Subhash Prasad Gupta joined the Ministry of External Affairs as a career Diplomat (Indian Foreign Service) in 2006.

He has previously served in the Indian Diplomatic Missions in Ankara, Istanbul, Khartoum and Vienna at various capacities. During his stint at headquarters, he was Deputy Secretary (eqv. to Deputy Director General) in the Southern Division from 2015-2017 looking after India’s bilateral relations with ASEAN countries; Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam and pacific island countries.

In his capacity as Counsellor (Multilateral), he contributed to India’s multilateral relations with Vienna based UN agencies, including IAEA, Export Control regimes and other international organizations during 2017-2020. Prior to the Ambassador- designate of India to Suriname, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission in the Embassy of India in Hanoi from 2020-2024.

Mr. Subhash holds a master’s degree in political science and post MA diploma in Mass Communication & Journalism. He speaks Hindi and its dialects, English, Maithili, Sanskrit and Urdu besides Turkish. His hobbies include writing, traveling, birdwatching and photography. He is the author of two poetry books in Hindi named Anvarat Safar and Anvarat Mausam.

He is married to Dr. Ruchi Gupta and they have two school-going children.