New Delhi, April 28 (ANI): The Argentine Ambassador to India, Mariano Caucino, on Tuesday extended greetings and best wishes to P. Kumaran on his appointment as India’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, saying bilateral ties were strengthened during Kumaran’s tenure.
“Greetings and best wishes to Secretary East Ambassador Shri P. Kumaran in his new post as Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. It was a pleasure working with him and his team during his tenure over the past year, during which we were able to further strengthen the bilateral link between our countries,” the Argentine envoy wrote in a post on X on April 28, 2026.
Periasamy Kumaran, a 1992-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, has held several key diplomatic assignments. His early postings included Cairo, Tripoli and Brussels (1994–2003), followed by a stint at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi as Deputy Secretary (Europe West). He served as Regional Passport Officer in Bengaluru, was posted to Islamabad as Counsellor, and later had assignments in Washington and Colombo.
Between 2014 and 2016, Kumaran was Joint Secretary in the Consular, Passport and Visa Division at the MEA. He served as Ambassador of India to Qatar from 2016 to 2020, and as High Commissioner of India to Singapore from 2020 to 2023. In July 2023, he returned to New Delhi as Additional Secretary in charge of Economic Relations and Development Partnership Administration and was subsequently promoted to Special Secretary in the same division. He assumed charge as Secretary (East) at the MEA on April 1, 2025, before his latest appointment to the United Kingdom.
Kumaran holds a BTech in Electronics and Communication from IIT Madras and is fluent in English, Tamil, Hindi and Arabic. He is married to Ritu Kumaran and the couple has two sons.
In his recent role, Kumaran represented India at key regional forums, including the East Asia Summit Senior Officials’ Meeting and the ASEAN Regional Forum Senior Officials’ Meeting in Penang, Malaysia. He highlighted the East Asia Summit’s role in promoting peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific and emphasized convergence between India’s Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative and the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific. He also raised concerns over state-sponsored terrorism, referring to the recent attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, and described India’s response under “Operation Sindoor” as “measured, non-escalatory, proportionate and responsible.” (ANI)
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