Ambassador Sanjay Sudhir

Ambassador Sunjay Sudhir joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1993 and retired from diplomatic service in October 2025.

Ambassador Sudhir served as Ambassador of India to the United Arab Emirates from 2021 to 2025 and as High Commissioner of India to the Maldives from 2019 to 2021. His other diplomatic assignments abroad include Consul General of India in Sydney, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of India to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Head of the Economic and Commercial Wing at the High Commission of India in Colombo, and postings at the Indian Embassies in Damascus and Cairo.

At the Ministry of External Affairs, he served as Joint Secretary and Head of the Office of the External Affairs Minister, Joint Secretary (SAARC), Deputy Chief of Protocol, and in the Europe West Division.

Ambassador Sudhir holds a Bachelor of Technology degree from IIT Delhi and has pursued diplomatic studies at the University of Oxford. He has undertaken specialised courses in international trade, including the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, WTO Law and Jurisprudence, and WTO Dispute Settlement.

His experience also extends to the energy sector, where he has served on the boards of ONGC Videsh Limited, Oil India Limited, and Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited. He is an Associate Editor on the Editorial Board of the OPEC Energy Review.