Arindam Bagchi is an Indian Diplomat who’s a Spokesperson and Joint Secretary on the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, India. He has been serving the Indian Authorities since 1995. He started his profession by working as Third Secretary/Second Secretary on the Embassy of India, Madrid for 2 and a half years from 1997 to 2000.
Wiki/Biography
Arindam Bagchi was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. He did his education at Delhi Public Faculty. He has completed his commencement from St. Stephen’s Faculty, Delhi. He graduated in 1992 then he went on to pursue his post-graduation from the Indian Institute of Administration, Ahmedabad. He accomplished his post-graduation in 1994.
Household
Arindam Bagchi belongs to a Bengali household in Kolkata.
Spouse & Youngsters
His spouse’s identify is Ananya Bagchi and she or he is a painter. He has a son whose identify is Pablo Bagchi.
Arindam together with his spouse Ananya and son Pablo
Indian Overseas Service
Arindam Bagchi joined the Indian Overseas Service as an officer in 1995.
Arindam Bagchi within the 1995 batch of IFS officers
Third Secretary/Second Secretary
From 1997 to 2000, he labored as Third Secretary/Second Secretary on the Embassy of India in Madrid, Spain during two years and 6 months.
Second Secretary/First Secretary
In 2000, he was appointed because the Second Secretary/First Secretary on the Embassy of India in Lima, Peru for greater than 4 years from 2000 to 2004.
Deputy Secretary
In 2004, he got here again to India and was appointed because the Deputy Secretary on the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, India and held the place for 3 years.
First Secretary / Counsellor
After that, he was appointed because the First Secretary/Counsellor on the Everlasting Mission of India to the UN, New York, USA for 3 years.
Director
After returning to India in 2010, he grew to become the Director on the Prime Minister’s Workplace for greater than 4 years until 2014.
Deputy Excessive Commissioner
Later, he served as Deputy Excessive Commissioner within the Excessive Fee of India in Colombo, Sri Lanka from June 2014 to September 2018.
Ambassador
In November 2018, he was employed for the submit of Ambassador on the Embassy of India in Zagreb, Croatia for one 12 months and eight months.
Joint Secretary
Presently, he’s working as a Spokesperson and Joint Secretary on the Ministry of Exterior Affairs in India. He joined MEA in June of 2020.
MEA Spokesperson
On 14 March 2021, Arindam Bagchi was appointed because the Spokesperson and Joint Secretary of India.
Arindam Bagchi in a press meet because the Spokesperson of MEA
Criticizing Ilhan Omar’s Pakistan Go to
Ilhan Omar is a US Congresswoman. On her 4 day journey to Pakistan, she visited the area of Kashmir which is illegally occupied by Pakistan. Ilhan Omar is the primary US lawmaker to go to Pakistan following the mutiny. This choice of hers was not favored by India they usually held a powerful protest in opposition to it. Her go to to Kashmir was referred to as a ‘Slender Minded Politics’. Prior to now additionally, she raised human rights violations regularly in India. In a press assembly on the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, on being requested a query relating to her go to, Arindam Bagchi answered,
We’ve famous that she has visited part of the Indian union territory of Jammu & Kashmir that’s at the moment illegally occupied by Pakistan. If such a politician needs to observe her narrow-minded politics at house that could be her enterprise however violating our territorial integrity and sovereignty in its pursuit makes this ours and we expect the go to is condemnable.”
Pegasus Spyware and adware Concern
In 2017, it was claimed by New York Instances that India purchased Pegasus Spyware and adware in Israel as part of their 2 billion {dollars} defence deal. Pegasus is a joint initiative taken for investigative journalism. It’s a phone-hacking software program created by NSO Group Applied sciences of Israel, which is able to studying textual content messages, monitoring calls, accumulating passwords, location monitoring, accessing the goal gadget’s microphone and digital camera, and harvesting info from apps. Many Indian ministers, politicians, activists, businessmen and journalists had been doubtlessly focused by Pegasus. Replying to this, MEA Joint Secretary, Arindam stated,
The alleged matter that has been referred to is below investigation by a committee arrange by the Supreme Court docket. No info is accessible with the Ministry of Exterior Affairs on this matter.”
As regards the prime minister’s go to to Israel in 2017, MoUs had been signed, the main points of that are publicly accessible,” he added.
Hijab Dispute
The Hijab controversy passed off in Karnataka in February of 2022. The controversy occurred when some junior faculty Muslim ladies eager to put on hijab to their courses had been denied to enter the school premises because it was in opposition to the uniform coverage of the school. Counter-protests had been led by college students sporting saffron shawls, who had been in opposition to permitting college students sporting hijab to enter the school. Many worldwide social activists and folks from Pakistan commented on the row with out having full data in regards to the subject. Relating to the row, US Ambassador-at-Giant Rashad Hussain tweeted,
Non secular freedom consists of the power to decide on one’s non secular apparel. The Indian state of Karnataka shouldn’t decide permissibility of non secular clothes. Hijab bans in colleges violate non secular freedom and stigmatize and marginalize girls and ladies.”
To place an finish to feedback like this, Arindam took to Twitter and replied by saying,
motivated feedback on our inside points aren’t welcome.”
Our response to media queries on India’s response to feedback by some international locations on costume code in some instructional establishments in Karnataka:https://t.co/Mrqa0M8fVr pic.twitter.com/pJlGmw82Kp
— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) February 12, 2022
OIC Request to UN
Relating to the Hijab controversy, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) conveyed its message to the U.N. and the Human Rights Council to take “vital measures” to guard Muslim college students.
The OIC Normal Secretariat additional urges as soon as once more India to make sure the security, safety and wellbeing of the Muslim neighborhood whereas defending the lifestyle of its members and to deliver the instigators and perpetrators of acts of violence and hate crimes in opposition to them to justice,” OIC acknowledged.
In a press assembly, on being questioned in regards to the assertion that OIC made a day earlier than, the spokesperson responded,
Points in India are thought of and resolved in accordance with our constitutional framework and mechanisms, in addition to democratic ethos and polity. The communal mindset of the OIC Secretariat doesn’t enable for a correct appreciation of those realities,” Arindam acknowledged.
OIC continues to be hijacked by vested pursuits to additional their nefarious propaganda in opposition to India,” he added.
Information/Trivia
- Arindam’s favorite topic is arithmetic.
- He likes to study new languages.
- He likes to journey and do pictures.
- His favorite sport is chess and was invited as a visitor to the 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour in Zagreb the place the Indian Chess Grandmaster, Viswanathan Anand was enjoying.
