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Organization Structure

Organogram of the Ministry of External Affairs*

  • External Affairs Minister
    Dr. S. Jaishankar
    Overall supervision and coordination of policy and implementation; AMS / BM / IOR / PAI / North / CCCS / D&ISA / UNP / UNES / G-20 Division / Oceania (only Australia) / EA (only China and Japan) / XPD / EW / CE / ERS (only Russia) / PP&R / Administration (except SEB / JEB & equivalent appointments) / CNV & I / RTI; Political clearances in respect of Governors, Lt. Governors, Union Council of Ministers, Chief Ministers, Judges of Supreme Court and High Courts and Chairpersons and Members of National Level Commissions and Tribunals; and Parliament Questions (Starred). (Note: Starred questions will be answered by EAM or as per their jurisdiction by MOS, if EAM is not available. Replies to Starred Parliament Questions shall be put up to the External Affairs Minister for approval and a copy of the same sent to all MOSs for information. Replies to Unstarred Parliament Questions shall be put up to the concerned Minister of State (MOS), as per work distribution laid out in this Order No. 8400/FS/2024 dated 12 June 2024 for approval).
    • Minister of State for External Affairs
      Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh
      Gulf / WANA / E&SA / C&WA / DPA: I to IV /ERS (except Russia)/ SCO / CT / cyber Diplomacy; Finance / Establishment / GEM / Welfare / A&RM / Branch Secretariats / RBB (Hindi) / SEB & JEB / EG & IT / DE / EP&W / OE & PGE / CPV / PSP.
    • Minister of State for External Affairs
      Shri Pabitra Margherita
      South / Indo-Pacific / Oceania (except Australia) / EA (except China and Japan) / SAARC / BIMSTEC / LAC / NEST / MER / Economic Diplomacy / ICWA and RIS / Library / BOS / Protocol / Summits / FSI / Nalanda / SAU / ICCR / L&T / States; Political clearances (except Governors, Lt. Governors, Union Council of Ministers, Chief Ministers, Judges of Supreme Court and High Courts and Chairpersons and Members of National Level Commissions and Tribunals) and Parliament & Coordination.
  • Secretary (CPV & OIA)
    Sripriya Ranganathan [IFS:1994]
    Gulf Divisions (except UAE, Saudi Arabia); GCC, EP&W, DE, OE & PGE, CPV & PSP Divisions.
    • Divisions Head of Division
      GulfAseem R. Mahajan (AS)
      EP & WPrashant Pise (AS)
      DEAnkan Banerjee
      OE & PGESurinder Bhagat
      CPVDr. Binoy George
      PSPB. S. Mubarak
  • Secretary (Economic Relations)
    Sudhakar Dalela [IFS: 1993]
    Development Partnership Administration; MER, NEST States and ED Divisions; WTO Policy, WIPO, East and Southern Africa, Central and West Africa Divisions; AU, African Regional Economic Communities (SADC, IGAD, TEAM-9 and COMESA), India-Africa Forum; IBSA; BRICS.
    • Divisions Head of Division
      DPA-ISuja K. Menon
      DPA-II Viraj Singh (AS)
      DPA-IIIPriyanka Chauhan
      DPA-IVViraj Singh (AS)
      MERShambhu L. Hakki
      NESTMahaveer Singhvi (AS)
      StatesA. Ajay Kumar
      ED DivisionP. S. Gangadhar
      E & S. AfricaJanesh Kain
      C & WASevala Naik Mude (AS)
  • Foreign Secretary
    Vikram Misri [IFS: 1989]
    Overall Coordination and supervision of work, EA (only China & Japan), AMS (only US), North, BM, IOR, PAI Divisions, EW Division (only UK, France, Germany), ERS Division (only Russia), Gulf Division (only UAE, Saudi Arabia), Oceania Division (only Australia), WANA Division (only Israel), RIC, G-20, Quad; D&ISA Division, Administration, Establishment, GEM, CNV&I, BOS, PP&R, CCCS, Finance, XPD, RRC, EG&IT and CD Divisions, ICCR.
    • Special Secretary & Financial Adviser
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      • Finance
        Chitrangna Singh
        JS (Finance)
      • Pr. Chief Controller of Accounts
        Suman Bala
      • Divisions Head of Division
        East AsiaSujit Ghosh
        AMSK. Nagaraj Naidu (AS)
        NorthernMunu Mahawar (AS)
        BMB. Shyam
        IOR DivisionPrasanna Shrivastava
        PAIM. Anand Prakash Piyush
        Europe WestSrivastava (AS)
        EurasiaMayank Singh
        GulfAseem R. Mahajan (AS)
        OceaniaVishwesh Negi
        WANADr. M. Suresh Kumar
        XPDRandhir Jaiswal (AS)
    • Additional Secretary (AD)
      Piyush Srivastava
      • Divisions Head of Division
        AdministrationSiddhartha Nath
        EstablishmentN. J. Gangte
        GEMSatwant Khanalia
        CNV & IPrasanna Shrivastava
        BOSTarun Kumar
        PP & RAparna Ray
        CCCSAparna Ray
        RRCPriyanka Chauhan
        EG & ITAmit A. Shukla
        CD DivisionAmit A. Shukla
        SSIFS (Dean)Raj Kumar Srivastava (AS)
  • Secretary (East)
    Rudrendra Tandon [IFS: 1994]
    EA (except China & Japan), AMS (Canada), Southern, Indo- Pacific Divisions, ASEAN, ASEM, EAS, MGC, BIMSTEC, SAARC, South America Division, MERCOSUR, Parliament & Coordination; Nalanda.
    • Divisions Head of Division
      East AsiaSujit Ghosh
      AMSK. Nagaraj Naidu (AS)
      SouthernPrashant Agrawal (AS)
      Indo-PacificSubhashini Narayanan
      BIMSTEC, SAARCCSR Ram
      South AmericaDr. K. M. P. Sharma
      ParlPratibha Parkar Rajaram
  • Secretary (West)
    Sibi George [IFS: 1993]
    EU, Europe West (except UK, France and Germany), Northern Europe Division; Southern Europe Division; ERS Division (except Russia); Multilateral Diplomacy – UN (including Security Council), NAM, CHOGM, UNCTAD, SCO; CT Division; L&T, Protocol & Summits Divisions, IDY
    • Divisions Head of Division
      Europe WestPiyush Srivastava (AS)
      Northern EuropePooja Kapur (AS)
      Southern EuropeAlpana Dubey
      EurasiaMayank Singh
      UNESAcquino Vimal
      UNPNabanita Chakrabarti
      SCOAlok A. Dimri (AS)
      Counter TerrorismDr. Vinod J. Bahade
      Legal & TreatiesDr. Luther M. Rangreji (AS)
      ProtocolAmit Kumar (AS)
      Summits Dr. Aman Puri
  • Secretary (South)
    Dr. Neena Malhotra [IFS:1992]
    Oceania Division (except Australia), Central America Division, WANA Division (except Israel); Arab League, Arab Maghreb Union; CARICOM, FIPIC, Voice of Global South Summit, A&RM, RTI, RBB, I&T Division
    • Divisions Head of Division
      OceaniaParamita Tripathi
      Central AmericaRajesh Vaishnaw (AS)
      WANADr. M. Suresh Kumar
      A & RMNeeharika Singh
      RTIDr. B. Sriram
      RBB, I & TAnju Ranjan
      S. America (CARICOM)Dr. K. M. P. Sharma
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