High Commissioner Verma is the country's seniormost serving diplomat with a distinguished career spanning 36 years. He has served as Ambassador to Japan and Sudan, and held positions in Italy, Turkey,

Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma, recently labelled as a 'person of interest' by the Trudeau government, stands at the centre of growing diplomatic tensions between India and Canada.

As the diplomatic tension between India and Canada has hit an all-time high, Indian High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma has come under the spotlight. Verma has been named by Canada as a ‘person of interest’ in the investigation over the killing of Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.