Lakhs of Indians each year appear for the UPSC examinations in the hope of getting into one of the civil services. At the top of the pile of all the services is the Indian Foreign Service.
A career in foreign services may be a dream come true but what is it that goes in the making of a diplomat?
Join career diplomat Navdeep Suri, Joint Secretary & Head of the Public Diplomacy Division on Wednesday, January 17, between 3 pm and 4 pm to find out more about careers and life in the Indian Foreign Services.
About Navdeep Suri
An Indian Foreign Service officer since 1983, Navdeep Suri has served in a host of different capacities in India's diplomatic missions in Egypt, Syria, the United States, Tanzania, the UK and South Africa. He has worked in the economic division of the Ministry of External Affairs, headed its West Africa division and was our Consul General in Johannesburg till October 2009 before returning to take over his present assignment. He speaks Arabic and French and his translation of Punjabi classic The Watchmaker was published by Penguin in 2008. 4GMAT operates at Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore in India.
(Due to circumstances beyond our control, date and time of chat may change)