In fact, a very senior civil servant. Vikram's big break was an internship at the World Bank, which he converted to a job offer. His credit for that, but the internship would not have been possible without contacts. To get in through the door you need a contact.
I knew of an NUJS alumna who had been working at the FTC, but that's a domestic US regulatory agency and may not be what you're looking for. This person was also a Rhodes scholar.
Radhika Gupta: BALLB (NALSAR)--> LLM (Harvard) --> Faculty at Jindal --> Researcher to a minister under the Modi government --> World Bank.
100% non-nepo kid. The experience with the Modi government no doubt helped and perhaps a bigshot in the government wrote a recommendation letter, but still a non-nepo kid who prospered on the basis of her work. So it's possible.
I'm afraid the answer is none. Everyone I know of has gotten through some government contact. Even those who are part of the UPSC needed to pull strings, because these are premium postings. During Indira Gandhi's time, an officer of the Indian Railways, who was close to the Congress, got posted by the Indian government to a prestigious UN agency in Geneva (WIPO) in a very senior post. So the nation's international IPR policy was effectively being handled by someone whose experience didn't go beyond issuing tenders for Shatabdi Express coaches. The BJP is just as bad. During Modi's time, an unknown lawyer called Anirudh Rajput was nominated to the ILC.
1. Any UN agency
2. World Bank
3. WTO
4. IMF
5. Interpol
100% non-nepo kid. The experience with the Modi government no doubt helped and perhaps a bigshot in the government wrote a recommendation letter, but still a non-nepo kid who prospered on the basis of her work. So it's possible.
That's India for you.