Dinesh K. Patnaik Explained

Office6:Ambassador of India to Cambodia[1]
Term Start6:10 September 2012
Term End6:01 August 2015
Office5:Ambassador of India to Morocco [2]
Term Start5:22 September 2015
Term End5:22 August 2016
Office4:Deputy High Commissioner of India India House, London[3]
Term Start4:01 September 2016
Term End4:30 October 2018
Office3:Additional Secretary (Indian Ocean Region) MEA
Term Start3:10 November 2018
Term End3:14 July 2019
Office2:Additional Secretary (CPV&OIA) MEA
Term Start2:15 July 2019
Term End2:02 February 2020
Term Start:04 February 2020
Term End:19 December 2021
Occupation:IFS
Children:2
Alma Mater:Indian Institute of Management Calcutta[4]
Profession:Civil Servant
Nationality:Indian
Spouse:Poonam

Dinesh K. Patnaik [5] is an Indian Foreign Service officer from the 1990 cadre currently serving as Ambassador of India to Spain.[6]

Career

Patnaik served as India's Ambassador to Cambodia from September 2012 to August 2015, then to Morocco between September 2015 and August 2016. He then worked as Deputy High Commissioner of India in the United Kingdom between November 2018 and July 2019. He was additional secretary for the Ministry of External Affairs' Indian Ocean Region (IOR) division; Consular, Passport and Visa (CPV) division; and Overseas Indian Affairs (OIA) division from November 2018 to February 2020, when he was appointed as the Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).[7] He became Ambassador of India to Spain in December 2021.[8] [9] [10]

Patnaik spoke at the Jaipur Literature Festival in London in 2021.[11]

Personal life

Patnaik is from Odisha state. He has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, a Master's in Advanced International Studies from the University of Vienna, and a certificate in International Studies from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. Patnaik and his wife Poonam have two daughters.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 27 January 2014 . Reception of 65th Republic day hosted by Ambassador Dinesh K Patnaik' . Embassy of India Cambodia.
  2. Web site: December 2021 . List of former Ambassadors . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924071708/https://www.indianembassyrabat.gov.in/pages?id=mbk5e&subid=vbmOe . 24 September 2020 . indianembassyrabat.gov.in.
  3. Web site: December 2021 . Shri Dinesk K Patnaik . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200410232516/https://www.iccr.gov.in/minister/shri-dinesh-k-patnaik . 10 April 2020 . iccr.gov.in.
  4. Web site: December 2021 . H.E. Dinesh K Patnaik . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170709133837/http://www.wef.org.in:80/h-e-mr-dinesh-k-patnaik/ . 9 July 2017.
  5. Web site: 6 September 2021 . About Dinesh K Patnaik .
  6. Web site: Press release . www.mea.gov.indate=01 November 2021.
  7. Web site: February 2020 . 'Dinesh Patnaik new DG ICCR' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211230174528/https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/state-editions/dinesh-patnaik-new-iccr-dg.html . 2021-12-30 . Daily Pioneer.
  8. Web site: December 2021 . HE Dinesh K Patnaik . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170709133837/http://www.wef.org.in:80/h-e-mr-dinesh-k-patnaik/ . 9 July 2017.
  9. Web site: October 2021 . About Dinesh K Patnaik DG ICCR . Indian embassy Fiji.
  10. Web site: Dinesh Patnaik appointed as next Ambassador of India to Spain . 2022-06-14 . ANI News . en.
  11. Web site: September 2021 . 'Speakers of JLF London fest 2021' . JLF Literature fest London.

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