[1] In 1981 the government of Indira Gandhi asked for another assignment for George Brevard Griffin (1916–2010), counsellor at the US mission in New Delhi, who was already in Calcutta during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
[2][1] In 1981 Prabhakar Menon was appointed an officer at the Indian mission to Washington D. C. but the government of Ronald Reagan did not accept him.
[5] In 1989 he was the ambassador and deputy permanent representative of India to the United Nations.
[1] From 1992 to 1996, Ambassador Prabhakar Menon was advisor on foreign affairs to Prime Minister Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao, while posted as Joint Secretary (Prime Minister’s Office).
[6][7] From 1996 to 1999 he was ambassador in The Hague, permanent representative to the OPCW and chairman of this body.