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Mr. Gupta was appointed Member of the National Security
Advisory Board in November 2008. 67 years old, he is a retired Indian Foreign
Service officer. During his 39 year career with the Ministry of External Affairs
he served in Cairo, New York (Indian Mission to the UN), Gangtok (when Sikkim
merged with India), Jeddah (DCM), Frankfurt (Consul General) and Kathmandu
(Deputy Chief of Mission). Later he was successively India’s Ambassador to
Yemen (North) 1983-85, Venezuela 1986-89, Oman 1989-94, Thailand 1994-97 and
Spain 1998-99 and finally as Head of the Non-official Office in Taiwan 2000-03.
At Headquarters he was the first Desk Officer dealing with Bangladesh and later
was Head of the Division dealing with West Asia and North Africa. He is Visiting
Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi, since 2004. |