POLITICIAN

Vikas Swarup

1961 - Today

Photo of Vikas Swarup

Icon of person Vikas Swarup

Vikas Swarup (born 22 June 1961) is a retired Indian diplomat and writer. He retired from the Indian Foreign Service as the Secretary (West) at the Ministry of External Affairs, India on 30 June 2021 and has previously served as High Commissioner of India in Canada and has been the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs. He was best known as the author of the novel Q & A, adapted in film as Slumdog Millionaire, the winner of Best Film for the year 2009 at the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and BAFTA Awards. Swarup joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986 and served in Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Japan in various Indian diplomatic missions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vikas Swarup has received more than 669,815 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 23 in 2019). Vikas Swarup is the 17,625th most popular politician (down from 16,673rd in 2019), the 980th most popular biography from India (down from 916th in 2019) and the 264th most popular Indian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vikas Swarup ranks 17,625 out of 19,576. Before him are Taro Yamamoto, Butch Otter, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, Peter O'Neill, Janet Mills, and Janina Ochojska. After him are Kathleen Blanco, Željko Reiner, Sara Duterte, Aruna Roy, Dennis Skinner, and Édouard Ngirente.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Vikas Swarup ranks 594. Before him are Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea, Greg Gianforte, Israel Tsvaygenbaum, Hiroshi Jofuku, Kirsten Emmelmann, and Roberta Pinotti. After him are Toshinobu Katsuya, Sam Perkins, Tetsuya Totsuka, Mary Kay Bergman, Steve Oedekerk, and Danuta Stenka.

Others Born in 1961

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In India

Among people born in India, Vikas Swarup ranks 980 out of 1,861. Before him are Malaika Arora (1973), B. R. Chopra (1914), K. Balachander (1930), Lakshmi (1952), Nita Ambani (1963), and Priyanka Gandhi (1972). After him are Aruna Roy (1946), KK (1968), Raveena Tandon (1974), Ranbir Kapoor (1982), P. Chidambaram (1945), and Madhur Jaffrey (1933).

Others born in India

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Vikas Swarup ranks 264. Before him are Sikandar Jah (1768), Raman Singh (1952), Arun Shourie (1941), Leo Amery (1873), Margaret Alva (1942), and Priyanka Gandhi (1972). After him are Aruna Roy (1946), P. Chidambaram (1945), Padmaja Naidu (1900), Salman Khurshid (1953), Kapil Sibal (1948), and J. P. Nadda (1960).

Indian born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous