MEA appoints Anjani Kumar as India’s Ambassador to Ukraine

The Ministry of External Affairs announced on Wednesday that Anjani Kumar has been appointed India’s next Ambassador to Ukraine. Kumar is a 2003-batch Indian Foreign Service officer currently serving as Joint Secretary at the ministry’s headquarters, and he is expected to take up the assignment shortly.

Kumar previously served as India’s ambassador to Mali and Mauritania, according to his social media profile. Earlier in his career, he held postings as third secretary in Madrid, second secretary in Mexico City, and first secretary in Caracas, Venezuela, where he served until March 2014. He also served as counsellor at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations in New York before his current headquarters role.

He completed a Bachelor’s degree in History from Shivaji College, Delhi University, between 1991 and 1994, and a Master’s in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics between 1994 and 1996, before joining the Indian Foreign Service in 2003.

His appointment to Kyiv comes as Ukraine remains in the midst of its prolonged conflict with Russia, with India continuing to navigate ties with both countries.