Introduction of Speaker: Ambassador Virendra Gupta (Retired)
Ambassador Virendra Gupta is the President of Delhi Based Antar Rashtriya Sahayog Parishad (ARSP) and a fellow expert of Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS). He was Deputy Director at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi from 2006-07, also worked as Director General ICCR. Virendra Gupta served as a career diplomat in Indian Foreign Service and has served abroad in Indian Missions in Nepal., Nigeria, Israel and Egypt, in various capacities. He has also served in Indian Mission to the United Nations, where he served as Rapporteur of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid. He has also been Deputy Secretary (UN) and Director (Disarmament) at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi. He has been India’s High Commissioner to Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago and South Africa. After completing his tenure with IDSA he was appointed Additional Secretary, Investment and Technology Promotion and Energy Security in the Ministry of External Affairs.
He also co- authored a book titled- “Pakistan Occupied Kashmir: The Untold Story” and “India’s Neighborhood Security Challenges”.
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