Curriculum Vitae of His Excellency Dr. Sheel Kant
Sharma, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
Permanent Representative of India and Chairman of the G-77 -
Vienna Chapter 2005
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| Master of Science (Nuclear Physics) from Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai (1971)
Ph.D. (High Energy Physics) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai (1974) |
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| Professional Background: | |
| July 1973 : | Joined Indian Foreign Service |
| 1976-77 : | Served as Third Secretary/Second Secretary in Kuwait/Saudi Arabia |
| 1978-81 : | Under Secretary in the Middle East desk, Ministry of External Affairs covering at various stages countries from Iran, Iraq to North Africa |
| 1981-82 : | Fellow in the Institute of Defence Studies & Analysis (IDSA), N. Delhi |
| 1982-83 : | Deputy Secretary (North), Ministry of External Affairs, dealing with Nepal and Bhutan. |
| 1983-86 : | First Secretary (Disarmament), Permanent Mission of India, Geneva and Alternate Representative of India to UN Conference on Disarmament. |
| 1986-89 : | Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Algiers |
| 1989-91 : | Director (United Nations Division) and Disarmament Head, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi |
| 1991-94 : | Joint Secretary (South & Disarmament), Ministry of External Affairs in-charge of India's relations with ASEAN, Indo-China and South Pacific. |
| 1994-2000 : | Seconded to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna for the post of senior professional in External Relations & Policy Coordination Division, for a job as international civil servant. |
| Sept.2000 - July 2003 : | Returned to MEA in India as Joint Secretary (Disarmament & International Security Affairs), covering all disarmament issues, bilateral security dialogues and dialogues on nuclear non-proliferation, export controls and defence Cooperation, security forums such as ARF, CICA, UNSC and other ad hoc groupings on security issues such as Pugwash. |
| July 2003 - July 2004 : | Additional Secretary (International Organisations), Ministry of External Affairs with previous charge expanded to include other international organisations. |
| 28 July 2004 onwards : | Ambassador of India to Austria and Permanent Representative of India to all international organisations in Vienna |
| Publications: | Research articles co-authored in Physical Review-D (1971), Physical Review Letters (1972) |
| Articles in newspapers and periodicals (Times of India, Mainstream and Sunday) during 1981-82 on nuclear disarmament issues | |
| As Member of the UN Study Group on Verification (1989-91) co-authored the UN Report on Verification in 1991 | |
| As Member of the UN Study Group on Defensive Security Concepts (1991-93), co-authored the UN Report on Defensive Security Concepts | |
| Wrote a UNIDIR Monograph on Verification of Fissile Materials Cut-Off and Non-use of Nuclear Weapons (1992) | |
| Article in the IAEA Bulletin - 1995 | |
| Paper presented at the Pugwash Conference on Energy in Malta (1995) | |
| Co-authored UN panel's report on missile in all their aspects in 2002 | |
| Conferences attended as representative of India/delegate: | Non-Aligned Summit, New Delhi (1983) |
| Kulala Lumpur (2003), Annual Six Nation Summits on Nuclear Disarmament (1985-89) | |
| Conference on Disarmament (1983-86) | |
| United Nations General Assembly (1983-86, 2000-2003) | |
| U.N. Disarmament Commission (1984-86, 2001) | |
| UN Conference Rio+5 (1997) | |
| IAEA General Conference (1994-99) and since 2004 | |
| International Conferences on Nuclear and Energy Issues (1994-99) | |
| ARF Ministerial Meetings (2000-04) | |
| Languages: | French and Arabic |
| Hobbies and Extra-curricular Interests: | Literature, readings on science & technology. Member of India International Centre and India Habitat Centre; |
| Sports and Leisure: | Basketball, Tennis, Swimming, Yoga, Chess |
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