Dinesh K. Patnaik

Dinesh K. Patnaik
High Commissner of India to Canada
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 August 2025

Patnaik served as India's Ambassador to Cambodia from September 2012 to August 2015, then to Morocco between September 2015 and August 2016. He then worked as Deputy High Commissioner of India in the United Kingdom between November 2018 and July 2019. He was additional secretary for the Ministry of External Affairs' Indian Ocean Region (IOR) division; Consular, Passport and Visa (CPV) division; and Overseas Indian Affairs (OIA) division from November 2018 to February 2020, when he was appointed as the Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). ^[10] He became Ambassador of India to Spain in December 2021. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Patnaik spoke at the Jaipur Literature Festival in London in 2021. ^[14]

Personal life

Patnaik and his wife Poonam have two daughters. ^[1]

References

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2. "List of former Ambassadors". indianembassyrabat.gov.in. December 2021. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020.
3. "Reception of 65th Republic day hosted by Ambassador Dinesh K Patnaik'". Embassy of India Cambodia. 27 January 2014.
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12. "About Dinesh K Patnaik DG ICCR". Indian embassy Fiji. October 2021.
13. "Dinesh Patnaik appointed as next Ambassador of India to Spain". ANI News. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
14. "'Speakers of JLF London fest 2021'". JLF Literature fest London. September 2021.