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.
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. Menon | January 1977 | September 1979 | |
Muchkund Dubey | October 1979 | October 1982 | |
I. P. Khosla | November 1982 | August 1985 | |
I. S. Chaddha | October 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 Mukherjee | April 1995 | July 2000 | |
M. L. Tripathi | July 2000 | October 2003 | |
Veena Sikri | December 2003 | November 2006 | |
P. R. Chakraborty | January 2007 | December 2009 | |
Rajeet Mitter | December 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 Doraiswami | 12 August 2020 | 20 September 2022 | Currently High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom (September 2022 – Present)[3] |
21 September 2022 | Incumbent[4] |
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 | |
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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 |