Newly appointed Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram in the State of Kerala, Bijumon Karnan, received his Commission of Appointment from Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda on Wednesday in New Delhi. The Commission of Appointment, signed by the Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, was handed over to Karnan by the High Commissioner at a ceremony at the High Commission of Sri Lanka.
Eminent author and Member of Lok Sabha for Thiruvananthapuram, Dr. Shashi Tharoor and the senior diplomatic staff of the Sri Lanka High Commission were also present on the occasion. The Government of India had issued the Gazette notification confirming the appointment of the Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram on October, 13, 2021. The post of Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram had been vacant since October 2018 with the demise of the former Honorary Consul.
A leading businessman in Kerala, Honorary Consul Bijumon Karnan is a post-graduate in Business Management from ENPC Paris University and holds a law degree from the State University of Karnataka.