Arindam Bagchi | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Permanent Representative of India to the UN at Geneva | |
Assumed office 5 January 2024 | |
Appointed by | Droupadi Murmu |
Preceded by | Indra Mani Pandey |
Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs | |
In office 21 March 2021 –3 January 2024 | |
Minister | S. Jaishankar |
Preceded by | Anurag Srivastava |
Succeeded by | Randhir Jaiswal |
Ambassador of India to Croatia | |
In office November 2018 –June 2020 | |
Preceded by | Sandeep Kumar |
Succeeded by | Raj Kumar Srivastava |
Personal details | |
Education | B. Sc (Mathematics),MBA |
Alma mater | St. Stephen's College IIM Ahmedabad |
Arindam Bagchi is an Indian diplomat and civil services officer. He is a 1995 batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service. He was appointed the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs in March 2021 and served there till 3 January 2024. On 16 October 2023,he was appointed India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations at Geneva. He has succeeded Indra Mani Pandey and assumed the charge on 5 January 2024. [1]
Bagchi had been an investment banker for two years before joining the Indian Foreign Service. He has done his graduation in mathematics from the St. Stephen’s College,and post-graduation in management from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. [2]
He has previously served as Indian ambassador to Croatia from November 2018 to June 2020. His previous assignments include deputy high commissioner to Sri Lanka,and director in the Prime Minister's Office. [3] [4] As the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry,he has handled various critical issues and development like eastern Ladakh border standoff,India's COVID-19 responses and India's G20 presidency. [5]