New Delhi: Senior IFS Officer Gopal Baglay of the 1992 batch, has been appointed India’s next High Commissioner to Australia, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Wednesday.
He is currently serving as the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, and is expected to assume his new role shortly. Bailey holds a Masters degree in Chemistry from Lucknow University, and is fluent in Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, English, Nepali, Ukrainian and Russian. He will be taking the place of Manpreet Vohra, a 1998-batch IFS officer.
In an official statement confirming his appointment, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated, “Gopal Baglay (IFS:1992), presently serving as High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Australia. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.”
Before being appointed the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Baglay served as Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office. He has also served as the High Commissioner of India in Pakistan, as the Counsellor for Press, Information and Culture in the Embassy of India, Nepal and in other diplomatic capacities from 1994-2002 in Ukraine, Moscow and London.
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