Mr. M. Koteswara Rao is an Adviser/Legal consultant to MEA. Prior to this, he has held positions of Counsellor and Legal Advisor at the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, Legal Advisor to the Government of Seychelles, First Secretary (legal) from India to WTO. He has also been an Assistant Editor for the Indian Journal of International Law. He also has rich negotiating experiences concerning India’s stand with respect to Investment Treaties, Preferential Trade Agreements and Free Trade Agreements with other countries and unions like MERCOSUR. He has also authored several books on International Law and Corporate Laws including heading reports for the MEA, Government of India. He was elected and functioned as the Secretary-General of the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi during 2019-2021. He has delivered guest lectures at the Indian Society of International Law, Foreign Service Institute of the MEA, and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.
