 He next served as Minister of the High Commission of India in London from 1994 to 1997 and as the Ambassador to Romania from 1997 to 2001.In the course of his career, he served in [Italy] twice and in Qatar, and as Additional Secretary for Administration,International Economic Relations and Consular Affairs of the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.His final posting before retirement was to Italy, where he served as Indian ambassador to Italy and San Marino and concurrently as India's permanent representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Food Programme and IFAD.