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MANITA K

Ranchi

Summary

Dedicated and experienced Indian Foreign Service Officer with a proven track record in diplomatic relations, international negotiations and policy formulation.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Passport Officer, Ranchi

Regional Passport Office (Ranchi), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
Ranchi
2022.10 - Current
  • All work and issues related to Passport Office, Ranchi and its Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) and 14 Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK).
  • Connecting Police Stations with PSP: In a small span of 5 months, through workshops and coordination with Police Department in the State , enhanced the number of Police Stations connected to Passport Seva Project system from 84 to 284 to help improve the Passport related Police Verification process.
  • Relocation of PSK: Played a significant role in finding an alternative location for relocation of PSK Ranchi.
  • Building Project of RPO: Construction of proposed building of Regional Passport Office, Ranchi which was pending since a long time and was stalled due to many issues has been started by removing roadblocks and inter agency coordination.

Under Secretary to Government of India

Rapid Response Cell, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
2021.10 - 2022.10
  • Looked after Covid-19 related issues and coordinated "Vaccine Maitri" project of Government of India.
  • Worked in close coordination with various divisions within the Ministry and other Ministries and Departments of Government of India.
  • Policy formulation for expanding the global footprint of Indian health industry
  • Special Assisgnment- Volunteered to go for ‘Operation Ganga’ in February 2022 and played a key role in evacuating Indians from Ukraine through Romania.
  • Special Assignment- Handled visit of Hon'ble Prime Minister of India to Samarkhand, Uzbekistan in 2021.

Second Secretary

Embassy of India in Tajikistan, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
Dushanbe
2019.01 - 2021.10
  • Looked after Political, Media and Development Cooperation works.
  • Played a significant role in coordinating Vande Bharat Mission in Tajikistan and helped evacuate about 1350 Indians from Dushanbe in May-June 2020.
  • Played a key role in evacuating Indians from Kabul through Tajikistan in August 2021.
  • Effectively handled Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in September 2021
  • Handled numerous visits of External Affairs Minister of India, visit of National Security Advisor of India and Raksha Mantri of India to Dushanbe.
  • Led the planning, coordination and protocol of every visit within the Mission and with the local authorities.

Third Secretary

Embassy of India in Russia, Ministry of External Affairs, Indian Government
Moscow
2017.08 - 2018.12
  • Mastered Russian language in a small span of 9 months of training at Moscow State University and passed the language examination with distinction.
  • Being attached to Political wing was responsible for the weekly, monthly and day today political reporting.
  • Took initiative of starting the process of signing of MoU between National Sports University of India and sports universities in Russia.
  • Coordinated high-level diplomatic meetings and state visits.
  • Lead economic, political and cultural initiatives to strengthen ties between India and Russia.
  • Analyzed political development in Russia and prepared policy recommendations.
  • Engaged with Russian officials to advocate India’s position on various issues.
  • Organized cultural events and bilateral meetings to enhance diplomatic relations.

Indian Foreign Services- OT

Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
New Delhi
2016.08 - 2017.08
  • Worked as Desk Officer in AMS division of Ministry of External Affairs

Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (Probationer)

Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Nagpur
2015.12 - 2016.08
  • As an Officer Trainee conducted in depth study of the Income Tax Act 1961 and Income Tax Rules
  • Worked as a trainee Assessment Officer in Bengaluru
  • Studied the finance market and SEBI's role in it

System Engineer

Infosys
Bangaluru
2009.12 - 2012.06

● Developing packages in PL/SQL.

● Developing shell scripts in UNIX.

● Developing scheduled jobs using AutoSys Job Information Language (JIL).

● Handling code Version control using CVS and SVN.

● Unit Testing & Integration Testing.

● Handling tickets of all priorities in production.

● Job monitoring, bug finding and fixing in production.

● Taking training sessions for new team members.

● Preparing project related documents.

● Quality analysis of code developed by other members.

Highlight- This project was an initiative to integrate operations forecasts and financial planning.

It involved creation of a central data staging layer by integrating with the other key internal system used at Apple that house key inputs to the process. After all the processing is over, the output from the data layer is fed to a tool that facilitates high level reporting and analysis.

I developed a majority of data stage components including some complex functionality such as BOM explosion. The phase 1 of the project went live in JUN 2011, and I provided production support to the same while working as a developer in phase 2 of the project.

Education

Master of Arts - Political Science

Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi
2022-12

B.Tech - Electronics And Telecommunication

Jagannath Institute of Technology & Management
Odisha
2009-06

High School Diploma -

Lala Lajpat Rai Bal Mandir, C.B.S.E. Board
Ranchi
2005-06

High School Diploma -

Lala Lajpat Rai Bal Mandir, C.B.S.E. Board
Ranchi
2003-06

Skills

  • Diplomacy
  • International Relations
  • Media Coordination
  • Negotiation
  • Political Analysis

Accomplishments

  • The ‘Sohrai’ magazine, annual Hindi magazine of RPO Ranchi, produced under the leadership of the undersigned received the best annual magazine award by MEA in the year 2023.
  • In January 2024 ‘Swachhat Pakhwada’ was successfully completed with first ever blood donation camp held by RPO Ranchi in which more than 50% of the officials participated.
  • Took part in many rescue operations including "Vande Bharat Mission" during Covid-19, Operation "Devi Shakti" and "Operation Ganga" of the Government of India
  • First Indian Foreign Service Officer to have undertaken the Russian State Language Examination and possesses a B1 level certificate in Russian language from the Moscow State University
  • Awarded ‘Experience Certificate’ by J.I.T.M, Parlakhemundi for serving as a Tutor in the Department of Physics & Electronics of Senior Secondary Science.
  • Awarded ‘Merit Certificate’ by C.B.S.E for being among the top 0.1% successful candidates in Social Science in Class 10th board examination.

Languages

Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Russian
Intermediate (B1)
B1

Timeline

Passport Officer, Ranchi

Regional Passport Office (Ranchi), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
2022.10 - Current

Under Secretary to Government of India

Rapid Response Cell, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
2021.10 - 2022.10

Second Secretary

Embassy of India in Tajikistan, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
2019.01 - 2021.10

Third Secretary

Embassy of India in Russia, Ministry of External Affairs, Indian Government
2017.08 - 2018.12

Indian Foreign Services- OT

Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
2016.08 - 2017.08

Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (Probationer)

Ministry of Finance, Government of India
2015.12 - 2016.08

System Engineer

Infosys
2009.12 - 2012.06

Master of Arts - Political Science

Indira Gandhi National Open University

B.Tech - Electronics And Telecommunication

Jagannath Institute of Technology & Management

High School Diploma -

Lala Lajpat Rai Bal Mandir, C.B.S.E. Board

High School Diploma -

Lala Lajpat Rai Bal Mandir, C.B.S.E. Board
MANITA K