Jayant Prasad
| Jayant Prasad | |
|---|---|
| Director General, IDSA | |
| Preceded by | Arvind Gupta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 June 1952 |
| Spouse(s) | Bhupinder Prasad |
| Children | Gitanjali, Meghna |
| Alma mater | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| Occupation | Civil Servant (Indian Foreign Service) |
Jayant Prasad is a former Indian diplomat who is Director General of the Delhi-based Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, a think-tank affiliated with the Indian Ministry of Defence.
He was born on June 5, 1952 and educated in Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University. After lecturing on modern Indian history for two years at St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, he entered the Indian Foreign Service in 1976.
In Indian Missions abroad, he has served as India's Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva (2004-2007), Ambassador to Algeria; Counsellor for trade access and development cooperation at the Indian Mission to the European Union in Brussels, First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, Geneva and Second Secretary in the Embassy of India in Paris. He was Ambassador to Afghanistan at the time of the 2008 and 2009 Kabul Indian embassy attacks.
He also served as an Indian ambassador to Nepal from 25 August 2011 – 25 August 2013, a post that was earlier held by his father, Bimal Prasad from 1991-94.This was his last posting abroad prior to retirement.
In the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), New Delhi, he has served as head of the Americas Division from 2000-2004, head of the unit on Multilateral Economic Relations, Staff Officer to the Foreign Secretary, Deputy Secretary for Disarmament Affairs and Desk Officer for Bangladesh.
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