Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, Prashant Pise, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Sultanate of Oman.

A 1995 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, Mr Pise, will succeed Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas from the 1993 Indian Foreign Service batch in Muscat. Mr Pise’s first overseas posting was in Cairo from 1997 to 2000.

He then worked in Tripoli till 2004. He also served in the Eurasia and United Nations Economic and Social Divisions in the Ministry of External Affairs as Deputy Secretary from 2004 to 2006, working with Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Central Asia, and United Nations matters related to economic and social issues.

He presently holds the position of Additional Secretary (Emigration Policy and Welfare) in the Ministry of External Affairs and led the Indian delegation to the eighth Ministerial Consultations of the Abu Dhabi Dialogue held in Dubai in February 2026.