Riva Ganguly Das New Indian Envoy to Bangladesh

New Delhi: Riva Ganguly Das, presently Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), was on Thursday named as India’s new High Commissioner to Bangladesh. A 1986 batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Das is expected to take up her new assignment shortly, according to a statement issued by the External Affairs Ministry. She will succeed Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who has been appointed as the new Indian Ambassador to the US. Das’s appointment assumes significance as Bangladesh is seen as a crucial neighbour under New Delhi’s Neighbourhood First Policy. A postgraduate in political science from Delhi University, she was a lecturer at Delhi University prior to joining the IFS. Her first posting was in Spain. Thereafter, she was at the Ministry headquarters in New Delhi, dealing with external publicity, Nepal and passport/visa work. (IANS)

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