Vinay Kumar (diplomat)

Vinay Kumar
Vinay Kumar in 2024
Ambassador of India to Russia
Assumed office
April 2024
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPavan Kapoor
Ambassador of India to Myanmar
In office
2022–2024
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded bySaurabh Kumar
Succeeded byAbhay Thakur
Ambassador of India to Afghanistan
In office
2018–2020
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byManpreet Vohra
Personal details
BornVinay Kumar
(1969-08-23) 23 August 1969
India
SpouseMarried
Children2 (daughters)
EducationIIT Kharagpur (B.Tech.)
Occupation
  • Civil servant
  • Diplomat
RankSecretary
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Vinay Kumar is an Indian diplomat and a senior officer of the Indian Foreign Service (1992 batch). He is currently serving as the Ambassador of India to Russia. Over a career spanning more than three decades, he has held several key diplomatic, multilateral and administrative positions in India and abroad, including ambassadorships in Myanmar and Afghanistan.