Harihara Subramaniam Viswanathan

His Excellency Mr. H.H.S. Viswanathan is presently based in Abuja as the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Nigeria, and is concurrently accredited as Ambassador to the Republic of Benin & High Commissioner to the Republic of Cameroon. After joining Indian Foreign Service in 1974, Mr. Viswanathan has been on diplomatic assignments in Brussels [Belgium], Kinshasa [Zaire], Prague [Czech Republic], Bonn [Germany], Beijing [China] and Rome [Italy]. He has also served as Ambassador of India to Abidjan [Cote d'Ivoire] and as Consul General of India in San Francisco. At Headquarters, Mr. Viswanathan has served in East European Division and as Head of the Administration Division. Mr Viswanathan speaks English, French, German, and Italian besides Indian languages Tamil, Malayalam, Sanskrit & Hindi. He is married to Mrs. Lalitha Viswanathan and has two daughters.