Pradeep Kumar Rawat is an Indian diplomat. Rawat joined the

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in 1990 and served in

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and

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between 1992 and 1997, then in Beijing again from 2003 to 2007. At the end of his tour in Beijing he was deputy chief of mission. He later served at the Indian mission in

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. In 2007 he became the head of the Ministry of External Affairs' East Asia division. From 2009 to 2013 he served as the head of the India-Taipei Association, India's diplomatic mission in

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. From 2014 to 2017 he served as joint secretary for East Asia, and he was involved in negotiations about the 2017 Doklam standoff. From September 2017 to December 2020, he was the ambassador of India to

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and

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. In 2021 he began serving as ambassador of India to the Netherlands. He also serves as Permanent Representative of India to the

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and handles India's relations with international bodies in

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such as the

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. In December 2021, it was announced that Rawat would become the ambassador of India to China, replacing Vikram Misri. His appointment was seen as a positive sign for China–India relations.

Personal life

Rawat is married and has two daughters. He speaks

Mandarin Chinese Mandarin (; ) is a group of Chinese (Sinitic) dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese, the official language ...

fluently.

References

{{reflist Ambassadors of India Living people Ambassadors of India to China Indian Foreign Service officers Ambassadors of India to the Netherlands Ambassadors of India to Indonesia Year of birth missing (living people)