 He began his career with a posting at the Indian Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, and rose to national and international prominence during his tenure as Consul General of India in [Karachi, Pakistan].It was one of the most tense period in the Indo-Pak relations in the aftermath of Babri incident and the serial bomb blasts in Bombay in 1993.The Indian Consulate General in Karachi has remained closed after Rajiv Dogra completed his tenure there.