Poemandu-III

Ambassador Jayant Prasad, Dr. Prakash Lohani (Former Foreign Minister of Nepal) and Abhay K. at Poemandu-III in Kathmandu

India's National Academy of Literature invites Abhay K to read his poems

India's National Academy of Literature invites poet Abhay K to read his poems in New Delhi on 4 June 2013 at 6 PM at the Rabindra Bhawan

An Anthem for the Earth by Abhay K

An Anthem for the Earth by Abhay K. in the Kathmandu Post (25 May 2013)

Life in the Indian Foreign Service

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Life in the Indian Foreign Service

-Abhay K.

Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is unlike any other Civil Service such as Indian Administrative Service (IAS) or Indian Police Service (IPS). An Indian Foreign Service officer spends most of his/her time abroad ( two-third of his/her career) and only one third of career in India at the headquarters of the Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) in New Delhi.

After joining the Indian Foreign Service, for which one has to be generally at the top of the ranking order in Civil Services Examination (CSE) conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) of India, one is sent to the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussorie for training for a period of three months where he/she is known as Foreign Service Probationer/ Officer Trainee. 

After completing the three months training, which involves training in multiple disciplines including a foreign language, horse riding and trekking in high Himalayas, a Foreign Service Probationer moves to the Foreign Service Institute located in New Delhi for further training.

At the Foreign Service Institute, which is located on Baba Gangnath Marg near Jawaharlal University (JNU) campus, a Foreign Service Probationer undergoes training for a year which involves International Relations, Indian Foreign Service Pay, Leave and Compensatory Allowances (IFS-PLCA) Rules, Foreign Trade, functioning of Indian missions in neighbouring South Asian countries, attachments with the Army, Navy and the Air Force, attachment with the district and the state administration and attachment with the corporate sector. 

The Kathmandu Post carries 'Karnali Highs- Journey into Nepal's far west' by Abhay K

 'Karnali Highs- Journey into Nepal's far west'

Nepali Daily 'Nagrik' carries Nepali translation of Abhay K's poem

Nepali Daily 'Nagrik' carries Nepali translation of Abhay K's poem 'Drugs and Drug Addicts'

The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India

The Dance of the Peacock

An Anthology of English Poetry from India

(To be published by Hidden Brook Press, Canada)

Some Poets

A.J. Thomas

Abhay K.

Bibhu Padhi

Jayanata Mahapatra

Keki N. Daruwala

K. Satchidanandan

Menka Shivdasani

R. Raja Rao

Ravi Shankar

Vivek Narayanan

Conversations between Prof. Abhi Subedi and Dr. Sanjeev Uprety

Indian Foreign Service: Positives & Negatives

The Indian Foreign Serivce (IFS) is the most selective and exclusive of all the Civil Services in India, taking in less than 40 candidates each year. Trainees have to undergo three years of training before serving in
Indian missions abroad and in the Ministry of External Affairs. The service was set up in September 1946 and the first batch of officers recruited through the Civil Services examination of the UPSC joined the service in 1948.

Abhay K. (IFS 2003) shares his own views on positives and  negatives of the Indian Foreign Service along with career highlights, family expectations and his advice for those preparing for the IFS in his 2012 interview to MYOD along with the former foreign secretary Salman Haider










"I LOVE MY JOB"- Abhay K.