India’s Overseas Secretary Vikram Misri has been helming the press briefings by the Indian authorities on the tensions between India and Pakistan.
The highest Indian diplomat, who has been on the forefront amid the “combat-like state of affairs”, lately fell sufferer to trolls on social media over “the India-Pakistan ceasefire announcement.”
After dealing with abuses over the social media plaform, Vikram Misri locked his X account on Sunday.
Who’s Vikram Misri?
Vikram Misri is a distinguished IFS officer. He’s a “a profession diplomat from the 1989 batch of the Indian Overseas Service [IFS],” the Ministry of Exterior Affairs says.
He was the face of presidency actions and selections through the four-day India-Pakistan battle — with the each side deciding to halt navy motion after a ‘bilateral understanding.’
Vikram Misri’s adolescence and training
Ambassador Vikram Misri was born in Srinagar and had his early training there (Burn Corridor College and DAV College) in addition to in Udhampur (Carmel Convent College) in Jammu and Kashmir.
He studied at Scindia College in Gwalior and went on to earn a Bachelor’s diploma with Honours in Historical past from the Hindu School, College of Delhi and an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur.
Ambassador Misri is married to Dolly Misri. They’ve two youngsters.
Earlier than becoming a member of the federal government, he labored for 3 years within the non-public sector in promoting (Lintas India—Bombay and Contract Promoting—Delhi) and promoting film-making.
Vikram Misri is a Fellow of the Aspen Institute USA’s India Management Initiative (now the Kamalnayan Bajaj Fellowship).
He speaks fluent Hindi, English and Kashmiri and has a working data of French.
Vikram Misri’s diplomatic profession
Misri assumed the cost as Overseas Secretary on July 15, 2024. He additionally served in varied capacities on the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, within the Prime Minister’s Workplace in New Delhi and in varied Indian Missions overseas in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.
Based on the exterior affairs ministry, Ambassador Vikram Misri was a part of Pakistan desk of the Ministry of Exterior Affairs.
He additionally had stints on the staffs of two international ministers (IK Gujral and Pranab Mukherjee).
Other than serving because the Joint Secretary within the Prime Minister’s Workplace, Vikram Misri additionally served as Non-public Secretary to a few Prime Ministers of India — IK Gujral, Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi.
Ambassador Misri served overseas in Brussels, Tunis, Islamabad and Washington DC. He was Deputy Excessive Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka and Consul Normal of India in Munich.
He was appointed India’s Ambassador to Spain in 2014, Ambassador to Myanmar in 2016 and Ambassador to the Individuals’s Republic of China, the place he served from January 2019 to December 2021.
He was most lately the Deputy Nationwide Safety Adviser (Strategic Affairs) of India, a publish he held from 01 January 2022 to 30 June 2024.
Many are available in help of FS Vikram Misri
A number of former diplomat and politicians got here out in help of Vikram Misri following the social media trolling. Former international secretary Nirupama Menon referred to as the trolling of the senior diplomat “completely shameful” and mentioned it “crosses each line of decency”
“It is completely shameful to troll Overseas Secretary Vikram Misri and his household over the India-Pakistan ceasefire announcement. A devoted diplomat, Misri has served India with professionalism and resolve, and there’s no floor by any means for his vilification,” Menon mentioned.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra urged Misri to “stand robust”. She posted on X, “Disgusting to see social media trolling of Overseas Secretary @VikramMisri & household – no skilled diplomat doing his job ought to be subjected to this. Stand robust, Sir – not everybody on this nation is as vile as AndhBhakts.”
The IAS Affiliation additionally commented, expressing “solidarity with Shri Vikram Misri, Overseas Secretary, & his household.” It posted on X, “Unwarranted private assaults on civil servants performing their duties with integrity are deeply regrettable. We reaffirm our dedication to uphold the dignity of public service.”
Comic Vir Das additionally mentioned, “Vikram Misri was wonderful, so have been Colonel Sophiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh. Anybody who thinks in any other case is a idiot.”
