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| Office | High Commissioner of India to Canada |
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| Office | Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations |
| Office | Additional Secretary (CPV&OIA) in MEA |
| Office | Ambassador of India to Morocco[1] |
| Office | Ambassador of India to Cambodia[2] |
| Term start | 28 August 2025
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| Predecessor | Sanjay Kumar Verma
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| Successor | Kumar Tuhin
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| Born | 1967-01-03 (age 59) |
| Born | India
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| Spouse | Poonam Patnaik |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Delhi UniversityIIM Calcutta
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Dinesh K. Patnaik (3 January 1967) is an Indian diplomat from 1990 batch of the Indian Foreign Service who is currently serving as the High Commissioner of India to Canada since August 2025.[5] He previously served as the Indian Ambassador to Spain, Morocco and Cambodia.[6]
Education
Dinesh Patnaik studied at Delhi University where he completed his Master of Science in Physics and his MBA from IIM Calcutta and his Master in Advanced Studies from the University of Vienna.[3][4]
Civil Service Career
Template:Expand section Patnaik served as India's Ambassador to Cambodia from September 2012 to August 2015, then to Morocco between September 2015 and August 2016. He then worked as Deputy High Commissioner of India in the United Kingdom between November 2018 and July 2019. He was additional secretary for the Ministry of External Affairs' Indian Ocean Region (IOR) division; Consular, Passport and Visa (CPV) division; and Overseas Indian Affairs (OIA) division from November 2018 to February 2020, when he was appointed as the Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).[7] He became Ambassador of India to Spain in December 2021.[8][9][10]
Patnaik spoke at the Jaipur Literature Festival in at the British Library in London in 2021.[11]
Personal life
Patnaik and his wife Poonam have two daughters.[12]
References
- ↑ List of former Ambassadors. indianembassyrabat.gov.in(December 2021).
- ↑ Reception of 65th Republic day hosted by Ambassador Dinesh K Patnaik'. Embassy of India Cambodia(27 January 2014).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dinesh K Patnaik Official Linkedin Account(26 June 2025).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 H.E. Dinesh K Patnaik(December 2021).
- ↑ Shri Dinesh K Patnaik appointed as the next High Commissner of India to Canada. Ministry of External Affairs of India(28 August 2025). Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ↑ Press release. www.mea.gov.indate=01 November 2021.
- ↑ 'Dinesh Patnaik new DG ICCR'. Daily Pioneer(February 2020).
- ↑ HE Dinesh K Patnaik(December 2021).
- ↑ About Dinesh K Patnaik DG ICCR. Indian embassy Fiji(October 2021).
- ↑ Dinesh Patnaik appointed as next Ambassador of India to Spain. ANI News. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ↑ 'Speakers of JLF London fest 2021'. JLF Literature fest London(September 2021).
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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