List of high commissioners of India to Bangladesh

High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh
Logo of Indian High Commission
Incumbent
Pranay Kumar Verma, IFS
since 30 July 2022
ResidenceBaridhara, Dhaka
NominatorDroupadi Murmu
Formation1968
WebsiteEmbassy 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
Subimal Dutt February 1972 June 1974 3rd Foreign Secretary of India
Samar Sen 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
Krishnan Srinivasan February 1989 March 1992 former Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General of Political Affair
19th Foreign Secretary of India
K. Raghunath 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
Pankaj Saran March 2012 December 2015 current Deputy National Security Adviser (since 2018)
Harsh Vardhan Shringla January 2016 January 2019 Former Ambassador of India to the United States
33rd Foreign Secretary of India[2]
Riva Ganguly Das 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]
Pranay Kumar Verma 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
Chittagong Dr. Rajeev Ranjan 2111, Zakir Hossain Road, Khulshi AHCI Chittagong
Rajshahi Manoj Kumar House no. 284/2, Housing Estate, Sapura AHCI Rajshahi
Khulna Inder Jit Sagar House no. 65, Shamshur Rahman Road, Khulna AHCI Khulna
Sylhet Chander Shekhar House no. 40, Road no. 2, Block-E, Shah Jalal Upa Sahar AHCI Sylhet

References

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