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'''Vinod Kumar Grover''' is a former Secretary of the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] of India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C12%5C01%5Cstory_1-12-2005_pg3_5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060713043710/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C12%5C01%5Cstory_1-12-2005_pg3_5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-07-13 |title=Leading News Resource of Pakistan |publisher=Daily Times |date=2005-12-01 |accessdate=2012-03-26 }}</ref>

==Career==
Grover entered the Foreign Service in 1961 and retired in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipcs.org/staff-profile/amb-vk-grover-29.html|title=Amb. V.K. Grover|publisher=Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies|accessdate=1 February 2017}}</ref>

In 1982, as [[High Commissioner (Commonwealth)|High Commissioner]] to [[Kenya]], Grover signed an India-Kenya credit pact on behalf of the Indian government.<ref>"Kenya and India sign credit pact", ''[[Daily Nation]]'', December 27, 1982.</ref> From August 1984 until February 1989 he was [[India–Turkey relations|Indian ambassador to Turkey]].<ref>http://www.indembassy.org.tr/cgi.php?id=AmbTurkey</ref>

In 1991, while serving as Indian ambassador to the Netherlands, Grover was one of the "22 leading figures from 18 countries" – "individuals with experience in international arbitration, reputations for creativity in problem solving, and general influence in the international legal community" – to sit on the Working Group of the [[Permanent Court of Arbitration]].<ref>J. L. Bleich, "A New Direction for the PCA: The Work of the Expert Group", in ''The Flame Rekindled: New Hopes for International Arbitration'', edited by A. Sam Muller and Wim Mijs (Dordrecht, Boston and London, 1994), p. 19.</ref>

In 2005, Grover was one of four special envoys appointed by the Indian government in its bid to [[India and the United Nations#Seeking of Permanent Seat in UNSC|obtain a permanent seat on the UN Security Council]].<ref>T.R. Ramachandran, [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050422/main2.htm Diplomatic blitzkrieg for UN seat], ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', April 22, 2005.</ref> In 2006 he was appointed to the [[National Security Council (India)#National Security Advisory Board|National Security Advisory Board]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/national-security-advisory-board-reconstituted/article3089506.ece National Security Advisory Board reconstituted], ''[[The Hindu]]'', August 13, 2006.</ref>

==Publications==
*[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/097492840105700111 India - The Need for a Post Cold War Foreign Policy and the Importance of the EU], ''[[India Quarterly]]'', 57:1, (2001), 171-176
*[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/097492840105700202 Appraisal of Indo-Pak Relations], ''India Quarterly'', 57:2, (2001), 11-16
*[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/097492840205800103 The Strategic Triangle], ''India Quarterly'', 58:1 (2002), 21-26

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