1. Abhay Kumar joined the Indian Foreign Service in 2003 after doing master's in geography at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Kirorimal College, Delhi University.
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Abhay Kumar served as India's 21st ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros from 2019 to 2022 and as India's Deputy Ambassador to Brazil from 2016 to 2019.
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Abhay Kumar served as Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy at the Ministry of External Affairs from 2010 to 2012.
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Abhay Kumar received the SAARC Literary Award for his contribution to contemporary South Asian poetry and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2013.
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Abhay Kumar has been honoured with Asia-Pacific Excellence Award in 2014.
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Abhay Kumar was elected as a foreign corresponding member of Brazilian Academy of Letters in 2023.
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Abhay Kumar served as the spokesperson of the Embassy of India, Kathmandu from 2012 to 2015.
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Abhay Kumar was appointed Director of the Nehru Centre, London in March 2015 however he could not take up the assignment.
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Abhay Kumar served as India's Deputy Chief of Mission to Brazil from 2016 to 2019 and as India's 21st Ambassador to the Indian Ocean islands of Madagascar and Comoros from 2019 to 2022.
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Abhay Kumar currently serves as the Deputy Director General of Indian Council of Cultural Relations responsible for cultural events during India's presidency of G-20 from December 2022-November 2023.
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Abhay Kumar started Indian Foreign Service Day celebrations on 9 October 2011.
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Abhay Kumar proposed celebration of the International Day of Diplomats on the United Nations Day which was celebrated in Brasilia for the first time on 24 October 2017 with the participation of diplomats from several countries.
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Abhay Kumar's first book titled River Valley to Silicon Valley was a memoir that contained his first poem, 'Soul Song'.
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Abhay Kumar's poems have appeared in several magazines and literary journals including Poetry Salzburg Review, The Asia Literary Review, Gargoyle, and The Caravan.
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Abhay Kumar's poems have been included in a number of anthologies including.