Kumar Tuhin

Kumar Tuhin
Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations
Assumed office
20 December 2021
Preceded byDinesh K. Patnaik
Ambassador of India to Hungary
In office
November 2018 – November 2021
Preceded byRahul Chhabra
Succeeded byPartha Sathpaty
High Commissioner of India to Namibia
In office
July 2015 – October 2018
Preceded byS P Mann
Succeeded byPrashant Agrawal
Personal details
SpouseDeepa
Alma materIndian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering,
IIT Kanpur,
St. Xavier's College, Ranchi,
Netarhat Residential School
ProfessionDiplomat

Kumar Tuhin is a career diplomat from the 1991 batch of the Indian Foreign Service. At present, he is the Ambassador of India to the Netherlands. Prior to this, he was the Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). Before his tenure at ICCR, he was the Ambassador of India to Hungary.  Earlier, he was India's High Commissioner to Namibia.  Before joining the Indian Foreign Service, Tuhin worked for a few years in the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers.