H.E. Amb. Indra Mani Pandey, is a retired career diplomat of India. He served at the Ministry of External Affairs of India during 1990-2025. Before his current assignment as BIMSTEC Secretary General since January 2024, Ambassador Pandey served as Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and Other International organizations in Geneva for over 3 years. He had earlier served as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs in-charge of Disarmament & International Security Affairs Division. During his 35 years long career as an Indian diplomat, Ambassador Pandey also served as Ambassador of India to the Sultanate of Oman. Before his Ambassadorial assignment in Muscat, he served as Deputy Ambassador of India to France and Consul General of India at Guangzhou, China. Ambassador Pandey had also served in various diplomatic capacities at Indian Missions in Cairo (Egypt), Damascus (Syria), Islamabad (Pakistan), Kabul (Afghanistan) and Permanent Mission of India to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva (Switzerland). During his various stints at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs of India, Ambassador Pandey handled assignments in West Asia and North Africa Division; Consular, Passport and Visa Division; Counter Terrorism Cell; Americas Division; and Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Myanmar (BSM) Division. During October 1998- June 99, Ambassador Pandey attended Foreign Service Programme at Oxford University, the U.K. In 2009, he attended the 49th Annual Course on National Security and Strategy, conducted by National Defence College of India. Ambassador Pandey is married to Mrs. Sushma Pandey and they have a daughter.
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