Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Binaya Srikanta Pradhan has been appointed as the new High Commissioner of India to the United Republic of Tanzania.
According to the statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, the 2002 batch IFS officer will join the duty very soon.
Binaya Srikanta Pradhan, who is a native of Odisha’s Deogarh, served in senior positions in Indian Embassies in Moscow, Turkmenistan and Pakistan between 2004 and 2012.
Later, he looked after India’s relationship with Afghanistan and Iran from New Delhi from 2012 to 2014. Besides, he worked as the Private Secretary to Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in 2014.
Currently, Binaya is working as Deputy Chief of Mission in the Embassy of India, Moscow since June 3, 2019.
Pradhan completed his schooling at RBD (Raja Basu Dev) High School in Deogarh and Masters from New Delhi-based Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
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