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| name ='''Ravi Neelakantan''' <br />
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| occupation = [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS Officer]] <br/> [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] <br/> [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Ministry of Commerce]] <br/> [[Minister of Finance (India)|Ministry of Finance]] <br />
| alma_mater = [[Delhi University]]<br/>[[Indian Institute of Management Bangalore]]<br />
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'''Neelakantan Ravi''' (also known as '''N. Ravi''') is an Indian diplomat. He was an officer of the [[Indian Foreign Service]] (IFS) from 1971 to 2009, and has served in various diplomatic and administrative positions in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]]<ref name="inquirer-2009">{{cite news |last=Oy |first=Veronica |date=8 January 2009 |title=India appoints envoy to ASEAN |url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20090108-182194/India-appoints-envoy-to-ASEAN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915142503/http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20090108-182194/India-appoints-envoy-to-ASEAN |archive-date=15 September 2011 |accessdate=14 October 2012 |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Nayar|first=K. P.|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090810/jsp/frontpage/story_11342274.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812034343/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090810/jsp/frontpage/story_11342274.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 August 2009|title=Sartorial foreign statement - External affairs establishment is getting a makeover|date=10 August 2009|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|access-date=14 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/world/news/35521/|title=Dehli to keep Armenian-Indian relations in the spotlight|date=31 August 2009|publisher=PanARMENIAN.Net|access-date=14 October 2012}}</ref> and [[Minister of Finance (India)|Ministry of Finance]] under the Government of India. In 2009, he was appointed as an ambassador of [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]].<ref name="inquirer-2009" /><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
N. Ravi obtained his [[Master's degree]] in Chemistry from [[Delhi University]] before joining IFS in 1971. He later obtained an [[MBA]] from [[Indian Institute of Management Bangalore]] in 1982. He received Gold medal for the best all round performance at IIM Bangalore.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
While working in India at different times, his assignments have covered political, economic and trade/commerce functions, in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]], [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Ministry of Commerce]] and [[Minister of Finance (India)|Ministry of Finance]]. His overseas postings include [[Belgrade]], [[Tokyo]], [[Thimphu]], [[Moscow]], [[Munich]] and [[Hanoi]]. He has served as the Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs, the Indian Ambassador to Vietnam,<ref name="inquirer-2009" /> Minister in the [[List of diplomatic missions of India|Indian Embassy]] at Bhutan, the Consul General of India (Consulate General of India in Munich), and Joint Secretary in Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He retired in December 2009 after serving as the in-charge for India's relations with ASEAN countries in the Ministry of External Affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isecindia.in/about-us/team-profile | title=Team Profile | publisher=Intrad School of Executive Coaching | access-date=13 June 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506114357/http://www.isecindia.in/about-us/team-profile |archive-date=6 May 2012 }}</ref><br />
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After retirement, he took up an academic position as the senior fellow in the Centre for Public Policy at [[Indian Institute of Management Bangalore]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Aparna Datta |url=http://www.iimb.ernet.in/node/2311 |title=Career diplomat and IIMB alumnus N Ravi joins the Centre for Public Policy &#124; Indian Institute of Management Bangalore |publisher=IIMB|date=3 December 2010|access-date=17 February 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Recognition==<br />
Ravi was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus award by IIM Bangalore in October 2009.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120506114357/http://www.isecindia.in/about-us/team-profile ISEC profile]<br />
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