1996 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Manish Prabhat has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Denmark.
He is presently serving as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Uzbekistan.
In an official release on 11 January, 2022, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said, “Shri Manish Prabhat (IFS:1996), presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Uzbekistan, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Denmark. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.”
Mr. Prabhat previously headed the Eurasia Division in the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.
He is a career diplomat who has served in various locations in India’s Missions abroad in Moscow, Yerevan, Washington D.C., Milan and Paris.
He holds a Master’s Degree in History from the University of Delhi. He speaks Hindi, English and Russian. He is married and has two daughters.