Chitra Narayanan is a diplomat from India. She served as an

Indian Foreign Service The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is the diplomatic service and a central civil service of the Government of India under the Ministry of External Affairs. The Foreign Secretary is the head of the service. Vinay Mohan Kwatra is the 34th and the ...

officer and as an ambassador of India to six countries.

Career

Chitra started her career as a journalist at the Press Institute of India. She was the founder-editor and co-publisher of ''The Book Review'', the first English speaking journal in India dedicated to books. She joined the Indian Foreign Services at age 26, in 1978. She was the Deputy Director of Foreign Service Institute from 1988–91. She serves as a fellow at Institute of Contemporary Studies, Nehru Museum and Library, New Delhi from 1995 to 2000. She served as the ambassador of India to Sweden and Latvia (2001–2005), Turkey (2005–2008), Switzerland and Liechtenstein (2008–2013) and the Holy See (Vatican) (2009–2013). She is an associate fellow at the Geneva Center of Security Policy and Course Director of the executive course on Creative Diplomacy which teaches creative leadership and decision making skills relevant to the challenges of today.

Personal life

Chitra is the daughter of the former President of India, K.R Narayanan and

Usha Narayanan Usha Narayanan, born Tint Tint ( my, တင့်တင့်; 1922 — 24 January 2008), was the First Lady of India from 1997 to 2002. She was married to K. R. Narayanan, the tenth President of India. Upon her husband's assumption of the pr ...

. Due to the nature of the job of her father as an

officer, she got to do her schooling in different parts of the world, including in London, Australia, at a boarding school in the Himalayas and in New Delhi. She was homeschooled for one and a half years in Hanoi. She then completed her undergraduation in political science and postgraduation in international relations specializing in Chinese politics at

Delhi University Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate Central university (India), central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and ...

. She has a daughter, Chandrika, who is a writer and arts manager living in Dublin. She has a sister Amrita who lives in The Hague.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Narayanan, Chitra Living people People from Delhi Year of birth missing (living people) Indian women ambassadors Delhi University alumni Indian people of Burmese descent Ambassadors of India to Sweden Ambassadors of India to Latvia Ambassadors of India to Turkey Ambassadors of India to Switzerland Ambassadors of India to the Holy See