[5] Joining the Indian Foreign Service in 1993, George began his diplomatic career in Cairo where he served in the Mission as Political Officer.

Subsequently he moved to the Indian Embassy in Doha, Qatar where he handled Consular, Community, Information and Media affairs as First Secretary.

Singh Award for Excellence in Indian Foreign Service by Former Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari.

He was congratulated for his services in aiding the Indian expatriates during the Saudi Arabian Nitaqat scheme, a law aimed at giving preferential employment to locals, and involving a drive to identify illegal migrant workers.

About 100,000 returned home, while the Embassy and the volunteers worked towards regularising the status of 1.4 million Indians who wanted to stay in Saudi Arabia.