Ajay Bisaria is a corporate strategic advisor, guiding global businesses on geopolitics and regulations.
30 Facts About Ajay Bisaria
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Ajay Bisaria advises OMERS in India and several companies in private equity, fintech, health tech, and more.
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Ajay Bisaria is a Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation.
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Ajay Bisaria served as the High Commissioner of India to Canada from March 2020 to June 2022, and prior to that, he was the High Commissioner of India to Pakistan from December 2017 to February 2020.
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Ajay Bisaria is a specialist in India's Eurasia policy, having worked extensively with Russia, Ukraine, and Central Asia.
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Ajay Bisaria received his early education in Mumbai and New Delhi.
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Ajay Bisaria worked as a Soviet internal affairs specialist in the months leading up to the dissolution of the USSR.
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Ajay Bisaria served as Under Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs on the East Europe desk when India was engaged in building new relationships with the post-Soviet countries.
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Ajay Bisaria contributed to a new trade policy paradigm, using his training in economics and finance, as part of a team that managed a complex transition of India's trade arrangements from a rupee-based to a hard currency regime.
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Ajay Bisaria was posted as First Secretary in the Indian Embassy in Berlin, where he facilitated commercial relations at a time of rising economic engagement between a unifying Germany and a liberalizing India.
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Ajay Bisaria led a project management team to oversee the development and construction of the new building of the Embassy of Indian in Berlin in the historic Tiergarten area.
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In 1999, Ajay Bisaria was appointed Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and served in the role for the whole of Vajpayee's term, until 2004.
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Ajay Bisaria attended more than 50 international summits with the Prime Minister as part of his delegation.
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Ajay Bisaria was involved in developing a policy approach to enhance India's rankings in reports on the Ease of Doing Business.
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In 2009, Ajay Bisaria returned to Delhi to serve as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.
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Ajay Bisaria was the principal architect behind the United Progressive Alliance government's new policy outlook for India in Central Asia and coordinated India's approach to six annual Indo-Russian summits, including the first annual summit between Prime Minister Modi and President Putin in India in December 2014.
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In January 2015, Ajay Bisaria was appointed India's Ambassador to Poland, based in Warsaw, with concurrent accreditation to Lithuania, serving until November 2017.
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Ajay Bisaria served as India's representative in the Warsaw-based Community of Democracies, participating in the Community meetings in Warsaw, Geneva and New York.
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From December 2017 to February 2020, Ajay Bisaria served as India's High Commissioner to Pakistan.
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Ajay Bisaria was in Pakistan at the time of a terrorist attack by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Muhammad in Pulwama, which culminated in the Balakot airstrike, the first instance of aerial combat between Indian and Pakistani air forces since the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
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Ajay Bisaria worked on efforts to expand Indian nationals' access to the Kartarpur Corridor.
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Ajay Bisaria returned to India in August 2019, when Pakistan downgraded its bilateral relationship with India.
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Ajay Bisaria retained the designation of High Commissioner of India to Pakistan based in India, till February 2020.
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Ajay Bisaria was part of the team representing India at the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva in September 2019, to promote India's record on human rights.
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In March 2020, Ajay Bisaria was appointed High Commissioner to Canada.
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Ajay Bisaria's tenure began during the COVID-19 pandemic and involved facilitating the repatriation of Indian nationals under the Vande Bharat scheme 'air bubble'.
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Ajay Bisaria received a shipment of Indian vaccines sent to Canada in March 2021, along with then Minister for Procurement of Canada, Anita Anand.
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Ajay Bisaria has advocated stronger economic ties 'between the two Indo-Pacific democracies and G-20 economies'.
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Ajay Bisaria is credited with developing strong connections with CEO's and leaders of Canadian pension funds and investment firms, which have ratcheted up investments to over US$60 billion in India, particularly in the infrastructure sector.
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Ajay Bisaria has pushed for an India-Canada early progress trade agreement which may be finalised in 2022.