Periasamy Kumaran

Periasamy Kumaran (born 23 January 1969) is an Indian diplomat from 1992 batch of Indian Foreign Service who is currently serving as the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom. Before that he served as the Secretary (East) in Ministry of External Affairs of India, the High Commissioner of India to Singapore and as ayhr Indian Ambassador to Qatar.

Early and life education Periasamy Kumaran was born on 23 January 1969. He was educated at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, in Chennai with a B.Tech degree in Electronics and Communication engineering.

Civil Service career Kumaran entered the Indian Foreign Service in 1992. From January 1994 to June 1997, he worked as Third Secretary at the Indian Embassy in Cairo, while studying Arabic at the American University in Cairo.

From July 1997 to December 2000, he served as Second Secretary, then First Secretary of the Indian Embassy at Tripoli, Libya. From December 2000 to September 2003, he was First Secretary of the Indian Embassy in Brussels. From September 2003 to March 2005, he was Director of the Western Europe department in the Ministry of External Affairs.

Kumaran was appointed High Commissioner to Singapore on 26 May 2020 and presented his credentials on 25 August 2020,

High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom On 26th March, 2026, Kumaran has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.