Dinesh K. Patnaik
Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations
In office
04 February 2020[1] – 19 December 2021[1]
Additional Secretary (CPV&OIA) MEA
In office
15 July 2019[1] – 02 February 2020
Additional Secretary (Indian Ocean Region) MEA[1]
In office
10 November 2018 – 14 July 2019
Deputy High Commissioner of India India House, London[1]
In office
01 September 2016 – 30 October 2018
Ambassador of India to Morocco [2]
In office
22 September 2015 – 22 August 2016
Ambassador of India to Cambodia[3]
In office
10 September 2012 – 01 August 2015
Personal details
NationalityIndian
SpousePoonam
Children2
Alma materIndian Institute of Management Calcutta[4]
OccupationIFS
ProfessionCivil Servant

Dinesh K. Patnaik [5] is an Indian Foreign Service officer from the 1990 cadre currently serving as Ambassador of India to Spain.[6]

Career

Patnaik served as India's Ambassador to Cambodia from September 2012 to August 2015, then to Morocco between September 2015 and August 2016. He then worked as Deputy High Commissioner of India in the United Kingdom between November 2018 and July 2019. He was additional secretary for the Ministry of External Affairs' Indian Ocean Region (IOR) division; Consular, Passport and Visa (CPV) division; and Overseas Indian Affairs (OIA) division from November 2018 to February 2020, when he was appointed as the Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).[7] He became Ambassador of India to Spain in December 2021.[8][9][10]

Patnaik spoke at the Jaipur Literature Festival in London in 2021.[11]

Personal life

Patnaik is from Odisha state. He has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, a Master's in Advanced International Studies from the University of Vienna, and a certificate in International Studies from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. Patnaik and his wife Poonam have two daughters.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Shri Dinesk K Patnaik". iccr.gov.in. December 2021. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "List of former Ambassadors". indianembassyrabat.gov.in. December 2021. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Reception of 65th Republic day hosted by Ambassador Dinesh K Patnaik'". Embassy of India Cambodia. 27 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "H.E. Dinesh K Patnaik". December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "About Dinesh K Patnaik". 6 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Press release". www.mea.gov.indate=01 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "'Dinesh Patnaik new DG ICCR'". Daily Pioneer. February 2020. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "HE Dinesh K Patnaik". December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "About Dinesh K Patnaik DG ICCR". Indian embassy Fiji. October 2021.
  10. ↑ "Dinesh Patnaik appointed as next Ambassador of India to Spain". ANI News. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "'Speakers of JLF London fest 2021'". JLF Literature fest London. September 2021.
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