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	\| father = Late T. N. Seth<ref name="mea"/>		\| father = Late T. N. Seth<ref name="mea"/>
	\| children = ~~Ishaan Seth (son) <br/> Priyanka Seth (daughter)~~<ref name="mea"/>		\| children = 2<ref name="mea"/>
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	'''Aftab Seth''' is a retired Indian diplomat who served as ambassador of India to Greece, Vietnam and Japan.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Dr. Neeraj says \|url=http://sunandsands.com/blog/2010/06/15/chairman-ambassador-aftab-seth-with-h-e-mr-naoto-kan-file-photo/ \|title=Sun and Sands Advisors' Chairman, Ambassador Aftab Seth with the Prime Minister H.E. Mr. Naoto Kan (File Photo) « sunandsands.com Blog \|publisher=Sunandsands.com \|date=15 June 2010 \|accessdate=26 March 2012}}</ref> He is the brother of British-Indian actor [[Roshan Seth]].<ref>{{cite book\|author=Satendra Pratap Nandan\|title=Requiem for a rainbow: a Fijian Indian story\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7QpzAAAAMAAJ\|year=2001\|publisher=Pacific Indian Publications}}</ref>		'''Aftab Seth''' (born 17 September 1943) is a retired Indian diplomat who served as ambassador of India to Greece, Vietnam and Japan.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Dr. Neeraj says \|url=http://sunandsands.com/blog/2010/06/15/chairman-ambassador-aftab-seth-with-h-e-mr-naoto-kan-file-photo/ \|title=Sun and Sands Advisors' Chairman, Ambassador Aftab Seth with the Prime Minister H.E. Mr. Naoto Kan (File Photo) « sunandsands.com Blog \|publisher=Sunandsands.com \|date=15 June 2010 \|accessdate=26 March 2012}}</ref> He is the brother of British-Indian actor [[Roshan Seth]].<ref>{{cite book\|author=Satendra Pratap Nandan\|title=Requiem for a rainbow: a Fijian Indian story\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7QpzAAAAMAAJ\|year=2001\|publisher=Pacific Indian Publications}}</ref>

	== Education ==		== Education ==
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	*2000-03 - Ambassador of India, Tokyo, Japan; also concurrently accredited as Ambassador of India to Federal States of Micronesia		*2000-03 - Ambassador of India, Tokyo, Japan; also concurrently accredited as Ambassador of India to Federal States of Micronesia
	*2004-06 - Professor and Director of Global Security Research Institute, Keio University		*2004-06 - Professor and Director of Global Security Research Institute, Keio University
	*2006 – present Chairman of the International Advisory Committee, Keio University ; Present Chairman & CEO, India Global Link Co., Ltd.; ~~Chairman~~, Japan-India Partnership Forum; Professor of Global Security Research Institute, Keio University; Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay<ref name="mea"/>		*2006 – present Chairman of the International Advisory Committee, Keio University ; Present Chairman & CEO, India Global Link Co., Ltd.; chairman, Japan-India Partnership Forum; Professor of Global Security Research Institute, Keio University; Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay<ref name="mea"/>

	He is also on the ~~Advisory Board~~ of World Development Forum, an upcoming forum that aims to bring together citizens' groups, development organizations, businesses and governments, to a common platform to produce, evidence-based politically actionable guidance and unlock greater value, through human enterprise.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.worlddevelopmentforum.org/Advisory_Board.php \|title=Aftab Seth, World Development Forum \|access-date=9 May 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617215451/http://worlddevelopmentforum.org/Advisory_Board.php \|archive-date=17 June 2013 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>		He is also on the advisory board of World Development Forum, an upcoming forum that aims to bring together citizens' groups, development organizations, businesses and governments, to a common platform to produce, evidence-based politically actionable guidance and unlock greater value, through human enterprise.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.worlddevelopmentforum.org/Advisory_Board.php \|title=Aftab Seth, World Development Forum \|access-date=9 May 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617215451/http://worlddevelopmentforum.org/Advisory_Board.php \|archive-date=17 June 2013 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>

	He is also one of the ~~Advisory Board~~ members of [[Gyankriti]], a chain of affordable preschool and daycare centers founded by [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]] alumni.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://gyankriti.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=405&lang=en \|title=Board of Advisors, Gyankriti \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925214039/http://gyankriti.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=405&lang=en \|archivedate=25 September 2015 }}</ref>		He is also one of the advisory board members of [[Gyankriti]], a chain of affordable preschool and daycare centers founded by [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]] alumni.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://gyankriti.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=405&lang=en \|title=Board of Advisors, Gyankriti \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925214039/http://gyankriti.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=405&lang=en \|archivedate=25 September 2015 }}</ref>

	== Honours ==		== Honours ==

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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Aftab Seth
| image =
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| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|9|17}}
| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]<ref name="mea">{{cite web| title=India Japan relations - Past Present and Future |url=http://mea.gov.in/past-present-future.htm | publisher=mea.gov.in |accessdate=13 September 2016}}</ref>
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| occupation = [[Indian Foreign Service]] Officer [[Diplomat]] Professor<ref name="mea"/>
| alma_mater = [[The Doon School]] [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]], [[University of Delhi|Delhi University]] [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] [[American College of Greece]]<ref name="mea"/>
| known_for = former Indian Ambassador to [[Greece]], [[Vietnam]], [[Japan]] and [[Micronesia]]<ref name="mea"/>
| spouse = Nilima Seth<ref name="mea"/>
| mother = Late Venetia Seth<ref name="mea"/>
| father = Late T. N. Seth<ref name="mea"/>
| children = Ishaan Seth (son) Priyanka Seth (daughter)<ref name="mea"/>
}}

'''Aftab Seth''' is a retired Indian diplomat who served as ambassador of India to Greece, Vietnam and Japan.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dr. Neeraj says |url=http://sunandsands.com/blog/2010/06/15/chairman-ambassador-aftab-seth-with-h-e-mr-naoto-kan-file-photo/ |title=Sun and Sands Advisors' Chairman, Ambassador Aftab Seth with the Prime Minister H.E. Mr. Naoto Kan (File Photo) « sunandsands.com Blog |publisher=Sunandsands.com |date=15 June 2010 |accessdate=26 March 2012}}</ref> He is the brother of British-Indian actor [[Roshan Seth]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Satendra Pratap Nandan|title=Requiem for a rainbow: a Fijian Indian story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7QpzAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Pacific Indian Publications}}</ref>

== Education ==
Seth completed his schooling from [[The Doon School]].<ref>'An Indian in Japan' by Aftab Seth; About the Author (graduated from The Doon School...) p.xii</ref><ref>Aftab Seth (189-Jaipur House) 1954-1959;The Doon School Old Boys' Society Register (2011) p.143</ref> He then went on to pursue B.A. (Honours) in History from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]], [[University of Delhi]] where he topped the university with First Class honours. He then received a [[Rhodes Scholarship]] to read History and Politics, Constitutional History at [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]. He then proceeded to do a Doctorate in Law from [[American College of Greece]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gatewayhouse.in/expert/external/analysts/ambassador-aftab-seth |title=Ambassador Aftab Seth | Gateway House |publisher=Gatewayhouse.in |accessdate=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128134038/http://gatewayhouse.in/expert/external/analysts/ambassador-aftab-seth |archivedate=28 November 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jp.fujitsu.com/group/fri/en/topics/120217-profile.html |title=The 3rd Japan India Intellectual Forum, Guest Speaker Profile : FUJITSU RESEARCH INSTITUTE |publisher=Jp.fujitsu.com |accessdate=26 March 2012}}</ref>

== Outline of career ==
*1968 - Joined the Foreign Service
*1970-72 - Served as Third Secretary and Second Secretary, Embassy of India, Tokyo, Private Secretary to the Ambassador
*1979-83 - Consul General of India, Hamburg, with commercial consular;Jurisdiction over Bremen Bremerhaven Schleswig-Holstein and lower Saxony
*1983-85 - Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Jakarta
*1985-88 - Consul General of India, Karachi, Pakistan
*1988-92 - Spokesman of the Foreign Office and Joint Secretary in-charge of External Publicity, New Delhi, India
*1992-96 - Ambassador of India, Athens, Greece
*1997-2000 - Ambassador of India, Hanoi, Vietnam
*2000-03 - Ambassador of India, Tokyo, Japan; also concurrently accredited as Ambassador of India to Federal States of Micronesia
*2004-06 - Professor and Director of Global Security Research Institute, Keio University
*2006 – present Chairman of the International Advisory Committee, Keio University ; Present Chairman & CEO, India Global Link Co., Ltd.; Chairman, Japan-India Partnership Forum; Professor of Global Security Research Institute, Keio University; Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay<ref name="mea"/>

He is also on the Advisory Board of World Development Forum, an upcoming forum that aims to bring together citizens' groups, development organizations, businesses and governments, to a common platform to produce, evidence-based politically actionable guidance and unlock greater value, through human enterprise.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worlddevelopmentforum.org/Advisory_Board.php |title=Aftab Seth, World Development Forum |access-date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617215451/http://worlddevelopmentforum.org/Advisory_Board.php |archive-date=17 June 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

He is also one of the Advisory Board members of [[Gyankriti]], a chain of affordable preschool and daycare centers founded by [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]] alumni.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gyankriti.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=405&lang=en |title=Board of Advisors, Gyankriti |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925214039/http://gyankriti.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=405&lang=en |archivedate=25 September 2015 }}</ref>

== Honours ==
*[[File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 1Class BAR.svg|55px|ribbon bar]] Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Rising Sun]] (2015)

==See also==
* [[Syed Akbaruddin]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Vietnam]]
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[[Category:Ambassadors of India to the Federated States of Micronesia]]
[[Category:Indian expatriates in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Indian Rhodes Scholars]]
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