Expertise in: International affairs, diplomacy and governance.

Vijay K Nambiar, born in Pune (1943), studied at St Xavier's College Mumbai. He was awarded the Chancellor's gold medal for his Masters in 1965. Joining India's Foreign Service in 1967, he studied Chinese and was posted to Hongkong and Beijing (1968-1972). After serving at headquarters, he was posted to Yugoslavia (1976-78) and the UN, New York (1979-82). His first Ambassadorial posting was to Algiers (1985-88), followed by Afghanistan (1990-92), Malaysia (1993-96), China (1996-2000), and Pakistan (2000-01). He was also a Permanent Representative at India's UN Mission in New York. After retirement in 2004, he served as Deputy National Security Adviser until 2006, when he was seconded to the UN as Special Adviser to UNSG Kofi Annan. He was later Chef de Cabinet to UNSG Ban Ki Moon and his Adviser on Myanmar.