Biraja Prasad from Odisha belonging to the Indian Foreign Service of 1998 batch, presently Counsellor (Political) in Indian Embassy in Moscow, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Tajikistan.
Prasad has had diplomatic assignments in various capacities in Indian Embassies in the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Spain. He worked as the Deputy Chief of Mission in the Indian Embassy in Madrid. In the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India, he handled the work related to India’s bilateral relations with the Russian Federation, France, Germany and Spain.
Prasad (48) is the youngest IFS Officer to be appointed as India’s Ambassador to any country.