Arindam Bagchi is an Indian diplomat of
Indian Foreign Service
The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is a diplomatic service and a Central Civil Services, central civil service of the Government of India, Government of the Republic of India under the Ministry of External Affairs (India), Ministry of External A ...
. He was appointed the
Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs in March 2021 and served there till 3 January 2024. On 16 October 2023, he was appointed India's Permanent Representative to the
United Nations at Geneva. He has succeeded Indra Mani Pandey and assumed the charge on 5 January 2024.
Early life
Bagchi had been an investment banker for two years before joining the Indian Foreign Service. He has done his graduation in mathematics from the
St. Stephen’s College
St. Stephen's College is a constituent college of Delhi University. It awards both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Established in 1881, it is one of the oldest liberal arts and sciences colleges in India. The college has an acceptance r ...
, and post-graduation in management from the
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad or IIM-A), is a business school, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is one of the Indian Institutes of Management and was accorded the status of an Institute of National Impor ...
.
Career
He has previously served as Indian ambassador to
Croatia
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from November 2018 to June 2020. His previous assignments include deputy high commissioner to
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
, and director in the
Prime Minister's Office. As the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry, he has handled various critical issues and development like
eastern Ladakh border standoff,
India's COVID-19 responses and
India's G20 presidency.
See also
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Anurag Srivastava
References
Living people
Diplomats for India
Indian Foreign Service officers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Ambassadors of India to Croatia
High commissioners of India to Sri Lanka
Permanent representatives of India to the United Nations Office at Geneva
St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad alumni
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