Vikas Swarup

Vikas Swarup
IFS
Vikas Swarup IFS
	Swarup in 2007
Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs
	In office; 1 December 2019 – 30 June 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Preceded by	A. Gitesh Sharma
Succeeded by	Reenat Sandhu
Secretary of Consular, Passport, Visa and Overseas Indian Affairs
	In office; 1 August 2019 – 1 December 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Preceded by	Dnyaneshwar Mulay
Succeeded by	Sanjay Bhattacharya
High Commissioner of India to Canada
	In office; 3 March 2017 – 1 August 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Sushma Swaraj; Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Preceded by	Vishnu Prakash
Succeeded by	Ajay Bisaria
Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs
	In office; 18 April 2015 – 28 February 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Sushma Swaraj
Preceded by	Syed Akbaruddin
Succeeded by	Gopal Bagalay
Personal details
Born	22 June 1961; Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Spouse	Aparna Swarup
Alma mater	University of Allahabad
Occupation	Civil Servant (IFS); Author;
Known for	Q & A (2005); Six Suspects (2008); The Accidental Apprentice (2013)
Website	vikasswarup.net

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Vikas Swarup (born 22 June 1961) is an Indian writer and retired diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service who served as the Secretary (West) at the Ministry of External Affairs, India on 30 June 2021 and previously served as High Commissioner of India in Canada and has been the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs. He authored the novel Q & A, adapted in film as Slumdog Millionaire, the winner of Best Film for the year 2009 at the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and BAFTA Awards.

Swarup joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986 and served in Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Japan in various Indian diplomatic missions. His other novels are Six Suspects and The Accidental Apprentice. In April 2015, he was appointed as the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs of India to head its Public Diplomacy divisions at New Delhi, succeeding Syed Akbaruddin.

In December 2019, Swarup took charge as Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, looking after relations with Europe, Central Asia as well as the United Nations system.