List of high commissioners of India to Bangladesh

The High Commissioner of India to the People's Republic of Bangladesh is the chief diplomatic representative of India to Bangladesh.

High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh
Logo of Indian High Commission
Incumbent
Vikram Doraiswami, IFS
since 11 February 2019
ResidenceBaridhara, Dhaka
NominatorRam Nath Kovind
Formation1968
WebsiteEmbassy of India, Dhaka
High Commissioner of India, Dhaka

List of Indian High Commissioners to Bangladesh

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

NameTook OfficeLeft OfficeNotes
Subimal DuttFebruary 1972June 19743rd Foreign Secretary of India
Samar SenJuly 1974November 1976
K.P.S MenonJanuary 1977September 1979
Muchkund DubeOctober 1979October 1982
I.P KhoslaNovember 1982August 1985
I.S ChaddhaOctober 1985February 1989
Krishnan SrinivasanFebruary 1989March 1992former Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General of Political Affair
19th Foreign Secretary of India
K. RaghunathApril 1992March 1995
Deb MukherjeeApril 1995July 2000
M.L TripathiJuly 2000October 2003
Vina SikriDecember 2003November 2006
P.R ChakrabortyJanuary 2007December 2009
Rajit MitraDecember 2009October 2011
Pankaj SaranMarch 2012December 2015former Deputy National Security Adviser
Harsh Vardhan ShringlaJanuary 2016January 2019Former Ambassador of India to the United States
33rd Foreign Secretary of India [2]
Riva Ganguly Das1 March 201912 August 2020Secretary (East), MEA [3]
Vikram Kumar Doraiswami12 August 2020incumbent[4]

Assistant High Commissioners

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

CityCurrent Assistant High CommissionerLocationWebiste
ChittagongAnindya Banarjee2111, Zakir Hossain Road, KhulshiAHCI Chittagong
RajshahiSanjeev Kumar BhatiHouse no. 284/2, Housing Estate, SapuraAHCI Rajshahi
KhulnaRajesh Kumar RainaHouse no. 17/18, Jaleel Street, Boyra College RoadAHCI Khulna
SylhetNeeraj Kumar JaiswalHouse no. 40, Road no. 2, Block-E, Shah Jalal Upa SaharAHCI 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. "Riva Ganguly Das appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Bangladesh". Ministry of External Affairs. 20 December 2018.
  4. "Diplomat Vikram Kumar Doraiswami appointed India's next envoy to Bangladesh". Hindustan Times. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. "সহকারী হাই কমিশনসমূহ (Assistant High Commissioners)". Embassy of India, Bangladesh.
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