Gaitri Issar Kumar (born 20 June 1962) is a retired Indian Foreign Service officer from the 1986 batch.

She completed her early education at Sophia High School and her graduation from Bangalore University where she studied history, economics and political science.

[citation needed] She joined the Indian Foreign Service as part of the 1986 batch of officers .

After serving in several roles, including as the social secretary to the President of India in 2012,[1][2] Kumar was appointed Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union on 14 June 2017.

[3] After the retirement of her predecessor Ruchi Ghanashyam, Kumar became the High Commissioner in London in June 2020.