| Major Designations | - 1961: Joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
- 1976-1979: Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates
- 1980-1985: Chief of Protocol to Govt. of India
- 1985-1989: High Commissioner to Australia
- 1989-1990: Ambassador to Afghanistan
- 1990-1992: Ambassador to Iran
- 1993-1995: Permanent Representative to the UN, New York
- 1995-1999: Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
- Dec 1999-May 2000: Visiting Professor, Centre for West Asian and African Studies, JNU, Delhi
- 2000-2002: Vice-Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
- 2002-2006: Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, Delhi
- 2003-2005: Visiting Professor, Academy for Third World Studies, JMI, Delhi
- 2004-2006: Co-Chairman, India-U.K. Round Table
- 2004-2006: Member, National Security Advisory Board
- 2004-2005: Chairman, Advisory Committee for Oil Diplomacy, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- March 2006-July 2007: Chairman, Fifth Statutory National Commission for Minorities
- 11 August 2007 to 10th August 2012: Thirteenth Vice President of India
- 11 August 2012: Re-elected as Fourteenth Vice President of India
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