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Curriculum Vitae of Gaurav Ahluwalia

Mr. Gaurav Ahluwalia joined Indian Foreign Service in August 2005.

Personal Information

Batch: 2005 
Marital Status:  Single 
Mother tongue:  Hindi 
Compulsory Foreign Language:  French 
Educational Qualification :  B.Sc. (Honours) Physics from Delhi University; Post Graduate Diploma in Management, International Management Institute, New Delhi 


Previous Assignments

  • * Third Secretary (Language Trainee) in Brussels from August 2007 to October 2008

  • * Second Secretary - in the Embassy of India, Brussels from October 2008 to June 2011

  • * Under Secretary (Europe West) – at Headquarters, New Delhi from June 2011 to September 2013

  • * First Secretary & Head of Chancery – in the High Commission of India, Colombo from September 2013 to January 2017

  • * Deputy Secretary (Eurasia) – at Headquarters, New Delhi from February 2017 to November 2017

  • * Counsellor - in the High Commission of India, Islamabad from November 2017 to January 2019

  • * Deputy High Commissioner - in the High Commission of India, Islamabad from February 2019 to August 2019

  • * Chargé d’ Affaires - in the High Commission of India, Islamabad from August 2019 till December 2020.

  • * Ambassador of India to Algeria from January 2021 till date.