Kumar Tuhin | |
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Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations | |
Assumed office 20 December 2021 | |
Preceded by | Dinesh K. Patnaik |
Ambassador of India to Hungary | |
In office November 2018 – November 2021 | |
Preceded by | Rahul Chhabra |
Succeeded by | Partha Sathpaty |
High Commissioner of India to Namibia | |
In office July 2015 – October 2018 | |
Preceded by | S P Mann |
Succeeded by | Prashant Agrawal |
Personal details | |
Spouse | Deepa |
Alma mater | Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, St. Xavier's College, Ranchi, Netarhat Residential School |
Profession | Diplomat |
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.