Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty
Indian diplomat and former High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh
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Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty is a retired Indian diplomat and former High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh.[1]
Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty | |
|---|---|
| High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh | |
| In office January 2007 – December 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Veena Sikri |
| Succeeded by | Rajeet Mitter |
| Ambassador of India to Thailand | |
| In office 2010–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Latha Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Anil Wadhwa |
| Personal details | |
| Occupation | Indian Foreign Service |
Career
Chakravarty joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1977.[2] He had served in diplomatic missions in London, Jeddah, and Cairo.[2] From 1994 to 1995, he was Consul-General of India in Karachi, Pakistan.[2]
Chakravarty was the Director of the 1995 SAARC Summit Secretariat.[2] From 1995 to 1999, Chakravarty was a Counsellor at the Indian Embassy in Israel.[2] He was the Deputy High Commissioner of India in Dhaka from 1999 to 2002.[2]
From 2002 to 2006, Chakravarty was the chief of protocol at the Ministry of External Affairs.[2] He was appointed Ambassador of India to the Philippines but quickly shifted to the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh in 2007.[2] He called for a redrawing of Bangladesh-India border to solve old issues such as enclaves.[3] He served till 2010 when he was appointed the Ambassador of India to Thailand.[2]
Chakravarty was appointed Special Secretary (Public Diplomacy) in 2011 and later he was made the Secretary of Economic Relations at the Ministry of External Affairs.[2] He retired from government service in 2011.[2]
Chakravarty cofounded thinktank DeepStrat, based in New Delhi.[4] He is a visiting fellow of the Observer Research Foundation.[5] He wrote Transformation- Emergence of Bangladesh and Evolution of India-Bangladesh Ties about Bangladesh-India relations.[6][7] In 2018, he wrote that popular anger against perceived corruption of Awami League meant India had to be ready to talk with Khaleda Zia and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[8]
On 28 March 2024, Chakravarty claimed the United States Ambassador to Bangladesh, Peter D. Haas, left the country following a strong warning from New Delhi to Washington DC about attempting regime change in Bangladesh.[9] He believes India should support the ruling Awami League while viewing Bangladesh Nationalist Party as anti-Hindu and anti-India.[9][10][11] Matthew Miller, spokesman for the US State Department, denied his comments about Haas hiding during the general elections in Bangladesh.[12]