Mukta Dutta Tomar (born 4 June 1961) is a retired Indian

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who belongs to the

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cadre. She served as Indian

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Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

from year 2017 till 2021.

Personal life

Mukta Dutta Tomar graduated from the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...

. She is married to Ashok Tomar, who is an

officer of the 1978 batch.

Career

She joined the

in 1984. She has served in Indian missions at

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

Kathmandu Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

and

Yangon Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...

. She has served at the Permanent Mission of

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

to the

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. She was

's Deputy High Commissioner to

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. She also functioned as the Consul General of

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from August 2010 to July 2013. Mukta Dutta Tomar has also served as the Ministry of External Affairs in

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in various Divisions such as the Americas Division and as Additional Secretary (Administration). She has also served as the Head of the Consular, Passport & Visa Division as well as the Investment, Technology Promotion & Economic Division.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tomar, Mukta Datta Living people Indian Foreign Service officers Indian women ambassadors University of Calcutta alumni Ambassadors of India to Germany 1961 births