Arindam Bagchi is an Indian diplomat of

Indian Foreign Service The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is the diplomatic service and a central civil service of the Government of India under the Ministry of External Affairs. The Foreign Secretary is the head of the service. Vinay Mohan Kwatra is the 34th and the ...

. He was appointed the

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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 the University of Delhi, widely regarded as one of the oldest and most prestigious colleges for arts and sciences in India. It was established in 1881 by the Cambridge Mission to Delhi. The colleg ...

, and post-graduation in management from the

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) is the world's number 1 business school, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The school has been accorded the status of an Institute of National Importance by Ministry of Human Resour ...

Career

He has previously served as Indian ambassador to

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from November 2018 to June 2020. His previous assignments include deputy high commissioner to

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, and director in the

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. 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.

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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 {{India-diplomat-stub

Early life

Career

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