvam Asi - You are that Brahmaan

4. Aham Brahmāsmi - I am Brahmaan myself.

So where is God (or Brahmaan)? The last mavakya is the best. .. It says you yourself are brahma. It's a federated godliness ... and says each of the 1.25 crore population (then) of Bharat are all devetas. You find God within you.

And since atma is indestructible you can find god in all living beings. You find God in cows being fed grass (which was made fun of in the film) as much as you can find God in the cow being slaughtered for sacrifice (omitted from explicit ridicule in the film).

A critical analysis of this deep Vedic  philosophy is impossible in this limited post but it's very clear, had the makers of this film even went beyond the superficiality of wine and coconuts they would have done themselves a lot of favour in finding God in our own Hindu religious texts and culture.  For a beginning,  let's welcome Amir on his Gharwapasi :)

Why Rationalist Hindus have become right wing.

I was reading up the anti superstition bill of Maharashtra assembly, when a thought struck me. What is it that makes rationalists and agnostics become "Internet Hindus", or "Sanghis" as the left routinely derides the nationalist Hindu.

That anti superstitions bill outlaws the misuse of religion by crooks who mistreat,  cheat, murder or engage in other such  criminal activity.  That such criminality is already outlawed in indian penal code is a debate for another day.

But I want to be on the point of irrationality and superstition. And the spectacular rise of the so called "Hindu Right", who can routinely be seen outraging on one issue or other on social platforms nowdays.

A number of religions rever the moon when we know without doubt that man has walked on it. The blind faith in a book or a stone or an idol or a planet is all very much irrational. The competitive irrationality of its followers and criminality due to such irrationality  should ideally be outlawed too!!

On the other hand, Perhaps religion has its uses, in that, faith in a larger bigger power, by itself, could be self healing and give (rather irrationally) the resilience to man to live his life's journey.  The promise of the afterlife to motivate a person to share and care and generally become more altruistic, which by itself are irrational acts. To check us from becoming downright hedonists, or installing a self-check from behaving unjustly or unfairly. All of these virtues of humanity, it can be argued, are equally irrational as religion,  because rationality demands that if you have a lever, you'd use it.

Lets take my example. I am quite open to debate the premise of religions. I admit its irrationality. I do not believe in the exceptional holiness of Godmen whether Sai baba or other. But I am at peace with the concept of aham brahmasmi too, believing that godliness is federated in all living beings, and is the choice of the individual. I like such Hindu philosophical discourse but dislike the ritualis and pesky pandas who haven't read enough.

So what makes these western-educated people, who are wired as rationalists otherwise, to take offence to the portrayal of religious symbols in bad light in media or cinema or theater or even by the communists and atheists. Why do rstionalists (like us) mind the portrayal of bindi and mangalsutra and dhoti and sanskrit and other such symbols of Hinduism as backwardness, or of patriarchal order. Why does the IH instinctively take offence when realists mock the Godmen they may themselves despise?

I have realised that this defence of religion is driven by selfish motives. Gaining political power for one's community is a rational objective. And whether we like it or not we are bracketed at birth with a religious identity. And given the constraints of our identities,  it is but rational that the IH see to it that s/he is least unjustly treated.  It is but rational to analyse the portrayal of their identities in media and cinema and text books and other means - the brand of Hinduism.

It needs just a basic analysis to note that Hinduism has been at the receiving end of government sponsored proselytizing, first by invaders, then by theological sultanates and then by a secular government, which ironically protects the evangelist's cause to complete the missions of their previous political establishments. The Modi government is perhaps the only dispensation in Anno Dominni that is sympathetic to the Hindu cause.

The vast residual of governance apparatus (from the evangelical dispensations earlier), along with its propaganda machinery in the public and private space, however, remains to be sensitized to the fate of the natives. A quick study of the fate of natives in other continents and nations, when faced with the same global forces of proselytizing, can be a good pointer. It will provide with the very valid case for protection of a Hindu nation, under existential siege, on the lines of similar conservation of aborigines in Australia,  red Indians in USA, Jews in Israel,  or the sheduled tribes in India. It is indeed a miracle that Hinduism has actually survived through more than a millenia and a half of foriegn  onslaught.

The Hindu political fight therefore is a rational fight for self preservation, of existential anxiety, rather than one of expansionism or proselytizing. To compare it with Taliban and Christian groups, whose avowed aim of Ummat or other such expansionism is a direct threat to our preservation, is to run with the hound in pursuit of the hare.

The propaganda arms of proselytizing, like the English media and bollywood cinema of the Hirani and Haider variety, should do well to address this anxiety which was recently manifested in the political upheaval at the center and may well reach their ivory towers next.

Native-Bashing trends in Bollywood

I have noted a hugely divided opinion on PK. Some can't seem to get enough of it.

For some others, It seems to be a Pakistan loving endeavor of an iconoclastic mercenary without any real conviction or intellectual debate.

People do recognize that the film does seem to go the extra mile to reverentially and carefully ensure NOT trampling on the faith of other Religions of Peace and Love.

Some reviews:

http://www.bollywoodtrade.com/movie-reviews/pk-movie-review-hiranis-robbin-williams-obsession-continues-this-one-goes-after-hindu-god-men-omg-style/1255.htm

http://5forty3.in/2014/12/pk-why-is-hinduism-a-blot-on-the-idea-of-india/

It's undeniable that natives are asserting and realizing the light in which they have been portrayed by the missionaries and their urban aympathizers over years. And they are seeing through the sustained program they have been subjected, to the point that...they have been made to think in the way they were being subtly or overtly nudged by the popular media, information and cinema propaganda.

The way our public receives the film should be a good barometer to gauge the success of the Nehruvian project.

Liberals are charitable to Islamists.

7Why calling Islamists as terrorists is to misread the problem.

Twenty-eight passengers were murdered when Somalia’s al-Shabab group attacked a bus in northern Kenya at dawn yesterday and picked out those who could not recite an Islamic creed who they assumed to be non-Muslims. #ManderaBusAttack

And the response of the liberatti, typically muted by their concern of not branding a religion with terrorism is along known temlates : Leaders have condemned the killings in Mandera County on Saturday. This was stated by the VP while the President is on a 4 day official visit during the Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, as his country burns. But I digress.

Is Al Shabaab a terrorist organization? Is Boko Haram, ISIS, Jamat ud Dawa, Jamat e tehreek, Taliban,  Al Qaeda and the other mushrooming  global enterprise of Islamism only out to create terror in the world. And if they are, what is their purpose? It was said back in 1990s about Kashmiris  ( then engaged in Pandits genocide) that they are merely 'militants'. Meaning they have a harsher political view than rest of kashmiris, but not terrorists. Later, as it became untenable to defend the overt religious purge, it was claimed that one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. Parallels were drawn to freedom fighter revolutionaries who struck terror in the heart of the colonial Empire.

That being so, it can be concede that terrorists objectives in their operations is to terrorise the state through the loss of their subjects. In order to strike at the state. For freedom, separation,  revolution, gaining power etc.

But the global Islamic enterprise wants purge. Terrorising is not enough. Purge the Un believers is the objective.  Islam should win and be all pervasive. Examples in pakistan and Bangladesh are proof of the need of islam to eradicate the Un believers. Each strand of Islam is a call to jehad against the kafirs.

To call islamists by any other name therefore is to be apologists to the nature of the cult ... which essentially is terror on the people of the book, such that financial subjugation of jazia  can be  implemented with humiliation to the dhimmi.  But apart from Christianity, and Jews  other kafirs do not qualify to dhimmitude and are not to be let off by mere terrorising and financial and social subjugation. They have to be purged. Only women can be excused if they can be sold and enslaved a la yazidis in Iraq.

I call upon all humanist therefore to throw away the political correctness and call the scourge by what it is - Islamism.  It is only when we recognize the problem that we can Hope  to find an answer. 

Doval and Shah are Modi's best picks.

Modi is going to participate in ayodhya ram barat.  This starts from Nepal.  This is doval's idea. When pm visits another country, security detail is handed over to host PM agency. This stretch is where most banfladeshi terrorists have fled and our agencies will have a unobstructed field run for several days to gather intelligence.  Plus it fits in BJP politics very well setting up for  up elections

 That's doval for you. Ek teer se kaii shikaar!

t'll also have an added impact on Bengal politics when some bangladeshi get apprehended in Nepal by Indian NSA!

 What a team these modi and doval have made. Doval and Amit shah are by far the best picks of modi.

Doval is all pervasive in government, and Amit shah is delivering the elections.

It'll be 15 years before congress is back in government. Save this post!

Why Congress Mukt Maharasthra changes everything

A lot has been written about the 16 May 2014 being the watershed moment that'll find it's place in the books of history. What follows, however, is even bigger.

The enemies were at the Queen's gate. A queen whose queenship survived on profligacy of squandered public wealth. The squandering being proportional to the loyalty to the dynasty. "Give them cake if they can't have bread" had a new name - Food Security Act, as were the several other acts that allowed the hands of the looters into the state treasury. And revolution had a new name - Modi.

Now the colours in the corridors of power have changed. A new hope has arrived. Economic revival is round the corner, so is the collective morale of the peoples.

And yet, something more has happened. Exit Polls after the elections in Maharashtra and Haryana project a Saffron sweep. But not only is it about the BJP coming from an also-ran into pole position, but the marginalization of the politics of red mixed with green - of blood money and of the leftist Islamism. .

For the first time anywhere in India since Prithviraj Chauhan, the ruling and opposition parties will be saffron. Saffron will fight saffron. It is not without irony that media outlets across Mainstream English spectrum are hoping for Modi to be strengthened... A character so pilloried by the secular nehruvian club now appears to be the hero against what they describe as fringe elements in the saffron polity.

It'll not be a day too late for them to realize that the center of polity has moved. They are now themselves the loony fringe of India. India has changed forever.

What's worse than Solitary Confinement?

Being expected on demand. 

That's worse than being lonely.

What's worse than being expected on demand?

No internet.

What you may have missed: Narendra Modi’s message to China

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/R1ptxTNMam958FSjT6AXPL/What-you-may-have-missed-Narendra-Modis-message-to-China.html

In the last 36 hours, we have seen intense discussion and speculation on the future of India-Pakistan relations in the wake of Nawaz Sharif attending the swearing in ceremony of Narendra Modi as India’s new Prime Minister. But no one seems to be talking about China. What most analysts appear to have missed is that Modi has also sent a multi-leveled but clear message to our giant neighbour in the north.

Take his invitation to all the leaders of neighbouring countries, most importantly Maldives and Sri Lanka. China has been for years single-mindedly pursuing its string of pearls strategy to encircle India. Maldives, traditionally a good and amiable friend of India, is now almost lost to China.

To quote from John Elliott’s recent—and eye-opening—book Implosion, “Problems probably created, or at least accentuated, by China have emerged in the Maldives… China opened a mission in Male, the capital, in March 2012, and the country’s president, Mohamed Waheed, met (former head of the Chinese government) Wen Jiabao in China a month later, when $500m aid was agreed.

“Towards the end of 2012, the government cancelled a long-tern build-and-operate airport contract with GMR, the Indian infrastructure company. That happened just after China’s defence minister, Liang Guanglie, visited the islands. Mohammed Nazim, the Maldives minister for defence, national security and transport, who handled the airport, had also just been to Beijing. This showed a distinct pro-China tilt by the Maldives…

“Previously the islands had relied on Indian assistance, as was well illustrated in 1988 when Indian troops quickly quelled a coup attempt by Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries. Unsurprisingly, India, which is rarely adept at handling its neighbours, failed to deal smartly with the airport situation and the contract was lost, which was widely seen as a gain for China.”

Among the many areas the second regime of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was paralysed in, one was foreign policy. The Indian government sat around open-mouthed as China quite openly lured Maldives into its area of influence. Maldives is also crucial to India for another reason: the islands have been seeing a disturbing rise in Islamist fundamentalism, which, while creating social and political instability in the islands, could also have disturbing implications for India. Inviting Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom over for the swearing in, and chatting with him to get an informal sense of the situation in the islands is Modi’s first step to woo Maldives back into India’s fold. At the least, he is sending a message to China that India would no longer sit idle and watch Maldives slide away and become a pearl in China’s string.

Right now, in the wake of the global furore about the way it ended its civil war, Sri Lanka believes it needs a great deal of international support. While the Manmohan Singh government was blackmailed by its Tamil ally Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) into not voting for Sri Lanka at the United Nations, China has been happily and not-so-quietly stepping into the breach. Chinese companies are building infrastructure contracts worth some $4 billion including the country’s second international airport, a massive special economic zone, and Sri Lanka’s first four-lane expressway, and all almost wholly funded with Chinese soft loans.

In August 2013, China opened the Colombo International Container Terminal, a $500 million port 85% owned by a Chinese merchant company to serve as a hub between Singapore and Dubai. The Hambantota Development Zone, which the China is helping to build, will include an international container port, an oil refinery, an international airport and other facilities. It is expected to cost more than $1 billion and again China is funding 85% of the project.

As Jack Goodman writes in The Diplomat, “The recent commitment from Sri Lanka to join the Maritime Silk Road (MSR) indicates the proximity of the two states’ strategic aspirations and is a reflection of the assimilation of national interests. The Indian Ocean ports of Gwadar in Pakistan, Hambantota in Sri Lanka and Chittagong in Bangladesh have all benefited from Chinese investment and account for 30% of global trade, according to Indian Ocean Rim Association. The MSR is a vital strategic project for China in the Indian Ocean, and will increase China’s presence in South Asian shipping routes. Sri Lanka can be seen as a gateway port up the western coast of India and further west to Iran, a vital exporter of oil to China. The brand new port of Hambantota…is located on (what is) historically not a traditional shipping route. However, it is the perfect location to meet the strategic objectives of the MSR.”

There’s another pearl, and right next door to India. Indeed, the tragedy is that Sri Lanka turned first to India for assistance in building Hambantota port, but, as usual, we dithered and sat on our hands. Spotting a juicy opportunity, China moved in.

A free trade agreement between China and Sri Lanka is in the offing. Bilateral trade exceeded $3 billion in 2013 and China is Sri Lanka’s second-largest source of imports behind India.

The fact that Modi ignored the shrill protests from the Tamil political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) own allies in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), and went ahead and invited Mahinda Rajapaksaand met him, is a clear indication that the new team in charge well understands the China threat. It is time to rebuild relations with Sri Lanka after decades of unease and do what is best for India in its neighbourhood and in the Indian Ocean.

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But the smartest move that Modi has made vis-à-vis China—and which hardly anyone seems to have understood the significance of so far—is giving former army chief V.K. Singh an apparently strange combination of portfolios. Singh will be minister of state with independent charge of the north east, and also be minister of state in the external affairs ministry under Sushma Swaraj.

As China continues to refuse to recognise Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India, and builds military-grade highways that can rapidly move tanks and heavy artillery to India’s border, it’s absolutely the perfect stratagem to put a former army chief in charge of the region. This should give the Chinese some pause.

And his additional responsibility in the external affairs ministry is a brilliant piece of thinking. In effect, Modi has made a committed Indian soldier our man for China. The People’s Liberation Army may now think twice before sending in troops miles inside Ladakh and camp there for a week and saunter back, sneering at India’s supine indecisiveness. China’s strategy for long has been to push India and see how far we can be pushed. So far, the message that our neighbour has got is that we can be pushed very far indeed. That message gets altered dramatically now in one stroke.

This is Modi’s message to China. One, we will not be sitting around any longer watching you bead your string of pearls around India, and we will try to reclaim some of the pearls. Two, don’t expect to be getting those old jollies any more, of pushing us and strolling away, whistling merrily. Many in India may not have understood Modi’s intent, but the wise men in Beijing surely will.

Statement of British High Commission, Nairobi on the security situation

THE CAUSE...

Police corner a female student at the University of Nairobi last week. "The Western plots against the popular government include engineering last week’s demonstrations by university students, which were then given suspiciously prominent front-page picture and story treatment by major Western newspapers and TV stations". PHOTO | FILE  NATION MEDIA GROUP

I am writing as Head of Communications at the British High Commission to respond to the Sunday Nation article, “Is there Western conspiracy to end Jubilee rule before its five-year term?”

You will not be surprised that the UK response to this is, “there is no such conspiracy”.

But it is likely that conspiracy theorists may not take our word for this, so I would like to offer a few facts.

Firstly I would refer to the clarification we made last week, following our travel advice change of the week before.

In it, we said that the change to our travel advice regarding Mombasa was motivated by one thing only: our responsibility to inform British citizens of our objective assessment of the potential security threat to them in that area.

RISK LEVEL

Travel advice is there solely for the safety and security of British people when they are outside the UK.

We do not take changes to our travel advice lightly because we know the impact that it can have on the economy in those areas that are affected.

We are not allowed to make travel advice changes on the basis of political or economic reasons — assessments are made purely on the level of risk to the security of our citizens.

Nor would it make any sense for us to make this travel advice change on the basis of politics or economics.

The latest advice for Mombasa affects British businesses just as it affects Kenyan businesses.

And it’s not only the individual British citizens that live and work in Mombasa. Other British tourism business operators have also temporarily lost a key part of their market.

The charter companies that have cancelled flights, the hoteliers, the travel writers, the sea sports specialists and so on. Many of them are British; indeed, more tourists come to Kenya from Britain than from any other country.

Our desire is always to reduce the level of travel advice. We keep it under constant review and we hope it may be possible to take it back to a lower level before too long.

But we have to do that on the basis of objective security assessments, as always, not because conspiracy theorists pressure us to do so.

Finally I wish to reiterate that for many years, the UK has stood shoulder to shoulder with Kenya in the fight against terrorism, just as we did during Westgate.

We recognise the impact of terrorism, and we are resolved to continue supporting Kenya in this fight.

JOHN BRADSHAW,

British High Commission, Nairobi

THE EFFECT...

Letter to Hon Minister of Health, India

Hon Minister Dr Harshvardhan,

Hope you're well.

I write to you with reference to the Ministry of Health circular appearing in news reports, making polio vaccination mandatory for all Indian travelers to Kenya with effect from 1st March 2014.

Since the announcement, there has been much confusion if this rule applies uniformly to :

1) Indian nationals as well (or only Kenyan nationals)
2) Indian nationals on short duration visits (business travel)
3) irrespective of Age of traveller (children and senior citizens)
4) irrespective of prior history of vaccination and
5) Duration of "cooling-off" between vaccination date and date of travel. Is a 1-month advance vaccination "preferred" or "mandatory"period. Can people travel say 7 days after vaccination.

Due to these confusions, people movement between India and Kenya has been greatly affected. I request if we can seek clarifications on the above 5 points through your good offices.

In addition to the clarifications sought, I would like to share that The vaccination rule, per se, has become a crippling constraint to run people-intensive Indian businesses like IT, where people mobilization is needed at short notice in a very dynamic business environment. We note from our experience that most other developed countries (with a 100% polio eradication record) do not have a similar rule, especially when nationals have already complied to a detailed vaccination program in young age, eventually contributing to the national goal of complete eradication of the disease.

I hope the relevant Ministry will be able to take cognizance of the concerns of the Indian businesses working in affected countries, in this regard.

I thank you for your time and consideration.

Best Regards
Prasun Chaturvedi
( twitter : @prasunchat)

Press Release in context of oath of the Council of Ministers tomorrow.

Press Release of cabinet formation on Social Media! Direct to people! What role is the media left with!? Speculations and gossip?

Friends,

Tomorrow the Council of Ministers will take oath. In the context of the formation of the Council of Ministers sharing a Press Release.

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The Prime Minister-designate Shri Narendra Modi has made a historic change in the formation of Ministries. For the first time, he adopted guiding principle of “Minimum Government and Maximum Governance” and also rationalization with a commitment to bring a change in the work culture and style of governance.

• It is a good beginning in transforming entity of assembled ministries to Organic Ministries. It will bring more coordination between different departments, will be more effective and bring a speed in process.

• The focus is on convergence in the activities of various Ministries where one cabinet Minister will be heading a cluster of Ministries who are working in complimentary sectors.

• Mr. Modi is eventually aiming at Smart Governance where the top layers of Government will be downsized and there would be expansion at the grass root level.

• Shri Narendra Modi is aware of the high expectations of the people. For whole four days, he was busy with the formation of Ministry and discussing various alternatives to effective governance, convergence and coordination between various ministries.

• Earlier, there was political instability and multi-party governments, the ministry formation was almost done in a bifurcated manner.

• Shri Narendra Modi tried in a rational manner to club like-minded departments in the ministry formation in such way to convert entity of assembled ministry to organic entity.

• He formed ministry using as an instrument to deal with challenges and expectation of people.

• Integrated and inter-connected nature of Governance is being focused in this positive change.

• He emphasized that the ministry can deliver , can govern and can a bring change in style of functioning .

• In the ministry formation, the process of development will be more inclusive than it has been.

For names & contact details of all officials of the Ministry of External Affairs India

For names & contact details of all officials of the Ministry of External Affairs

http://www.mea.gov.in/divisions.htm

As on  23/May/2014

Administration

(All administrative matters of the Ministry including Cadre management; Creation/continuation of posts; Formulation, Interpretation and Advice on IFS(PLCA) Rules, CCS Rules/Conduct Rules; Use of Hindi in the official work of the Ministry; O&M and Office Procedures)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Santosh Jha	JS [AD]	23014114	23014743	jsad@mea.gov.in
Rajesh Vaishnaw	Dir [ADP]	49015363	49015364	diradp@mea.gov.in
Ms Suniti Sharma	DS [Hindi]	23013889	23010393	dshindi@mea.gov.in
Ms Sumathi Vasudev	DS [Cash]	49015201	49015202	uscash@mea.gov.in
T.V. Vasudevan	DS [PB-II & PB-III]	49015365		uspb@mea.gov.in
S.S. Panicker	DS [Special Assignment]
Anjani Kumar	DS (FSP, Cadre, GA, PA-III)	49015368	49015469	usga@mea.gov.in
Jagdeep Kapoor	US[LC, PF & PG]	49015367	49015414	uspf@mea.gov.in
Bhaskar Bhatt	US [PC, PD & PE]	49015365	49015385	uspc@mea.gov.in
Satish S.Kumar	US(PA-I & Transport)	23011650	23015992	pcsec@mea.gov.in
Tanuj Shankar	US[PB-I Pension & TG]	49015226

AMS [Americas] Division

(All matters relating to Canada and U.S.A.)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Vikram Kumar Doraiswami	JS [AMS]	23792070	23011996	jsams@mea.gov.in
Ms K. Nandini Singla	Dir [AMS]	23014358	23011010	dirams@mea.gov.in
Ms Suja K. Menon	US [AMS]	23015447	23011460	dsams@mea.gov.in
Dr Piyush Singh	US [AMS-I]	23015002	23010754	ususc1@mea.gov.in
V.P. Singh	US [AMS - II]	23010754	23010754	usams@mea.gov.in

A & RM DIVISION

(All matters related to Archives and Record Management)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Dr. Neena Malhotra	JS [SAARC & A&RM]	49015208	49015209	jswel@mea.gov.in
Goutam Gupta	US [A & RM]	23793751	23793499	usarm@mea.gov.in

ASEAN Multilateral Division

(All matters relating to India’s relations with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN))

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Ms Renu Pall	JS [ASEAN ML]	49015212	49015213	jsasean@mea.gov.in r.pall@mea.gov.in
Ms. Paulomi Tripathi	US (ASEAN ML)	49015206	49015257	usasean1@mea.gov.in

BOS [Bureau of Security]

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
S.K. Sinha	JS [BOS]	23015749	23794427	jspers@mea.gov.in
Nirvikar	Dir[BOS]
G.S. Bisht	DS [BOS-II]	49015251		jspers@mea.gov.in
Umesh Kumar	US [BOS]	49015255		usbos@mea.gov.in

Boundary Cell

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Maj Gen Girish Kumar	Head [Boundary Cell]	2410 3880	24676804	dirbdy@mea.gov.in
Lt. Col. B.J.S. Murthy	OSD	49015195	49015205	dirbdy@mea.gov.in

Border Connectivity

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Dr Ajay M Gondane	JS [Border Connectivity)	49015224	49015225	jsbc@mea.gov.in

BM [Bangladesh, Myanmar ] Division

(All matters relating to Bangladesh, Myanmar )

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Sripriya Ranganathan	JS [BM]	23015192	23013280	jsbm@mea.gov.in
Mayank Joshi	DS [BM]	23793459	23014717	dssl@mea.gov.in
Amit A. Shukla	US [Bangladesh]	23011809	23014717	dsbd@mea.gov.in
Ms. Shweta Singh	US [Myanmar]	23016242	23014717	usmyanmar@mea.gov.in
Ms Smriti Thakur	US [BSM]	23013616	23014717	usbsm@mea.gov.in
Ms. E.Gayathri	US [BM]

Office of the Principal Chief Controller of Accounts

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Bhaskar Verma	COA	49015162	49015163	meacoa@mea.gov.in
Vacant	ACA	49015164

Central Europe Division

(Deals with India's relations with Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina,Bulgaria ,Croatia,Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Rahul Chhabra	JS [CE]	23015061	23013788	jsce@mea.gov.in
Ms Tarika Roy	Dir [CE]	23015312	23018850	dirce@mea.gov.in
A.S. Kulkarni	US [CE]	23015673		osdce@mea.gov.in
Ranojit Chaterjee	US [CE]	23012902		use22@mea.gov.in
S.K.S.Rawat	US [CE]	23015311		dse2one@mea.gov.in
Manoj Kumar	US [CE]	23016383		use2@mea.gov.in
Ms. Arunima K. Sinha	US [CE]

Central Registry

(All work relating to receipt and distribution of dak(communication) from local Ministries/Offices/Foreign Missions in India)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
South Block	SO [CR-SB]	23011954 / 23012292 / 23017160	23013945 / 23010889	aocrsb@mea.gov.in
Jawahar Lal Nehru Bhavan	CR-JNB	49015182	49015183
Akbar Bhawan	SO [CR-AB]	24677530
Patiala House		23389030
ISIL Building		23073717
Shastri Bhawan		23383393

CNV [Cypher, NGO & Vigilance] Division

(All matters relating to Vigilance, Classified Communications, Diplomatic bags etc.,)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Pradeep Kumar Rawat	JS [CNV]	23011357	23792285	jscnv@mea.gov.in
Sunil Agnihotri	US [CCB & DB]	23015997		usdb@mea.gov.in
Vijay Khanduja	DS [Vigilance]	49015447	49015459	usvigmea@mea.gov.in

Coordination Division

(Liaising with other Ministries/Departments/Institutions;Matters relating to political clearances and foreign students in India)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Neeta Bhushan	JS [Parl & Coord]	23012987	23010727	jsparlvip@mea.gov.in
Rajiv Kumar Nagpal	DS [Coord]	23017896	23012328	dscoord@mea.gov.in
Ramesh Kumar	Consultant	23015726	23012328	socoord@mea.gov.in
H.K.Gera	US [Edu]	49015412	49015413	osdedu@mea.gov.in

Complaints Committee of MEA against Sexual Harassment

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Mukta D. Tomar, Chairperson	Joint Secretary	23387104, 23384529,	23782821,	jscons@mea.gov.in jscpv@mea.gov.in
Prabhat Kumar, Member	Joint Secretary [ES]	49015185	49015186	jses@mea.gov.in
Dr Kajal Bhat, Member	Legal Officer	23387674		bhatkajal@yahoo.com
Aparna Bhat, Member	Lawyer	24376447		aparna.bhat@gmail.com

CT [Counter Terrorism] Cell

(All matters related to Counter Terrorism including Joint Working Groups on Counter Terrrorism )

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Vinay Mohan Kwatra	JS [CT-CS & PP & R]	49015351	49015352	jsctpp@mea.gov.in
Shri Akhil Kumar	Director (CT)	49015485	49018372	dirct@mea.gov.in
Babu Paul	US [CT and PP&R]	49015485	49015352	usct@mea.gov.in

CPV [Consular Passport, Visa] Division

(All Policy matters related to Passport issuance in India and establishment of Central Passport Organization; General Visa policy & Visa requests from foreign Missions/Posts; matters relating to Legalisation of documents, registration of births and deaths abroad; Extradition policy)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Ms. Mukta Dutta Tomar	JS [CPV]	23387104, 23384529,	23782821,	jscons@mea.gov.in jscpv@mea.gov.in
Muktesh K. Pardeshi	JS [PSP] & CPO	23387013, 23384536	23388385, 23071370	jscpo@mea.gov.in
A.K. Sobti	Dir [PSP]	23386064 / 23386079	23386082	dirpsp@mea.gov.in
Charan Jeet Arora	DS [PV]	23386630 [Telefax]		dspv@mea.gov.in
A.K. Sawhney	US [Extradition]	23389165	23070644	uscons2@mea.gov.in
Sanjiv Aggarwal	US [CPV-C]	23382658	23071370	uscpvc@mea.gov.in
Rakesh Kumar Upadhyay	US [PV-Vig]	23387769	23387281	usvig@mea.gov.in
R. Sankara Subbu	US [PVA]	23386936		uspv@mea.gov.in
S. Chattopadhyay	US [RTI Appeal & CPIO for CPV Div	23381051	23070644	uscpvrti@mea.gov.in
Golok Kumar Simli	Pr Consultant, Passport Seva	23386037	23386082	princontech@mea.gov.in
A.K. Bhatnagar	Consultant [PM & HR]	23386095
Neelu Rohra	US[Visa]
Durga Sinha	US[PV]	23383866	23386259	uspv2@mea.gov.in
Anil Kumar	US[PV]

DPA-I [Development Partnership Administration]

(All matters relating to Lines of Credit, Grant Projects, Grant Assistance projects)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Alok K. Sinha	JS [DPA-I]	49015395	49015396	jsdpa@mea.gov.in
Antony Cyriac	Dir [DPA-I]	49015399	49015443	diritp@mea.gov.in
Harish Agarwal	Dir [DPA]	49015472	49015508	dirdpa@mea.gov.in
Bhavesh R. Trivedi	DS [DPA]	49015483	49015491	dsdpa@mea.gov.in
Sanjay Kumar	US [DPA]	49015474		usdpa@mea.gov.in
Prem Kumar Nair	US [DPA-I]	49015420	49015464	usdpa1@mea.gov.in
S.K. Kharab	US [DPA-II]	49015476		usdpa2@mea.gov.in

DPA-II [Development Partner Administration] Division

(All matters relating to Capacity Building, Disaster Relief)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Kumar Tuhin	JS[DPA-II]	49015428	49015429	jsdpa2@mea.gov.in
H.K.Sharma	Dir[TC-I]	49015426	49015423	dirtc@mea.gov.in
Ms Devyani Khobragade	Dir(TC-II)	49016605	49018435	dirtc2@mea.gov.in
Ms Arundhati Das	DS[TC]	49015431	49015434	dstc@mea.gov.in
Anindya Banerjee	US(TC-II)	49015435	49015438	ustc2@mea.gov.in
Krishna Kumar	US(TC)	49015430	49015434	ustc@mea.gov.in
Ms. Gina Uika	US[DP-I]	49015482	49015421	usdp1@mea.gov.in
A.S. Kulkarni	US(DP)	49015391	49015421	usdp@mea.gov.in

DPA-III [Development Partnership Administration –III]

(All matters relating to grant assistance to Afghanistan, Myanmar, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka (except housing project)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Sanjiv Ranjan	JS [DPA-III]	49015407	49015408	jsdpa3@mea.gov.in
Anil Kumar Rai	Dir [DPA-III]	49015480	49016609	dsdpa3@mea.gov.in
Harish Agarwal	Dir [DPA]	49015472	49015508	dirdpa@mea.gov.in
Bhavesh R. Trivedi	DS [DPA])	49015483	49015491	dsdpa@mea.gov.in
R.C. Sharma	DS [DPA-III]	49015474	-	usdpa@mea.gov.in
Jaswinder Singh	DS [DPA-III]
Soumitra Mandal	DS [DPA-III]
G. Naga Prasad	EE (Electrical)	49015481	49018362	eee@mea.gov.in

D & ISA [Disarmament & International Security Affairs] Division

(All matters related to Disarmament, Non-proliferation issues, Confidence & Security Building measures in regional and multilateral fora)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Amandeep Singh Gill	JS [D & ISA]	23014902	23015626	jsdisa@mea.gov.in
Captain M.V.Raj Krishna	Dir [Military Affairs]	23018097	23018097	dirmildisa@mea.gov.in
Arvind Madhavan	Dir [D & ISA]	23010308	23017162	dsdisa@mea.gov.in
Chinmoy Naik	DS [D & ISA]	23011160	23015318	dirdisa@mea.gov.in
Muanpuii Saiawi	US [D & ISA]	23012954	23014131	usdisa@mea.gov.in
Ms. Anandi Venkateshwaran	US [D & ISA]	23012954	23014131	usdisa@mea.gov.in

EA [East Asia] Division

(All matters relating to China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan,Mongolia, Republic of Korea)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Gautam H. Bambawale	JS [EA]	23012038	23792124	jsea@mea.gov.in
Dr. Shilpak N. Ambule	DS [China]	23012536	23016514	dirchina@mea.gov.in
Vijai Kumar	DS [EA]	23012847 [Telefax]		dsjk@mea.gov.in
Ninad S. Deshpande	US [China]	23011356 [Telefax]		dschina2@mea.gov.in

EG & IT [E-Governance & Information Technology] Division

(All matters relating to cyber security & computerisation)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Harsh Kumar Jain	JS [EG & IT]	49015214	49015217	jsegit@mea.gov.in
Shri Nishi Kant Singh	US [EG & IT]	49015215	49015217	usegit@mea.gov.in

Energy Security Division

(All matters relating to Energy Security, Food Security, Import of oil and gas)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Soumen Bagchi	JS [Energy Security + ITP]	49015185	49015186	jses@mea.gov.in
V. Krishnamoorthy	Dir [ES]	49015261		dses@mea.gov.in
Anoop Dhingra	US [ES-I]	49015187	49015186	useditp@mea.gov.in
Brajesh Kumar Srivastava	US [ES-II]
Randhir Singh Bhola	Technical Adviser [Energy Security]	49015188	49015186	taes@mea.gov.in

E & SA [East & Southern Africa] Division

(All matters relating to Botswana, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, African Union, East African Community and COMESA)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Vinay Kumar	JS[E & SA]	49018400	49018401	jsafr@mea.gov.in
Mahaveer C. Singhvi	Dir[E & SA]	49018394	49018398	diresa@mea.gov.in
Alok Ranjan Jha	DS [E & SA]	49018395	-	dsesa@mea.gov.in
S.Raghuram	US [EAF]	49018390	49018393	useaf@mea.gov.in
Srikant Chaterjee	US [SAF]	49018391	49018392	ussaf@mea.gov.in

Eurasia Division

(All matters relating to Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and SCO)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Ajay Bisaria	JS [ERS]	23013410	23014353	jsers@mea.gov.in
Pankaj Saxena	DS(Caucasus Region, Ukraine, Belarus)	23014600	23794020	dirers@mea.gov.in
Rajesh Uike	US(Central Asia)	23793501	23793501	dsers@mea.gov.in
Md Nurul Hassan	US(Political and Flight Clearance)]	23017894	23016277	useurasia1@mea.gov.in
Suresh Kumar C.	US[ERS]	23015199	23013253	usrs@mea.gov.in
C. Ramkumar	US[ERS]

Establishment Division

(All establishment matters including Property, allotment of accommodation, procurement of equipment etc.)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Shambhu S. Kumaran	JS [Estt]	49015122 / 23060526	49015101	jsestt@mea.gov.in
Vijay Singh	DS [SP-VM]	49015104		ussesm@mea.gov.in
Rajiv Kumar Nagpal	DS [SE-I]	49015106	49015107	usse2@mea.gov.in
Shri Jai Singh	US[SE-II & SE-III]	49018363		ushomaint@mea.gov.in
Sandeep Kumar	US [FD, Prop-I]	49015108	49015109	dsprop1@mea.gov.in
Rajesh Kapoor	US [Prop-II / ODA / HCD]	49015105		usoda@mea.gov.in
Rajesh Kumar Sharma	US [Housing & Maintenance]
A.K. Kapila	Consultant	49015102	49015103
Vishwa Nath Goel	US[SE-I]
V. Muralidharan	US[Estt.]

Europe West Division

(All matters relating to Andorra, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, United Kingdom, European Union)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Ms. Ruchi Ghanashyam	AS [EW]	23014416	23794142	asew@mea.gov.in
Ms. Nutan Kapoor Mahawar	Dir [EW]	23794145	23010176	direw@mea.gov.in
Srikumar Menon	DS [EW]	23011261	23016476	usew1@mea.gov.in
Ms Neetu Mehrada Bhagotia	US [EW]	23015717	23016476	usew4@mea.gov.in
Dr. Binoy George	US [EW]	23019240	23016476	usew2@mea.gov.in

External Publicity & Public Diplomacy [XPD] Division

(Interface between the Ministry and Media mandated with publicity of India's foreign policy through briefings, press interactions and other media events; Maintenance of official MEA website and new media platforms; Liaison with MEA beat media; Facilitation of foreign media based in India; publications, documentary films and other publicity material aimed at projecting India's soft power; Advancing conversations on India's Foreign Policy through organizing/supporting seminars, conferences, Track 1.5/2.0 dialogues)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Syed Akbaruddin	JS [XP]	23383371 / 23383373	23384319	jsxp@mea.gov.in
Bishwadip Dey	Dir [XPD]	23383316	23384663	dirxp@mea.gov.in
Jitender Pal Singh	OSD [PR]	23383462	23386910	osdpr@mea.gov.in
Dr. Sumit Seth	DS [Digital Diplomacy]	23387524	23387075	usxps@mea.gov.in
Wing Commander Nikhilesh Dixit	OSD[PD]	23388949	23387075	osdpd2@mea.gov.in
Sqn Ldr Priya Joshi	US[XP]	23388946	23387075
Kapil Raj	US [PD]	23388947		uspd@mea.gov.in

Finance Division

(All matters relating to formulation of budget of the Ministry, formation and revision of Rates of Exchanges, scrutiny and replies to Audit Paras, Examination/clearance of proposals from financial angel )

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Anurag Srivastava	Dir [Fin]	49015140	49015141	dirfin@mea.gov.in
Dr Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit	DS [Fin-II, Budget]	49015142	49015143	dsfin@mea.gov.in
Saikat Sen Sharma	DS [Fin & Budget]	49015146	49015141	usfin4@mea.gov.in
D.K. Sharma	US [Fin-III]	49015145	49015141	usfin3@mea.gov.in
Norbu Negi	US[Fin-I]	49015144	49015143	usfin@mea.gov.in
Hermon N. Kujur	US[Fin-Project]	49015850	49015141	usfin@mea.gov.in

Gulf Division

(All matters relating to Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, UAE, GCC and OIC)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Mridul Kumar	JS [Gulf & Haj]	23013161	23794138	jsgulf@mea.gov.in,
Birender Singh Yadav	Dir[Gulf]	23010364	23019415	dirgulf1@mea.gov.in,
Dr. M. Venkatachalam	US [Gulf]	23014431	23794513	usgulf1@mea.gov.in
Prem Chand	US [Gulf-I]	23014584	23794513	dsgulf@mea.gov.in
Shakeel Ahmad	US [Gulf]	23017446	23794513	usgulf2@mea.gov.in

Global Cyber Issues Cell

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Vinay Mohan Kwatra	JS[CT-CS & PP & R]	49015351	49015352	jsctpp@mea.gov.in,
Shri Akhil Kumar	Director [CT-CS]	49015485	49018372	dirct@mea.gov.in,

Haj Cell

(All work relating to Haj arrangements and coordination between our mission in Jeddah and various departments of Government of India)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Mridul Kumar	JS [Gulf & Haj]	23011481	23011813	jsgulf@mea.gov.in,
C.O. Thomas	Dir [Haj]	23015280	23017763	dirgulf@mea.gov.in
Bhupendra Kumar	DS [Haj]	23388220	23073205	dirhaj@mea.gov.in
Moin Akhtar	Attache [Haj]	23389136		ushaj@mea.gov.in

ITP [ Investment, Technology, Promotion ] Division

(Nodal Division on trade and investment related matters)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Soumen Bagchi	JS [ES & ITP]	49015185	49015186	jses@mea.gov.in
Mukta Shekhar	Dir [ITP]	49015409	49015496	diritp1@mea.gov.in
Deepa Jain	US [ITP]	49015493	49015498	usitp@mea.gov.in
Arun Kumar Singh	US [ITP]

LAC [Latin America & Carribbean] Division

(All matters relating to Anguilla, Antigua and Berbuda, Antilles and Aruba, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Dominica Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Christopher & Nevis, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caycos Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Ms. Riva Ganguly Das	JS [LAC]	49015511	49015510	jslac@mea,gov,in
	Dir [LAC]	49016605	49016607	dirlac1@mea.gov.in
Dr. (Ms.) Anju Kumar	DS [LAC]	49015505	49015506	dirlac@mea.gov.in
D. Charandasi	DS [LAC]	49015500		uslac@mea.gov.in
Sunil Baweja	US [LAC]	49015501	49015504	uslac2@mea.gov.in
Purnendu Kant	US [LAC]

L & T [Legal & Treaties] Division

(All matters relating to legal and treaties)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Dr (Ms.) Neeru Chadha	Joint Secretary [L&T]	23384665	23389724	jslegal@mea.gov.in
Dr. Pradip Choudhary	Director (L&T)	2338 6760	23073365	dirlegal@mea.gov.in
Sh. M. Koteswara Rao	Director [L&T]	2338 8180	2338 9724	dirlegal1@mea.gov.in
Dr. Kajal Bhat	Legal Officer (Gr. I)	2338 8036	2338 9724	legalofficer1@mea.gov.in
Sh. Yedla Umasankar	Legal Officer (Gr. II)	2338 2109	2338 9724	legalofficer3@mea.gov.in
Sh. S. Senthil Kumar	Legal Officer (Gr. II)	2338 9134	2338 9724	legalofficer2@mea.gov.in
Sh. Mohammed Hussain K. S.	Legal Officer (Gr. II)	2338 8290	2338 9724	legalofficer4@mea.gov.in
Ms. R. Mythili	Legal Officer (Gr. II)	2338 1839	2338 9724	legalofficer5@mea.gov.in
Ms. K. C. Sowmya	Legal Officer (Gr. II)	2338 7674	2338 9724	legalofficer6@mea.gov.in
Sh. Himanshu Goenka	Legal Officer [Gr. II]	2338 7867	2338 9724	legalofficer7@mea.gov.in
Sh. Sudheer K. J.	Legal Officer [Gr. II]	2338 7674	2338 9724

MEA Library [Patiala House]

(Deals with acquisition, technical processing and preservation of books, documents, monographs, reports, micro-documents, maps etc)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Dr Satendra Singh Dhaka	Dir [Lib. & Info.]	23073685	23386340	dirlib@mea.gov.in

MER [Multilateral Economic Relations] Division

(All matters relating to multilateral economic relations of India)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Sh. Charanjeet Singh	OSD [MER]	49015415	49015416	jsmer@mea.gov.in
Dr. Anju Kumar	Dir [MER]	49015427	49015486	dirmer@mea.gov.in
Ms. Sameera Saurabh	DS[MER]	49015417	49015418	dirg20@mea.gov.in
Sh. Bramha Kumar	US [MER]	49015419	49015422	dsmer@mea.gov.in

Nalanda Division

(All work related to Nalanda University)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Sanjay Bhattacharyya	JS (South)	49015404	49015405	asnalanda@mea.gov.in
Ravindra Prasad Jaiswal	Dir [Nalanda]	49015403	49015406	usnalanda@mea.gov.in
N.L.P. Chaudhary	US [Nalanda]

Northern [Nepal, Bhutan] Division

(All matters relating to Bhutan and Nepal)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Abhay Thakur	JS [North]	23793241	23792814	jsnorth@mea.gov.in
Arun Kumar Sahu	Director [North]	23011710	23016660	dirnorth@mea.gov.in
Raj Gopal Singh	DS [Bhutan]	23016780	23015694	usbhutan2@mea.gov.in
Ms. Satwant Khanaliya	US [Nepal]	23012382	23015694	usnepal@mea.gov.in
Lavanya kumar K.R	US [Bhutan]	23013007	23015694	dsbh@mea.gov.in
Surendra Kumar	US [Nepal-Eco]	23014027	23015694	usnorth@mea.gov.in

PAI [Pakistan, Afghanistan & Iran] Division

(All matters relating to Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Rudrendra Tandon	JS[PAI]	23015060	23012139	jspai@mea.gov.in
B. Shyam	Dir [Pak]	23012989	23013980	dirpak@mea.gov.in
Binay S. Pradhan	DS[AI]	23014904		dsai@mea.gov.in
Ms Eenam Gambhir	DS[PAK]	23012610	23014559	uspak2@mea.gov.in
Ashish Kumar Singh Arya	US [PAI]	23014852	23014559	uspak@mea.gov.in
Anish Rajan	US [AI]	23016971	23016588	usia@mea.gov.in
	US [Afghan]	23792071	23012139	usafg@mea.gov.in
P.S.Santhanaraman	US[Iran]	23013250		usai@mea.gov.in

Parliament & VIP Division

(Responsible for the entire Parliament work for the Ministry)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Neeta Bhushan	JS [Parl & Coord]	23012987	23010727	jsparlvip@mea.gov.in
D.N. Dutta	US [Parl]	23016244	23011483	dsparl@mea.gov.in
Anil Kumar Kalra	US [Parl & VIP and Coord]	23017896 [Telefax]		dscoord@mea.gov.in
Debashish Biswas	US[Coord]	23017896		uscoord2@mea.gov.in

PP & R [Policy Planning & Research] Division

(Nodal agency for mid term and long term policy planning;cyber policy issues)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Vinay Mohan Kwatra	JS [CT-CS & PP & R]	49015351	49015352	jsctpp@mea.gov.in
Nadim Anwer	DS [PP & R]	49015353		dirpp@mea.gov.in
Inder Jit Sagar	US [PP & R]	49015354		usppr@mea.gov.in
Shwetabh Dublish	US [R]

Projects Division

(Deals with acquisition of plots and construction of buildings for Missions/Posts abroad and offices and residences for Ministry, repair and maintenance of Ministry's properties)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Shri Rajesh Kumar Sachdeva	Joint Secretary[Projects]	49015125	49015126	jsproj@mea.gov.in
Shri Viraj Singh	Director [Projects]	49015128	49015127	dirproj@mea.gov.in
Ms. Veena Agarwal	Under Secretary [Projects]	49015129	49015135	usproj@mea.gov.in
Shri Mayank Kumar Tilak	Superintending Engineer	49015280		seproj@mea.gov.in
Shri Vijay Kumar	Superintending Engineert	49015130		secpwd@mea.gov.in
Ms. Bulbul Biswas	Sr. Architect	49015131		srar@mea.gov.in
Shri Ashok Kumar Dhiman	Sr. Architect	49018367		srar1@mea.gov.in

Protocol Division

(All protocol matters including those relating to incoming and outgoing VVIP visits; Privileges and immunities of all Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations based in India; Honours, Titles and Decorations)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Pradeep Kumar Rawat	JS [COP]	23015278	23012520	jscop@mea.gov.in
Vivek Kumar	DCP [C]	23012039	23011816	dcpc@mea.gov.in
Anil Nautiyal	DCP [P]	49015449	49015450	dcpp@mea.gov.in
Sanjeev Khanduri	DCP [F]	49015445	49015446	dcpf@mea.gov.in

RTI [Right to Information] Cell

(All matters related to the implementation of Right to Information Act 2005 in the Minsitry)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Rajesh Vaishnaw	Dir [RTI & ADP]	49015363	49015364	jsrti@mea.gov.in
Meera Sisodia	US[RTI ]	49015226	49015225	usrti@mea.gov.in

SAARC Division

(All matters relating to South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Dr Neena Malhotra	JS[SAARC & A&RM]	49015208	49015209	jssaarc@mea.gov.in
Ms Madhu Sethi	DS [SAARC]	23019871		ussaarc2@mea.gov.in
S.N. Sharma	US [SAARC]

SKC [Special Kuwait Cell]

(All work pertaining to the Special Kuwait Cell - Compensation claims of Gulf War victims- individual, corporate and government claims)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
R.K.T. Arasu	DS [SKC]	23389092	23386953	usskciv@mea.gov.in

Southern Division

(All matters relating to Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Sanjay Bhattacharyya	JS [South]	49015244	49015247	jssouth@mea.gov.in
Ravindra P. Jaiswal	Dir [South]	49015246	49015258	dirsouth@mea.gov.in
G.S. Reddy	OSD(South)]	49015229	49015357	osdasean@mea.gov.in
Sukhgeet Kaur	DS (South)	49018365	49015496	dssouth@mea.gov.in
Parikshat Kadan	US [South]	49015242	49015249	ussouth@mea.gov.in
Vijay Sharma	US [South-II]	49015243	49015249	ussouth2@mea.gov.in
Sudhi Choudhary	US [South-III]	49015241	49018379	usic@mea.gov.in

SM [Sri Lanka & Maldives] Division

(All matters relating to Sri Lanka and Maldives)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Suchitra Durai	JS [SM & IOR]	23012591	23014717	jssmior@mea.gov.in
Puneet Agrawal	Dir [SM & IOR]	23012319	23016714	dirbsm@mea.gov.in
Vishwesh Negi	DS [SM & IOR]	23793459	23014717	dssl@mea.gov.in
Ms. Shweta Singh	US [Maldives & Myanmar]	23016242	23014717	usmaldives@mea.gov.in
	US [Myanmar]	23017426	23014717	usbsm2@mea.gov.in
Ms Smriti Thakur	US [BSM]	23013616	23014717	usbsm@mea.gov.in

Telephone Operators

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
South Block		23014531

UNES [United Nations Economic & Social] Division

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Sh. Tanmay Lal	JS [UNES]	49018425	49018426	jsun@mea.gov.in
Dr. Adarsh Swaika	DS [UNES]	49018417	49018418	dircc@mea.gov.in
Sh. Naba Kumar Pal	US [UNES]	49018423	49018423	usune@mea.gov.in
Ms. Aparna Ganesan	US [UNES]	49018422	49018422

UNP [United Nations Political] Division

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Vikas Swarup	JS [UNP]	49018409	49018410	jsunp@mea.gov.in
Tshering W. Sherpa	DS[UNP]	49018413	49018412	dirunp@mea.gov.in
Pankaj Kumar Singhal	US [UNP]	49018416		usunp2@mea.gov.in
S. Gopalakrishnan	US [UNP-II]	49018411		usunp@mea.gov.in
Dr. Shailendra Kumar Saxena	US [UNP]

WAF [Western Africa] Division

(All matters relating to Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea and Liberia, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sao Tome &Principe, Togo, CEMAC, ECCAS, ECOWAS, TEAM9 and WAEMU)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Shri Sanjiv Kohli	JS [WA]	49018431	49018436	jswa@mea.gov.in
Nilakshi Saha Sinha	Dir [WA]	49018433	49018434	dirwa@mea.gov.in
Prashant Kumar Das	US[WA-I]	49018430		uswaf1@mea.gov.in
Shri Ummed Singh	US[WA-II]	49018432		uswaf2@mea.gov.in
Shri Avinash Kumar	US[UT]	49018432
Shri Bibhash Lahiri	Attaché (WAF)	49016608		soafr@mea.gov.in

WANA [West Asia & North Africa] Division

(All matters relating to Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Palestine, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia,Jordan and Tunisia)

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Sandeep Kumar	JS [WANA]	23014367	23792305	jswana@mea.gov.in
Niraj Sahay	Dir [WANA]	23011291	23013900	dirwana@mea.gov.in
Rakesh Malhotra	DS[WANA]	23015730	23017594	uswana@mea.gov.in
K.P.M. Raman	Consultant	23015953		sowana@mea.gov.in
Dr M. Anand Prakash	US [WANA-I]	23011326	23017594	uswana1@mea.gov.in
Shri Ratnesh Kumar	US [WANA]

Welfare Division

Name	Designation	Telephone	Fax	E-mail
Shri Santosh Jha	JS [AD & Welfare]	23014114	23014743	jsad@mea.gov.in
Shri Ohm Prakash	JS [Welfare-II]	49015210	49014911	dirwel@mea.gov.in
Shri M.S.Kagra	US [Welfare]	49015231	49015233	welfare@mea.gov.in