Energy Security: Asia Pacific Perspectives

Virendra Gupta is a serving career diplomat from the Indian foreign Service and has served abroad in Indian Missions in Nepal, Nigeria, Israel and Egypt, in various capacities.  He has also served in the Indian Mission to the United Nations, where he served as Rapporteur of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid.  He has also been Deputy Secretary (UN) and Director (Disarmament) as the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.  He has been India’s High Commissioner to Tanzania and Trinidad and Tabago.  He is currently the Deputy Director of IDSA on deputation from MEA and writes regularly for newspapers on issues concerning South Asia.