Sumit Seth

Sumit Seth

Sumit Seth (India) speaking at the World Intellectual Property Organisation-WIPO, Geneva
Born (1977-01-23) 23 January 1977
New Delhi, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
Occupation Diplomat, physician

Sumit Seth (Hindi: सुमित सेठ Punjabi: ਸੁਮਿਤ ਸੇਠ) (born 23 January 1977) is an Indian Foreign Service Officer. He is a physician specialising in forensics and author of Review of Forensic Medicine.

In 2003, he became the youngest postgraduate of Forensic Medicine in India at the age of 26 years. He was a member of the homicide investigation team which conducted the autopsy of Phoolan Devi. His current assignment is First Secretary (Economic Affairs) at the Permanent Mission of India to United Nations, Geneva.[1]

He is the first Indian Foreign Service Officer to serve as Deputy Secretary, Digital Diplomacy.[2] in the Ministry of External Affairs. He received the Web-Ratna Award for Outstanding Content Category on behalf of the Ministry of External Affairs in March 2015.[3][4]

References

  1. "List of Officers at Permanent Mission of India, Geneva". pmindiaun.org. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. "Nameplate With a # Catches the Eye at Government Office". ndtv.com. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. "2014 Web Ratna Awards - press release" (PDF). Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  4. "MEA website gets Web Ratna 2014 Award". indianmandarins.com. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
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