New Delhi: 1995-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Raveesh Kumar has been concurrently accredited as the next envoy of India to Estonia.
Currently, he is an Indian Ambasasor to Finland.
He started his diplomatic career at the Indian Mission in Jakarta in 1997, followed by posting in Thimpu, Bhutan as Second Secretary/First Secretary, where he looked after development assistance projects.
During his stint in New Delhi from 2004-2007, he was the Desk Officer at the East Asia desk, covering Japan and Republic of Korea.
He was then posted to London, United Kingdom as Political Counsellor responsible for bilateral political relationships and engagements with UK Parliament.
Subsequently, he moved as Deputy Chief of Mission to Jakarta from September 2010 to August 2013, followed by his posting as Consul General of India in Frankfurt from August 2013 to July 2017.
Ambassador Kumar was the Spokesperson and Joint Secretary (External Publicity Division) from July 2017 till April 2020.
