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Deputy Chief of Mission
Embassy of India Seoul, ROK

Mr. Nishi Kant Singh is a career diplomat who joined Indian Foreign Service in 2010. He is a life science graduate from Hansraj College in Delhi University. He has earlier served as Third Secretary in the Embassy of India, Beijing and as First Secretary/Counsellor in the Embassy of India, Manila. At headquarters, he has served as Under Secretary in e-Governance & IT Division and later as Under Secretary/Deputy Secretary in the Emigration Policy & Welfare Division. As an officer handling e-Governance & IT, he guided development of applications for automation of government processes, one of the key pillars under the Digital India Initiative. While working in Emigration Policy & Welfare Division, he coordinated bilateral  Mobility related agreements, namely Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreements, Labour Mobility Agreements and others; development of Pre-Departure Orientation Training Manuals for Indian overseas workers for facilitating safe, orderly and regular migration. In Covid Cell, he coordinated repatriation of more than 100,000 foreign nationals to their respective countries.  He served as Commercial Representative in Manila and worked in promoting bilateral economic and commercial engagements.