A career diplomat, Ms. Mahima Sikand joined the Indian Foreign Service in 2015.
Ms. Sikand started her diplomatic career at the Embassy of India in Moscow, where she served in various capacities during her four years including as the Director of the Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Center and later as Political officer. In the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, Ms. Sikand has worked on key portfolios in the Multilateral Economic Relations, Americas and the Disarmament and International Security Affairs Divisions. Ms. Sikand has represented the Ministry as a Research Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, USA under the India-US Critical and Emerging Technologies Fellowship in 2023-24.
Born in New Delhi, Ms. Sikand holds a Post-Graduate Degree in International Relations and Politics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, and a Bachelors degree in Neurobiology and Physiology from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has also received a Post-Graduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai. She speaks Hindi, English and Russian languages.
