Gaitri Issar Kumar

Gaitri Issar Kumar
Kumar (second from left) with Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu and Deputy Head of Protocol, Belgium, Francine Chainaye in Brussels.
High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom
In office
23 June 2020 – 30 June 2022
Preceded byRuchi Ghanashyam
Succeeded byVikram Doraiswami
Ambassador of India to Belgium and the EU
In office
17 April 2017 – June 2020
Preceded byManjeev Singh Puri
Succeeded bySantosh Jha
Personal details
Born (1962-06-20) 20 June 1962 (age 62)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
OccupationIndian Foreign Service

Gaitri Issar Kumar (born 20 June 1962) is a retired Indian Foreign Service officer from the 1986 batch. Her last posting was as the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom. Prior to that, she served as Ambassador to Belgium, the European Union and Luxembourg. She also had stints as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy in Paris, and Counselor in the Permanent Mission of India in Geneva as well as at the Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi.