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{{Short description|Indian diplomat (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Periasamy Kumaran
| image = Periasamy Kumaran IFS.jpg
| caption = Kumaran in 2025
| honorific_suffix = [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]]
| honorific_prefix = [[His Excellency]]
| office = [[List of high commissioners of India to the United Kingdom|High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom]]
| president = [[Droupadi Murmu]]
| prime_minister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| term_start = 26 March 2026
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Vikram Doraiswami]]
| successor =
| office1 = [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary (East)]], [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs of India]]
| term_start1 = 1 April 2025
| term_end1 = 25 March 2026
| predecessor1 = Jaideep Muzumdar
| successor1 = TBA
| office2 = [[List of ambassadors and high commissioners of India|High Commissioner of India to]] [[Singapore]]
| term_start2 = July 2020
| term_end2 = July 2023
| predecessor2 = Jawed Ashraf
| successor2 = Shilpak Ambule
| office3 = [[List of ambassadors and high commissioners of India| Ambassador of India to]] [[Qatar]]
| predecessor3 = Sanjiv Arora
| successor3 = Dr Deepak Mittal
| term_start3 = October 2016
| term_end3 = July 2020
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|1|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[India]]
| alma_mater = ([[Bachelor of Technology|B.Tech]]) [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras|IIT Madras]]
| occupation = [[Diplomat]]
| blank1 = Rank
| data1 = [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary]]
}}
'''Periasamy Kumaran''' (born 23 January 1969) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[diplomat]] from 1992 batch of [[Indian Foreign Service]] who is currently serving as the [[List of high commissioners of India to the United Kingdom|High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Shri Periasamy Kumaran has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom |url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/40958/Shri+Periasamy+Kumaran+has+been+appointed+as+the+next+High+Commissioner+of+India+to+the+United+Kingdom |publisher=Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India |date=26 March 2026 |access-date=27 March 2026}}</ref> Before that he served as the [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary (East)]] in [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs of India]], the [[List of ambassadors and high commissioners of India|High Commissioner of India]] to [[Singapore]] and as ayhr [[List of ambassadors and high commissioners of India|Indian Ambassador]] to [[Qatar]].<ref>https://www.mea.gov.in/east.htm</ref>

==Early and life education==
Periasamy Kumaran was born on 23 January 1969.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Ministry of External Affairs Offi ce of the Joint Secretary [Administration] |url=https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf |title=CIVIL LIST of the Indian Foreign Service (As on April 01, 2013) |author-first4=yes |year=2013 |pages=17 |language=en-in |format=pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf |archive-date=2018-04-22}}</ref> He was educated at the [[IIT Madras|Indian Institute of Technology, Madras]], in [[Chennai]] with a [[Bachelor of Technology|B.Tech]] degree in [[Electronics and Communication engineering]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=High Commissioner |url=https://hcisingapore.gov.in/pages?id=eyJpdiI6IlNtY1JYSXhhTTIwMThYUVcyZVVOQmc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoib1dKNzhmNE94UXkyTjVrRjUxMXRadz09IiwibWFjIjoiYzVmYTk0MDE2ZDM3NzRiODMwMWM1OGNkZjRlYjNjM2Q1MDg0OWI4MDE3YjI5NDM1MzA1NWQ1OWFkOTlmZDdmNiJ9&subid=eyJpdiI6IkJWR1ZtOVVqUHh0c0ducGNjWXNUc1E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoid3ErXC9Pd3cxZTB2RnlDWE14SjBaOXc9PSIsIm1hYyI6ImI4MjJlZWQ2YTFlZDVkY2ZiOTIxN2JiM2VhMWUyZWZlYzE3Y2Q5OWFlMzNlMDMzN2M2ZThjZmM3MmZlMDg5ZWIifQ== |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629111638/https://hcisingapore.gov.in/pages?id=eyJpdiI6IlNtY1JYSXhhTTIwMThYUVcyZVVOQmc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoib1dKNzhmNE94UXkyTjVrRjUxMXRadz09IiwibWFjIjoiYzVmYTk0MDE2ZDM3NzRiODMwMWM1OGNkZjRlYjNjM2Q1MDg0OWI4MDE3YjI5NDM1MzA1NWQ1OWFkOTlmZDdmNiJ9&subid=eyJpdiI6IkJWR1ZtOVVqUHh0c0ducGNjWXNUc1E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoid3ErXC9Pd3cxZTB2RnlDWE14SjBaOXc9PSIsIm1hYyI6ImI4MjJlZWQ2YTFlZDVkY2ZiOTIxN2JiM2VhMWUyZWZlYzE3Y2Q5OWFlMzNlMDMzN2M2ZThjZmM3MmZlMDg5ZWIifQ== |archive-date=2023-06-29 |website=High Commission of India in Singapore |language=en-in}}</ref>

==Civil Service career==
Kumaran entered the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1992.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2020-08-25 |title=Presentation of Credentials, 25 August 2020 |url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2020/08/20200825-Presentation-of-Credentials |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627033023/https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2020/08/20200825-Presentation-of-Credentials |archive-date=2023-06-27 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore]] |language=en}}</ref> From January 1994 to June 1997, he worked as Third Secretary at the Indian Embassy in Cairo, while studying Arabic at the American University in Cairo.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=High Commissioner |url=https://hcisingapore.gov.in/pages?id=eyJpdiI6IlNtY1JYSXhhTTIwMThYUVcyZVVOQmc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoib1dKNzhmNE94UXkyTjVrRjUxMXRadz09IiwibWFjIjoiYzVmYTk0MDE2ZDM3NzRiODMwMWM1OGNkZjRlYjNjM2Q1MDg0OWI4MDE3YjI5NDM1MzA1NWQ1OWFkOTlmZDdmNiJ9&subid=eyJpdiI6IkJWR1ZtOVVqUHh0c0ducGNjWXNUc1E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoid3ErXC9Pd3cxZTB2RnlDWE14SjBaOXc9PSIsIm1hYyI6ImI4MjJlZWQ2YTFlZDVkY2ZiOTIxN2JiM2VhMWUyZWZlYzE3Y2Q5OWFlMzNlMDMzN2M2ZThjZmM3MmZlMDg5ZWIifQ== |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629111638/https://hcisingapore.gov.in/pages?id=eyJpdiI6IlNtY1JYSXhhTTIwMThYUVcyZVVOQmc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoib1dKNzhmNE94UXkyTjVrRjUxMXRadz09IiwibWFjIjoiYzVmYTk0MDE2ZDM3NzRiODMwMWM1OGNkZjRlYjNjM2Q1MDg0OWI4MDE3YjI5NDM1MzA1NWQ1OWFkOTlmZDdmNiJ9&subid=eyJpdiI6IkJWR1ZtOVVqUHh0c0ducGNjWXNUc1E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoid3ErXC9Pd3cxZTB2RnlDWE14SjBaOXc9PSIsIm1hYyI6ImI4MjJlZWQ2YTFlZDVkY2ZiOTIxN2JiM2VhMWUyZWZlYzE3Y2Q5OWFlMzNlMDMzN2M2ZThjZmM3MmZlMDg5ZWIifQ== |archive-date=2023-06-29 |website=High Commission of India in Singapore |language=en-in}}</ref>

From July 1997 to December 2000, he served as Second Secretary, then First Secretary of the Indian Embassy at [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], Libya. From December 2000 to September 2003, he was First Secretary of the Indian Embassy in [[Brussels]]. From September 2003 to March 2005, he was Director of the Western Europe department in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]].<ref name=":0" />

From April 2005 to June 2007 he was passport officer for the Bangalore district. From June 2007 to October 2009, he was posted to [[Pakistan]] as the [[Counselor (diplomat)|Counselor]] to the Indian High Commission. Thereafter, he was sent to the [[United States]], where he was the Counselor at the Indian embassy there from October 2009 to August 2011.<ref name=":2" />

From September 2011 June 2014, he was Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. From July 2014 to September 2016, he was Joint Secretary of the Consular, Passport & Visa Division at the foreign ministry in [[New Delhi]].<ref name=":2" /> Thereafter, he served as Ambassador to Qatar from October 2016 to July 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Previous Ambassadors |url=https://www.indianembassyqatar.gov.in/eoidhpages?id=eyJpdiI6IjliU1k0Z3BCZHZ0SnZieVNuQ2xjYmc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiXC9VRW9oMWQ0bTZzam0wODZtZk41OHc9PSIsIm1hYyI6IjdkMGJkNjljOTliNjk4ZTMzYzE4NWY1ZmY2NWYzMTA1Y2IxMTFjNzkxNGRlNjQ1M2U5ZTgxZDE3YTNlNmZkNmUifQ==&subid=eyJpdiI6IlVsbGtkSUV4SDk1MUl6WG90SmcwR3c9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiQnJNV0JFSU5CMHVtekkrcllXaEtXQT09IiwibWFjIjoiNDk1YjJkNGI0YjJhN2M2NWYwZTAyNzQ4ZGQ1ZGM4NjViYzgxMzE4YjMyNDhlMzhiODk4YjA0OGMxNjQ1MjMyZCJ9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802111700/https://www.indianembassyqatar.gov.in/eoidhpages?id=eyJpdiI6IjliU1k0Z3BCZHZ0SnZieVNuQ2xjYmc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiXC9VRW9oMWQ0bTZzam0wODZtZk41OHc9PSIsIm1hYyI6IjdkMGJkNjljOTliNjk4ZTMzYzE4NWY1ZmY2NWYzMTA1Y2IxMTFjNzkxNGRlNjQ1M2U5ZTgxZDE3YTNlNmZkNmUifQ==&subid=eyJpdiI6IlVsbGtkSUV4SDk1MUl6WG90SmcwR3c9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiQnJNV0JFSU5CMHVtekkrcllXaEtXQT09IiwibWFjIjoiNDk1YjJkNGI0YjJhN2M2NWYwZTAyNzQ4ZGQ1ZGM4NjViYzgxMzE4YjMyNDhlMzhiODk4YjA0OGMxNjQ1MjMyZCJ9 |archive-date=2024-08-02 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Embassy of India, Doha |language=en-in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-26 |title=P Kumaran appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the State of Qatar |url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/27335/p+kumaran+appointed+as+the+next+ambassador+of+india+to+the+state+of+qatar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830003728/https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/27335/p+kumaran+appointed+as+the+next+ambassador+of+india+to+the+state+of+qatar |archive-date=2016-08-30 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=[[Ministry of External Affairs, India]] |language=en-in}}</ref>

Kumaran was appointed High Commissioner to [[Singapore]] on 26 May 2020<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-26 |title=Shri Periasamy Kumaran has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Singapore |url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/32710/Shri+Periasamy+Kumaran+has+been+appointed+as+the+next+High+Commissioner+of+India+to+the+Republic+of+Singapore#:~:text=What's%20New-,Shri%20Periasamy%20Kumaran%20has%20been%20appointed%20as%20the%20next%20High,to%20the%20Republic%20of%20Singapore&text=Shri%20Periasamy%20Kumaran%20(IFS%3A%201992,to%20the%20Republic%20of%20Singapore. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607105553/https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/32710/Shri+Periasamy+Kumaran+has+been+appointed+as+the+next+High+Commissioner+of+India+to+the+Republic+of+Singapore |archive-date=2020-06-07 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=[[Ministry of External Affairs, India]] |language=en-in}}</ref> and presented his credentials on 25 August 2020,<ref name=":0" /> serving in that post from July 2020 to July 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-24 |title=High Commissioner of India to Singapore, P. Kumaran’s Farewell to Singapore |url=https://indiplomacy.com/2023/07/24/high-commissioner-of-india-to-singapore-p-kumarans-farewell-to-singapore/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001231130/https://indiplomacy.com/2023/07/24/high-commissioner-of-india-to-singapore-p-kumarans-farewell-to-singapore/ |archive-date=2023-10-01 |access-date=2024-08-02 |work=Indiplomacy |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Past High Commissioners of India to Singapore |url=https://www.hcisingapore.gov.in/pages?id=eyJpdiI6IlBraGU5bUpvMVdPR0RjeHBOalpcL01RPT0iLCJ2YWx1ZSI6IkxWMmhnWjkwanhUR0NBakxIcmk5amc9PSIsIm1hYyI6IjllNzIwMTBlZGU4OGI3Zjg5ZmVjMjlkMjJlZTU2MGFhMDA5YjkyODk0YjhiZTFiMWZiN2RiODc1ODc5M2YyYTMifQ==&subid=eyJpdiI6IkFEQm9cL1FoZ0JjQ05aU0laK05aRXl3PT0iLCJ2YWx1ZSI6IkFydFQxWnRObFlvZ0Y1SWd1UGpDcUE9PSIsIm1hYyI6Ijg0ZWE2MGU1MTQ0ODA3NzNhZWJiMzhkNTljMWNiNGUzYTYxZWVlNjhkOGZjYzZmZTUwMGU4OWZjODZiYzM1Y2UifQ== |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802110252/https://www.hcisingapore.gov.in/pages?id=eyJpdiI6IlBraGU5bUpvMVdPR0RjeHBOalpcL01RPT0iLCJ2YWx1ZSI6IkxWMmhnWjkwanhUR0NBakxIcmk5amc9PSIsIm1hYyI6IjllNzIwMTBlZGU4OGI3Zjg5ZmVjMjlkMjJlZTU2MGFhMDA5YjkyODk0YjhiZTFiMWZiN2RiODc1ODc5M2YyYTMifQ==&subid=eyJpdiI6IkFEQm9cL1FoZ0JjQ05aU0laK05aRXl3PT0iLCJ2YWx1ZSI6IkFydFQxWnRObFlvZ0Y1SWd1UGpDcUE9PSIsIm1hYyI6Ijg0ZWE2MGU1MTQ0ODA3NzNhZWJiMzhkNTljMWNiNGUzYTYxZWVlNjhkOGZjYzZmZTUwMGU4OWZjODZiYzM1Y2UifQ== |archive-date=2024-08-02 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=High Commission of India in Singapore |language=en-in}}</ref>

===High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom===
On 26th March, 2026, Kumaran has been appointed as the next [[High Commissioner]] of India to the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Periasamy Kumaran appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to UK |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/periasamy-kumaran-appointed-as-the-next-high-commissioner-of-india-to-uk/article70788420.ece |publisher=The Hindu |date=26 March 2026 |access-date=27 March 2026}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Qatar]]
[[Category:High commissioners of India to Singapore]]
[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian Institutes of Technology alumni]]
[[Category:IIT Madras alumni]]
[[Category:Indian diplomats]]
[[Category:Indian Foreign Service officers]]

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