Navdeep Singh Suri
Navdeep Singh Suri | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of India to the United Arab Emirates | |
| In office December 2016 – September 2019 | |
| Preceded by | T. P. Seetharam |
| Succeeded by | Pavan Kapoor |
| High Commissioner of India to Australia | |
| In office April 2015 – November 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Biren Nanda |
| Ambassador of India to Egypt | |
| In office August 2012 – April 2015 | |
| Joint Secretary (Public Diplomacy) in Ministry of External Affairs at New Delhi | |
| In office 2009–2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 (age 65–66) Amritsar, India |
| Occupation | Diplomat, Author |
Navdeep Suri (born 1959) is a retired Indian diplomat completing 36 years in the Indian Foreign Service, having served in India's diplomatic missions in Cairo, Damascus, Washington, Dar es Salaam and London and as India's Consul General in Johannesburg. He has also headed the West Africa and Public Diplomacy departments at the Ministry of External Affairs. He was India's High Commissioner to Australia and Ambassador to Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
The President of UAE conferred on him the Order of Zayed II, the country's second-highest civilian award. His innovative use of social media in public diplomacy in 2010 also received extensive recognition and two prestigious awards. Suri has learnt Arabic and French, has a master's degree in Economics and has written on India's Africa policy, on Public Diplomacy and on the IT outsourcing industry. His English translations of his grandfather Nanak Singh's classic Punjabi novels have been published by Penguin as The Watchmaker and by HarperCollins as A Life Incomplete and Khooni Vaisakhi.