Vijay Keshav Gokhale IFS, born 24 January 1959,[7] is a retired Indian diplomat and the 32nd Foreign Secretary of India.

[15] He has the rare distinction of being the only Indian Foreign Service officer to have served in both mainland China and Taiwan.

[17] Gokhale during his tenure as the Ambassador of India to China, played a key role in resolving the 2017 Doklam crisis between both the nations.

[12][18] Statements and actions since the beginning of his tenure indicate that he will push a moderate or dovish position on relations with China.

Gokhale announced his very first book titled "Tiananmen Square - The Making of a Protest" which is an eye-witness account of the 1989 brutal military crackdown in China and its aftermath from an Indian perspective.