List of high commissioners of India to Bangladesh explained

Post:High Commissioner
Body:India to Bangladesh
Insignia:File:Logo of Indian HC to Bangladesh.png
Insigniasize:250px
Insigniacaption:Logo of Indian High Commission
Incumbent:Pranay Kumar Verma, IFS
Incumbentsince:30 July 2022
Residence:Baridhara, Dhaka
Nominator:Droupadi Murmu
Nominatorpost:President of India
Formation:1968
Website:Embassy of India, Dhaka
High Commissioner of India, Dhaka

The high commissioner of India to the People's Republic of Bangladesh is the chief diplomatic representative of India to Bangladesh. The high commission is located in the Diplomatic enclave of Baridhara, Dhaka.

The high commission is headed by the High commissioner, while four other Assistant High Commissions of India are located in four major cities of the country, which are headed by an Assistant High Commissioner.

List of Indian high commissioners to Bangladesh

The following IFS officers have served as High Commissioners of India to Bangladesh.[1]

Name Took office Left office Notes
February 1972 June 1974 3rd Foreign Secretary of India
July 1974 November 1976
K. P. S. MenonJanuary 1977 September 1979
Muchkund DubeyOctober 1979 October 1982
I. P. KhoslaNovember 1982 August 1985
I. S. ChaddhaOctober 1985 February 1989
February 1989 March 1992 former Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General of Political Affair
19th Foreign Secretary of India
April 1992 March 1995
Deb MukherjeeApril 1995 July 2000
M. L. TripathiJuly 2000 October 2003
Veena SikriDecember 2003 November 2006
P. R. ChakrabortyJanuary 2007 December 2009
Rajeet MitterDecember 2009 October 2011
March 2012 December 2015 current Deputy National Security Adviser (since 2018)
January 2016 January 2019 Former Ambassador of India to the United States
33rd Foreign Secretary of India[2]
1 March 2019 12 August 2020
Vikram Doraiswami12 August 2020 20 September 2022 Currently High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom (September 2022 – Present)[3]
21 September 2022 Incumbent[4]

Assistant High Commissioners

Alongside that there are 4 Assistant High Commissioners, appointed in four cities: Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Sylhet.[5]

City Current Assistant High Commissioner Location Website
Dr. Rajeev Ranjan 2111, Zakir Hossain Road, Khulshi AHCI Chittagong
Manoj Kumar House no. 284/2, Housing Estate, Sapura AHCI Rajshahi
Inder Jit Sagar House no. 65, Shamshur Rahman Road, Khulna AHCI Khulna
Chander Shekhar House no. 40, Road no. 2, Block-E, Shah Jalal Upa Sahar AHCI Sylhet

Notes and References

  1. Web site: পূর্ববর্তী হাই কমিশনারবৃন্দ (Former High Commissioners). Embassy of India, Dhaka.
  2. Web site: Harsh Vardhan Shringla appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the US. Ministry of External Affairs. 20 December 2018.
  3. News: Diplomat Vikram Kumar Doraiswami appointed India's next envoy to Bangladesh . 17 August 2020 . Hindustan Times . 13 August 2020 . en.
  4. News: Shri Pranay Kumar Verma appointed as new Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka . 26 September 2023 . The Business Standard . 29 July 2022 . en.
  5. Web site: সহকারী হাই কমিশনসমূহ (Assistant High Commissioners). Embassy of India, Bangladesh.