K. D. Dewal

Ambassador of India to Armenia and Georgia

Mr. K. D. Dewal joined the Indian Foreign Service in 2003. Prior to his current appointment, he served as Deputy High Commissioner of India to Mauritius (November 2017 – June 2019).

Mr. Dewal has served in various Indian missions abroad including two stints in Moscow, Uzbekistan and recently in Mauritius. He has also served in the Ministry of External Affairs (Headquarters) as Deputy Secretary (Eurasia) looking after India’s relations with five Central Asian countries and as Deputy Secretary (MER).

Mr. Dewal has done his Bachelor’s degree in B. Com. (Honours) and Master’s degree in Public Administration from Rajasthan University, Jaipur. After joining the Indian Foreign Service, he was trained at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie and Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi.

He is married to Mrs. Shweta Dewal and has two children. He speaks Hindi, English and Russian.

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