Personnel
The office of the Official Spokesperson and Additional Secretary (External Publicity) is the interface of the Ministry of External Affairs with the media.
As on 27/04/2026
| Sr. No. | Name | Designation | Email ID | Telephone Number |
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| 1 | Randhir Jaiswal | Official Spokesperson and Additional Secretary [XP] | jsxp[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23383371 91-11-23383373 |
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Principal Staff Officer to AS(XP) | jsxp[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23383371 91-11-23383373 |
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PS to AS(XP) | jsxp[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23383371 91-11-23383373 |
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| 2 | Rajesh Parihar | Joint Secretary [XP] | dirxp[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23383316 |
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PS to JS(XP) | dirxp[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23383316 | |
| 3 | Vasudev Ravi | Officer on Special Duty [PR] | osdpr[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11- 23383462 |
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PA to OSD(PR) | osdpr[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11- 23383462 | |
| 4 | Dhruv Mishra | Under Secretary [PR] | uspr[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11- 23381594 |
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PA to US(PR) | uspr[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11- 23381594 | |
| 5 | Deepanshu Khurana | Under Secretary [DD] | dsdd[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23388946 |
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PS to US(DD) | dsdd[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23388946 | |
| 6 | Ihjas Aslam C. S | Under Secretary [XPS] | dsdd[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11- 23387524 |
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Steno to US(XPS) | dsdd[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11- 23387524 | |
| 7 | Ms. Megha Sunny | Under Secretary [XPD] | us[dot]xpd[at]meaindia[dot]in | 91-11-23070440 |
| 8 | Manoj Kumar | Under Secretary [PD] | uspd[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23388947 |
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PS to US(PD) | uspd[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23388947 | |
| 9 | Ravi Shankar | Under Secretary [XAD & PAD] | us.xad[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23070779 |
| 10 | Ms. Sangita Baruah | Consultant | usxp[at]meaindia[dot]in | |
| 11 | Gaurav Kumar | Publicity Officer [PMS] | popms[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23381719 |
| 12 | Amit Raghave | Publicity Officer [XLM] | po.xlm[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23383393 |
| 13 | Devender Singh | Publicity Officer [XMM] | poxps[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23389351 |
| 14 | Sayed Arif Husain | Publicity Officer [XPR] | poxpr[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23384364 |
| 15 | Ms. Guriya Kumari | Publicity Officer [XPC] | poxpp[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23382760 |
| 16 | Pawan Dhattarwal | Publicity Officer [PAV] | po-xav[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23381769 |
| 17 | Chetan Gupta | Administrative Officer [XAD & PAD] | poxad[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23382089 |
| 18 | Devender Kumar | Publicity Officer [XFM] | poxfm[at]meaindia[dot]in | 91-11-23385193 |
| 19 | Ashish Dabas | Publicity Officer [XPT] | poxpt[at]meaindia[dot]in | 91-11-23782678 |
| 20 | Habibur Rahaman | Publicity Officer [POR/IP] | popor[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in | 91-11-23382760 |