Office1: | High Commissioner of India to Botswana |
Term Start1: | September 1998 |
Term End1: | June 2001 |
Predecessor1: | Cherry George |
Successor1: | L. T. Munna |
Office2: | High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh |
Term Start2: | December 2009 |
Term End2: | October 2011 |
Predecessor2: | Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty |
Successor2: | Pankaj Saran |
Occupation: | Indian Foreign Service |
Honorific Suffix: | IFS |
Honorific Prefix: | His Excellency |
Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty is a retired Indian diplomat and former High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh.[1] [2]
Mitter served as the High Commissioner of India to Botswana from September 1998 to June 2001.[3]
In October 2009, Mitter was appointed the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh.[4] He had been serving as the ambassador of India to the Philippines. He succeeded Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty as High Commissioner.[5] He worked with the government of Bangladesh to resolve the India–Bangladesh enclaves issue.[6] He signed the treaty to exchange the enclaves on behalf of the government of India while Bangladesh was represented by Tariq Ahmad Karim.[7]
Mitter pushed for low transit fees from Bangladesh and warned the government charging high fees would be detrimental to the interests of Bangladesh.[8]
Mitter met former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia before returning to India in October 2011.[9] He led an Indian research team looking at a proposed corridor between Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar.[10]
Mitter is a member of the Association of Indian Diplomats.[11] He has proposed the creation of Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar Film Festival.[12]