Mr. Kakanur Nagaraj Naidu is a career diplomat. An Indian Foreign Service Officer of the 1998 Batch, Mr. Naidu, a fluent Chinese speaker, served in China for 11 years in various capacities – as Third Secretary, Second Secretary, First Secretary and Counsellor at the Indian Embassy in Beijing in two separate stints from 2000-03 and 2009-12; as Consul (Political and Commercial) at the Indian Consulate in Hong Kong from 2003-06; and as Consul General of the Indian Consulate in Guangzhou from 2013-15.
Mr. Naidu was the Director and Head of Division of the Investments, Technology Promotion & Energy Security Division in the Ministry of External Affairs from April 2015 to March 2016.
He is currently the Joint Secretary of the Economic Diplomacy Division in the Ministry of External Affairs.
Mr. Naidu has a Master's Degree in Law and Diplomacy and Masters in Public Policy.