Rajamony was Ambassador of India to the Netherlands from 2017 to 2020 with responsibility for India’s relations with the International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration. He was also Permanent Representative of India to the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the Hague. Ambassador Rajamony’s tenure in the Netherlands witnessed exchange of several high-level visits and many unique initiatives to enhance the profile of India. He appeared on behalf of India before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the matter of Advisory Opinion concerning the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius. He was Member of the Indian delegation before the ICJ in the Jadhav case (India v. Pakistan); Co-Agent of India in Enrica Lexie case (Italy v. India) as well as member of India’s legal team before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in many other cases. Ambassador Rajamony authored two books during his tenure in the Netherlands, namely, What We Can Learn from the Dutch – Rebuilding Kerala post 2018 Floods (January 2019) and India and the Netherlands – Past, Present and Future. The latter was released by Dutch King Willem-Alexander (September 2019). A Malayalam translation (January 2021) of the former was released by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the presence of the Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala and former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

Ambassador Rajamony held the office of Press Secretary to Indian President Pranab Mukherjee for five years from 2012 to 2017. He was part of President Mukherjee’s team during interaction with visiting leaders such as Emperor Akihito of Japan, President Xi Jinping of China, President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Barack Obama of the USA. He was a member of President Mukherjee’s delegation during State visits to 20 countries, including China, Russia, Israel, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. He also accompanied the President on more than 100 official tours within India. Rajamony served as Joint Secretary and head of Multilateral Institutions Division of the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India from 2010-2012. He was responsible for formulating India’s policies towards the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.  In this capacity, he supervised external assistance to India of around $34 billion (spread over 140 projects). He was India’s Deputy to the International Development Association and member of India’s delegations to the Spring and Autumn Meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the IMF and the Development Committee of the World Bank Group as well as the Annual General Meetings of the ADB.

Rajamony’s tenure as Consul General of India in Dubai from 2007 to 2010 marked a high point in relations between India and the United Arab Emirates. He received acclaim for his efforts to advance the welfare of the over two million Indians living there, promote trade and investment, reach out to UAE nationals, and enhance India’s image and soft power. He capped his stint in Dubai with the publication of a book titled India and the UAE: In Celebration of a Legendary Friendship (English 2010, Malayalam 2013; Arabic 2014). Rajamony worked as Chef de Cabinet to External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha from 2003 to 2005 and prior to that, in the Indian Missions in Hong Kong, Beijing, Geneva, and Washington, D.C. He is fluent in Chinese (Mandarin) which he studied at the University of Hong Kong and proficient in Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil.  

Rajamony was Asia Foundation Fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC for six months in 2001-2002. He authored a monograph The India-China-US Triangle: A Soft Balance of Power in the Making during his fellowship which was translated into Chinese and has been extensively cited in academic literature. During his fellowship, he  engaged extensively with the think tank community of Washington DC and delivered lectures at the CSIS; the Industrial College of Armed Forces under the National Defence University; Georgetown University; Skidmore College; McGill University: Asia Foundation, Washington DC; Center for Advanced Studies of India, University of Pennsylvania; University of Washington, Seattle; Rand Corporation, Santa Monica; University of Southern California; UCLA, East West Center, Hawaii; Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Hawaii, American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC etc. and addressed chapters of the American Committee on Foreign Relations in Boise, Idaho; Tucson, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Prior to the Foreign Service, Rajamony was Kochi Correspondent of the national daily Indian Express from 1983 to 1986. He holds a law degree from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, and a master’s in international studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He was elected Vice President of the JNU Students Union in 1981-82 and Chairman of the Students Union of Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam in 1980-81.