High Commission of India

Somnath Ghosh

High Commissioner

A career diplomat, Ambassador Ghosh joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1997. In a span of his career over 29 years, he has served as Ambassador to Mongolia (2014-16), Ambassador to Republic of Tajikistan (2016-19) and Consul General to Chicago (2022-2026).

Prior to that he was the Assistant High Commissioner of India in Bangladesh with consular jurisdiction of Chittagong and Sylhet divisions, constituting eastern part of Bangladesh. In his career, apart from important assignments in New Delhi, he has worked in Moscow, Brussels (European Council and European Parliament) and spent considerable time in Central Asia.

In headquarters, Ambassador Ghosh was heading the International Cooperation work in the Ministry of Defence of India from September 2019 to September 2022. In that capacity, he oversaw defence policy and negotiations with USA, Russia, France, UK, major multinational organizations and India’s land and maritime neighbourhood.

Ambassador Ghosh earned his MSc. from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India. He speaks Bengali, Hindi, English and Russian.

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