Dean Profile, SSIFS

Amb. Raj Kumar Srivastava

Amb. Raj Kumar Srivastava is a career diplomat who joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1997.  He holds a Civil Engineering degree from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.  He has pursued further studies in Structural Engineering and Earthquake Sciences.

Amb. Srivastava has served in Indian Embassies in Madrid (Spain), Yangon (Myanmar), Vienna (Austria), Brasilia (Brazil), Tokyo (Japan) and Zagreb (Croatia).  While at Headquarters in Delhi, he has worked in Foreign Service Institute, Americas (U.S. & Canada) Division, and Gulf (Persian Gulf) Division.  In his previous assignment in Delhi during 2015-2017, he was on deputation as Joint Secretary to National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), Government of India, looking after the External Security.

Before joining the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service as Dean on 18 September 2024, Amb. Srivastava has served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Brazil and Japan, and as Amb. in Croatia.  In Japan, he was directly involved in establishing the India-Japan Digital Partnership and starting the India Japan Startup Bridge in 2018.  In Croatia, in four years of his term, over 150 events were organized in the fields of culture, academics, science, innovation and spirituality.

Apart from Hindi and English, Amb. Srivastava speaks fluently Spanish & Portuguese.  He takes special interest in Emerging Technologies & Digital domain.  He likes to play Bridge, Chess, Cricket, Golf & Snooker.  He plays guitar with interest in music. Amb. Srivastava is married and is father of a son and a daughter.