Mr. Gopal Baglay
Born : January 1966
Education: M. Sc. (Special) in Chemistry from Lucknow University, India
DIPLOMATIC CAREER
1992
Joined Indian Foreign Service
1994 to 1996
Third Secretary at Embassy of India, Kyiv
1996 to 1999
Second Secretary at Embassy of India, Moscow
1999 to 2002
Special Assistant to High Commissioner, London; First Secretary (Economic)
2002 to 2005
Deputy Secretary (Central Europe) & Deputy Secretary and Director (United Nations-Economic & Social) at Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), New Delhi
2005 to 2008
Counsellor (Press, Information & Culture), Embassy of India, Kathmandu
2008 to 2010
Director (External Publicity), Director (Pakistan, Afghanistan & Iran), MEA
2010 to 2011
Director (External Affairs Minister’s Office), MEA
2011 to 2014
Deputy High Commissioner, High Commission of India, Islamabad
Oct 2014 – December 2015
JS(States). In his capacity as JS(States), he was tasked with creation of a separate Department in Ministry of External Affairs to facilitate international outreach of India’s states .
Oct 2015 onwards
Joint Secretary dealing with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran in the Ministry of External Affairs.
Learnt Ukrainian and speaks Russian, apart from Hindi, Urdu, English and Nepali.
Married.
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