Pooja Kapur Explained
Pooja Kapur is Additional Secretary and G20 Sous Sherpa in the Ministry of External Affairs of India.[1] She was till recently the Indian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark[2] and preceding that, the Indian Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria[3] and the Republic of North Macedonia.[4]
Career
Pooja Kapur joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1996. She has served at the Indian Embassies / High Commissions in Paris, London, Kuala Lumpur and Brussels. In the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, she has held charges pertaining to India's relationship with Western Europe, South East Asia, the United Nations and the Commonwealth, including heading the ASEAN Multilateral Division.[5] [6] She assumed charge as Ambassador of India to the Republic of Bulgaria in July 2017,[7] and was concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of North Macedonia.[8] Pooja Kapur assumed charge as Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Denmark in March 2021. In April 2024, Pooja Kapur took charge as Additional Secretary (G20) and Sous Sherpa in the Ministry of External Affairs.
She was adjudged a LinkedIn Top Voice 2018, and was the only diplomat to make the list.[9] [10]
In 2022, The Copenhagen Post named her the busiest ambassador in Denmark.[11]
Personal life
Pooja Kapur was a Chevening Scholar at the University of Oxford, where she read Diplomatic Studies.[12] She also has a Masters in Public Administration from the École nationale d’administration in Paris as well as a Bachelors and Masters in Political Science from the University of Delhi. A university topper and recipient of several academic scholarships and awards, she is fluent in English, French and Hindi.
Pooja Kapur is the daughter of an Indian Administrative Service officer. She is married and has a teenage son.[13]
Publications
Pooja Kapur is a published author, having co-authored her first book on politics at the age of twenty.
Notes and References
- Web site: MEA TEL . 2024-06-22 . videshapps.gov.in.
- Web site: Embassy of India, Copenhagen, Denmark : Ambassador Profile. 2021-03-27. www.indianembassycopenhagen.gov.in.
- Web site: Pooja Kapur appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Bulgaria. www.mea.gov.in. en. 2017-07-23.
- Web site: Pooja Kapur concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Macedonia. www.mea.gov.in. en. 2017-12-17.
- Web site: Pooja Kapur is new Indian Ambassador to Bulgaria and Macedonia. 2017-05-12. The Sofia Globe. 2017-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20170720020107/http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/05/12/pooja-kapur-is-new-indian-ambassador-to-bulgaria-and-macedonia/. 20 July 2017. dead.
- Web site: Embassy of India, Sofia, Bulgaria : Ambassador Profile. www.indembsofia.org. en. 2017-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20170731070906/http://www.indembsofia.org/eoi.php?id=Ambassador. 31 July 2017. dead.
- Web site: Embassy of India, Sofia, Bulgaria : News - Presentation of Credentials by H.E. Ms. Pooja Kapur, Ambassador of India to H.E. Mr. Rumen Radev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria, 17 July 2017.. www.indembsofia.org. en. 2017-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20170731071850/http://www.indembsofia.org/news_detail.php?id=36. 31 July 2017. dead.
- Web site: Embassy of India, Sofia, Bulgaria : News - Ambassador Pooja Kapur presented her credentials to H.E. President Gjorge Ivanov of Macedonia at the Presidential Palace in Skopje on 24 November 2017. www.indembsofia.org. en. 2017-12-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20180101013410/http://www.indembsofia.org/news_detail.php?id=61. 1 January 2018. dead.
- Web site: LinkedIn Top Voices 2018: India. www.linkedin.com. en. 2019-08-08.
- Web site: IT minister among LinkedIn's top 25 voices for India. Outlook (India). 2019-08-08.
- Web site: Hamilton . Ben . 2022-08-26 . The Post . 2023-03-25 . The Post . en-GB.
- Web site: 2017. UNIVERSITY OF DELHI Alumni Newsmagazine. University of Delhi.
- Web site: Egbert . Conrad . 2021-06-01 . Denmark is a key partner for India . 2022-07-18 . The International . en.
