An Indian Foreign Service official of 1997 batch, Dr. Suhel Ajaz Khan who is presently the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Lebanon has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

• He will replace Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, a 1989 batch IFS officer. Dr. Khan is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
• Dr Suhel Ajaz Khan a 1997 batch IFS officer, is presently serving as Indian ambassador to Lebanon.
• Dr Khan’s first foreign assignment was to the Embassy of India, Cairo where between 1999-2001, apart from the other duties at the Embassy, he obtained an advanced diploma in the Arabic language from the American University, Cairo.
• He later served at the Indian Embassy in Damascus, handling administration, press and political affairs between 2002-2005.