Riva Ganguly Das

She joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986.^[7] Her first posting abroad was in Spain,^[1] where she learnt Spanish at Madrid.^{[citation needed]} Thereafter, she worked at the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India in New Delhi handling External Publicity, Nepal and the Passport & Visa matters.^[1] She also headed the Cultural Wing of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.^[1] Subsequently, she served as the Director of the United Nations Economic and Social Affairs (UNES) Division at the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India in New Delhi.^[8] In this capacity, she was a part of negotiations relating to environmental issues, particularly climate change.^[1]

Riva Ganguly Das was the Deputy chief of mission at the Indian Embassy in The Hague and the Alternate Permanent Representative of India to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague.^[8] She also functioned as the Regional Passport Officer in Jaipur.^{[citation needed]} From 2008 to 2012, she was the Consul General of India in Shanghai.^[8]

Later, she was the Head of the Public Diplomacy Division at the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi.^[9][8] She also headed the Latin America & Caribbean Division at the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi.^[8][10] In March 2015, Riva Ganguly Das was appointed the Indian Ambassador to Romania.^[11] In October 2015, she was concurrently accredited as the Indian Ambassador to Albania and Moldova, with residence in Bucharest (Romania).^[4] From March 2016 to July 2017, she served as the Consul General of India in New York City.^[12]

In March 2019, she was appointed as the High commissioners of India to Bangladesh.^[13] In August 2020, She was appointed as the Secretary (East) of MEA and served their till December 2021.^[14][15]

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