Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Algiers
1989-91
Director (United Nations Division) and Disarmament Head, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi
1991-94
Joint Secretary (South & Disarmament), Ministry of External Affairs in-charge of India's relations with ASEAN, Indo-China and South Pacific.
1994-2000
Seconded to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna for the post of senior professional in External Relations & Policy Coordination Division, for a job as international civil servant.
Sept.2000 - July 2003
Returned to MEA in India as Joint Secretary (Disarmament & International Security Affairs), covering all disarmament issues, bilateral security dialogues and dialogues on nuclear non-proliferation, export controls and defence Cooperation, security forums such as ARF, CICA, UNSC and other ad hoc groupings on security issues such as Pugwash.
July 2003 - July 2004
Additional Secretary (International Organisations), Ministry of External Affairs with previous charge expanded to include other international organisations.
28 July 2004 - February 2008
Ambassador of India to Austria and Permanent Representative of India to all international organisations in Vienna.
1 March 2008 - 28 February 2011
Secretary General of SAARC.
Publications
Research articles co-authored in Physical Review-D (1971), Physical Review Letters (1972)
Articles in newspapers and periodicals (Times of India, Mainstream and Sunday) during 1981-82 on nuclear disarmament issues
As Member of the UN Study Group on Verification (1989–91) co-authored the UN Report on Verification in 1991
As Member of the UN Study Group on Defensive Security Concepts (1991–93), co-authored the UN Report on Defensive Security Concepts
Wrote a UNIDIR Monograph on Verification of Fissile Materials Cut-Off and Non-use of Nuclear Weapons (1992)
Article in the IAEA Bulletin - 1995
Paper presented at the Pugwash Conference on Energy in Malta (1995)
Co-authored UN panel's report on missile in all their aspects in 2002
Conferences attended as representative of India/delegate:
Non-Aligned Summit, New Delhi (1983)
Kuala Lumpur (2003), Annual Six Nation Summits on Nuclear Disarmament (1985–89)
Conference on Disarmament (1983–86)
United Nations General Assembly (1983–86, 2000- 2003)
U.N. Disarmament Commission (1984–86, 2001)
UN Conference Rio+5 (1997)
IAEA General Conference (1994–99) and since 2004
International Conferences on Nuclear and Energy Issues (1994–99)
ARF Ministerial Meetings (2000–04)
