Shri Abhishek Singh concurrently accredited as next Permanent Representative of ECOWAS
Shri Abhishek Singh (IFS: 2003), presently High Commissioner of India to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has been concurrently accredited as the next Permanent Representative of India to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with residence in Abuja.
New Delhi: Shri Abhishek Singh (IFS: 2003), presently High Commissioner of India to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has been concurrently accredited as the next Permanent Representative of India to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with residence in Abuja.
As per officials, he is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
Mr. Singh joined the Indian Foreign Service in 2003. After the initial training for two years at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service, New Delhi and External Publicity Division (XP), MEA, he served 5 years in Embassy of India, Beijing from 2005-10.
Thereafter, he moved to the Ministry of External Affairs in 2010, first as Desk officer covering India’s bilateral and political relations with Pakistan. He was then selected to be the Officer on Special Duty in the Office of the Minister of State for External Affairs between 2011-2013.