Rushal Garg Current Posting: Under Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs
An Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer belonging to the 2018 batch of the AGMUT cadre (Arunachal Pradesh–Goa–Mizoram–Union Territories), currently serves as Under Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India. Rushal Garg's journey from an engineering campus to a central administrative post in New Delhi reflects the increasingly cross-functional nature of India's civil services, where officers from technical and field-based cadres are regularly entrusted with policy and coordination roles far removed from their original domain of expertise. Early Life and Educational Background Before entering government service, Rushal Garg completed his engineering education at Thapar University (Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology), graduating around 2013. Like many engineering graduates of his generation, he initially moved into the private sector rather than immediately pursuing civil services. He worked as a business analyst and trainee decisio...