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.
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 Jr. January 1977 September 1979 Muchkund Dubey October 1979 October 1982 I. P. Khosla November 1982 August 1985 Indrajit Singh Chadha 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 Riva Ganguly Das 1 March 2019 12 August 2020 Vikram Doraiswami 12 August 2020 20 September 2022 High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom (September 2022 – March 2026) Ambassador of India to China (March 2026 – Incumbent)Pranay Kumar Verma 21 September 2022 9 April 2026 Ambassador to Belgium & European Union Dinesh Trivedi 25 June 2026 Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (2009–2019) MoS of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2009–2012) Mininster of Railways (2011-2012) Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (1990–1996; 2002–2008; 2020–2021)
Assistant High Commissioners
Alongside that there are 4 Assistant High Commissioners, appointed in four cities: Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Sylhet.
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
See also High Commission of India, Dhaka Ambassadors of Bangladesh
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