Dnyaneshwar Mulay

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Dr Dnyaneshwar Manohar Mulay
Member of the National Human Rights Commission
In office April 2019 – April 2024
Secretary of Consular, Passport, Visa and Overseas Indian Affairs
In office January 2016 – April 2019
Consul General of India, New York
In office April 2013 – January 2016
Preceded by	Prabhu Dayal
Succeeded by	Riva Ganguly Das
High Commissioner of India, Male, Maldives
In office April 2009 – March 2013
Foreign Service Advisor, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, New Delhi
In office May 2006 – March 2009
Minister (Economic and Political), Embassy of India, Damascus, Syria
In office August 2003 – May 2006
Deputy High Commissioner, High Commission of India, Mauritius
In office July 2002 – July 2003
Director, Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs), New Delhi
In office September 1998 – June 2002
First Secretary/Counselor, Economic/Commercial, Embassy of India Tokyo
In office August 1995 – September 1998
First Secretary Economic/Commercial, Embassy of India, Moscow
In office June 1992 – August 1995
Under Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, New Delhi
In office January 1989 – May 1992
Third/Second Secretary, Embassy of India, Tokyo, Japan
In office September 1984 – December 1988
Personal details
Born	(1958-11-05) 5 November 1958 (age 66) Abdul Lat, Kolhapur district, Bombay State (present–day Maharashtra), India
Spouse	Sadhna Shanker
Children	A daughter and 2 sons
Alma mater	University of Mumbai Shivaji University Vidya Niketan School
Occupation	Diplomat, Author, Columnist

Dnyaneshwar Mulay (Jñānēśvar Muḷē) (born 5 November 1958) an Indian Career Diplomat who superannuated after 35 years of service, was appointed by the President of India as the Member, National Human Rights Commission in April 2019 and served there till April 2024. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1983 and has since served in several capacities, including the Consul General of India, New York, and the High Commissioner of India, Male, Maldives. He is a successful writer and has written over 15 books, which have been translated in Arabic, Dhivehi, Urdu, Kannada and Hindi. His magnum-opus – Maati, Pankh ani Akash, written in Marathi, has received immense popularity and has also been prescribed in the Arts curriculum at the North Maharasthra University, Jalgaon (Maharashtra). He has inspired a number of socio-educational projects including Balodyan, an orphanage in his native village, and the Dnyaneshwar Mulay Education Society, which seeks to introduce innovative concepts like Global Education.