Navdeep Suri completed a distinguished 36-year career in the Indian Foreign Service in 2019, having served as India’s Consul General in Johannesburg, High Commissioner to Australia, and Ambassador to Egypt and the UAE. In a rare gesture, the President of the UAE conferred on him the Order of Zayed First Class, the country’s second-highest civilian award. His innovative use of social media in public diplomacy in 2010 also received extensive recognition and two prestigious awards.