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Mr. Soumen Bagchi assumed charge as the Ambassador of India to Iraq on 8th November 2024. Ambassador Bagchi is a senior Indian diplomat and a member of the Indian Foreign Service.

He has served overseas at Indian Missions in Brussels, Dhaka and San Francisco. He has served in India in the Ministry of External Affairs as a Regional Passport Officer, Director, Joint Secretary and Additional Secretary. During his tenure in New Delhi, he has handled work related to Counter-terrorism, Energy security, Investment and Technology promotion, SAARC & BIMSTEC, India’s relations with S-E Asia, and with Central & West Africa. He has also served as Deputy & Acting Director General of the Indian Council of World Affairs, a New Delhi based foreign affairs think-tank.

He joined the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) New Delhi for a degree of Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering, and the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta for a MBA degree. He speaks Hindi, Bengali, English & French. He is unmarried and belongs to Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.


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