Vikas Swarup
Biography
Vikas Swarup (born 22 June 1963) is a retired Indian diplomat and writer. He retired from the Indian Foreign Service as the Secretary (West) at the Ministry of External Affairs, India on 30 June 2021 and has previously served as High Commissioner of India in Canada and has been the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs.[8] He is best known as the author of the novel Q & A, adapted in film as Slumdog Millionaire, the winner of Best Film for the year 2009 at the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and BAFTA Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vikas Swarup, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known For: Writing
- Birthday: 1963-06-22
- Place of Birth: Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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