Ambassador R Ravindra
Ambassador of India to Iceland
Ambassador R Ravindra joined India’s Diplomatic Service (The Indian Foreign Service) in 1999. He is a Civil Engineer by academic background and speaks several Indian Languages (including his mother tongue Kannada and Hindi) and Arabic. He also has working knowledge of French and Sinhala.
He has diverse experience having handled wide variety of issues in his 25 years of Diplomatic service, especially in the multilateral setup and India’s neighborhood.
Before taking over his current assignment in November 2024, R Ravindra was Ambassador/ Deputy Permanent Representative in Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, New York from September 2020 to October 2024.
He has previously served at the Embassy of India in Cairo, Egypt [2001-2003]; in Tripoli, Libya [2003-2007]; as Regional Passport Officer in Bengaluru (Karnataka) [2007-2010]; Permanent Mission of India to the UN in New York [2010-2013]; High Commission of India in Colombo, Sri Lanka [2013-2016]; India’s Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire, with concurrent accreditation to Liberia and Guinea [2016-2018].
He also served as Joint Secretary (Central and West Africa) in the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi. [2018-2020].
Ambassador R Ravindra is married to Rashmi Ravindra. The couple have a son.
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