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Patnaik, a profession diplomat, additionally served as deputy ambassador to the UK and was serving till just lately as ambassador to Spain.
Quickly-to-be-Excessive Commissioner to India, Dinesh Okay. Patnaik addresses an occasion in Spain, whereas serving as an envoy there. (IMAGE: X)
Dinesh Okay. Patnaik on Thursday was appointed as the subsequent Excessive Commissioner of India to Canada. His appointment comes as ties stay frosty between New Delhi and Ottawa over Ottawa’s lack of inaction in direction of separatist Khalistani components and its unfounded allegations that India killed considered one of its residents concerned within the separatism.
Patnaik was serving because the ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain. The 1990 batch Indian Overseas Service (IFS) officer, in keeping with News18 Hindi is amongst India’s senior and skilled diplomats.
The relations between India and Canada began straining after former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged with out proof that Indian authorities eradicated Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
The Odisha-born IFS officer’s appointment follows the exit of former Excessive Commissioner of India to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma, and different senior diplomats stationed in Canada final 12 months in October after the Trudeau administration declared them as ‘Individuals of Curiosity’ in an ongoing investigation.
The IIM-Kolkata graduate served as deputy ambassador to the UK and represented India in numerous missions like Russia, Myanmar and the United Nations. He has additionally served as Director of Coverage Planning and Analysis Division within the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, the News18 Hindi report.
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