Sandeep Chakravorty to replace Riva Ganguly Das as Consul General

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Sandeep Chakravorty, India’s current Ambassador to Peru will be the next Consul General of India in New York, according to information available with The Indian Panorama.

The present Consul General Ms Riva Ganguly Das will be taking over as Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).

Ms Riva Ganguly Das had assumed charge as the Consul General at New York Consulate on March 7, 2016.  She had succeeded Ambassador Dnyaneshwar Mulay who is presently Secretary in the ministry of external affairs in New Delhi. Ms Das has had the shortest tenure as Consul General of India in New York.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, independent India’s first Education Minister, founded ICCR in 1950. Its objectives are to actively participate in the formulation and implementation of policies and programs pertaining to India’s external cultural relations; to foster and strengthen cultural relations and mutual understanding between India and other countries; to promote cultural exchanges with other countries and people; and to develop relations with nations.

The incoming Consul General Sandeep Chakravorty is a member of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) of 1996. batch Before joining the Government of India, he worked for several years in organizations dealing with forestry, environment and watershed development issues in India.

He has served in India’s missions in Madrid, Bogota and Dhaka. In the Ministry of External Affairs of India, he served at several desks including working as Press Relations Officer as well as Private Secretary to Minister of State for External Affairs. He also served in the Eurasia Division dealing with Central Asia and in the East Asia Division dealing with China, Japan, Koreas and Mongolia. Before being appointed as India’s Ambassador to Peru and Bolivia, he was India’s Deputy High Commissioner in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

He holds a Master Degree in Advanced Studies from Geneva University and has an MA in Sociology. He has a PG Diploma in Forestry Management from Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal. He graduated in Physics from Delhi University.

Federation of Indian Associations NY/NJ/CT is hosting a farewell reception to Ambassador Das on Tuesday, July 18 at Royal Albert’s Palace in Edison, New Jersey.