Anurag Srivastava is an Indian

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of the

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who served as spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, India. Previously he was the Ambassador of India to

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

and

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Early life

Srivastava holds a bachelor's degree in

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from

Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur (MNIT or NIT Jaipur) is a public technical university established by an act of Parliament of India and is located in Jaipur, India with an emphasis on engineering whereas programmes in science an ...

in 1993 and has an MBA (

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) from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi (FMS, Delhi) in '96, and also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Diplomatic Studies from the

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. He joined the

in 1999.

Career

Srivastava served at India's Permanent Mission to the

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(UN) in

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where his works are related to human rights, refugee issues and trade policy. Before he was appointed as Indian Ambassador to

, Srivastava was heading the Finance Division of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India, which is tasked to administer its annual budget of about US$2 billion. He was head of the political wing at the Indian high commission in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

and was closely involved in India's development assistance projects.

He has also held different positions in MEA at its headquarters in

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, including in the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran division and in the External Publicity Division. In September 2016, he was accredited as the Indian ambassador to the

Republic of Djibouti Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area ...

References

External links

Anurag Srivastava – Profile
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