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Seasoned diplomat Vipul was appointed connected Tuesday (June 2, 2026) arsenic India's adjacent ambassador to Saudi Arabia, wide seen arsenic a important posting fixed the Gulf nation's increasing power and the volatile geopolitical situation successful West Asia.
Mr. Vipul, a 1998-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, is presently serving arsenic Indian ambassador to Qatar.
"He is expected to instrumentality up the duty shortly," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.
Mr. Vipul has served successful Indian Missions successful Cairo, Colombo, Geneva, and Dubai.
In his diplomatic career, helium has dealt with divers areas, including governmental and commercialized relations, development, disarmament, planetary information and media.
Mr. Vipul besides worked arsenic a Joint Secretary astatine the Ministry betwixt 2014 and 2017.
Subsequently, helium was Consul General of India successful Dubai betwixt 2017-20.
He served arsenic Joint Secretary (Gulf) successful the MEA from 2020-2023.
He has been serving arsenic India's Ambassador to Qatar since August 2023.
Mr. Vipul graduated successful mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi successful 1994. He besides holds an MBA grade from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
