Bangla Press Desk: The Ministry of External Affairs India has announced the appointment of Pranay Verma as the next Ambassador of India to Belgium and the European Union.
According to an official press release, Pranay Verma, a 1994-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, is currently serving as India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh.He is expected to take up his new diplomatic assignment shortly.
The appointment marks a key diplomatic posting, as Belgium hosts major European institutions, making the role significant for India’s engagement with the European Union.
Pranay Verma assumed the office of the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh on 21 September 2022.
He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1994 and has held diplomatic assignments in Hong Kong, San Francisco, Beijing, Kathmandu, Washington DC and Hanoi.
Before arriving in Dhaka, High Commissioner Verma served as the Ambassador of India to Vietnam since July 2019.
Earlier, he held the position of Joint Secretary of the East Asia Division at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi from June 2017 to July 2019; and of Joint Secretary for External Relations at the Department of Atomic Energy in Mumbai from October 2014 to June 2017. He served as Staff Officer to Foreign Secretary and Director in-charge of climate change negotiations during 2009-2010.
Pranay Verma has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds a Master’s degree from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, U.S. Before joining the Indian Foreign Service, he started his professional career as a Graduate Trainee at India’s steel manufacturing company, Tata Steel.
He and his wife Manu have a son and a daughter.
