| Vijay Rangarajan | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | CMG |
| Office: | British Ambassador to Brazil |
| Primeminister: | Theresa May Boris Johnson |
| Term Start: | June 2017 |
| Term End: | August 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Alex Ellis |
| Successor: | Peter Wilson |
| Alma Mater: | Selwyn College, Cambridge |
| Children: | 2 |
(Francis) Vijay Rangarajan CMG (born 22 September 1969) is a British diplomat who served as the British Ambassador to Brazil from June 2017 to August 2020.[1] He currently serves as the Director General, Americas and Overseas Territories at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and served as the Deputy British Ambassador to Mexico from 2003 to 2006.[2]
Rangarajan was born in New Delhi and educated at Cranbrook School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a BA Hons. degree in 1990 and a PhD in Astrophysics five years later.[2] Prior to working for the FCDO, Rangarajan worked for the UK's Ministry of Justice and Cabinet Office, focusing on political and constitutional reform.[2]
He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2015 Birthday Honours.[3]