Ambassador Profile
 H.E. Ravi Bangar Ambassador of India to Colombia and Ecuador |
He was appointed Ambassador of India to Colombia and Ecuador in 2017.
He joined Indian Foreign Service in 1982. Prior to joining IFS, he worked with M/s Vardhaman Spinning and General Mills Limited, the largest composite textile mill in north India in 1981. Born on 28 July 1959, he is a Science graduate from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh University and an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi with specialisation in marketing and Computer-based Management Information Systems.
He has had varied assignments in his diplomatic career, involving both bilateral and multilateral diplomacy covering political and economic-commercial work. During his diplomatic career spanning over three and a half decades, has served at various capacities in the Ministry of External Affairs and at the Indian Missions abroad : Attache (Europe West) (1983-84), Buenos Aires(1984-86), Maputo(1986-89), The Hague(1989-1992), Deputy Secretary(Asia-Pacific) Deputy Secretary(Gulf) – 1992-95, Lima(1995-96), Director (Africa) during 1996-99, Caracas (1999-2002), Singapore (2002-2006), Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organisation, Geneva (2006-11), headed Multilateral Economic Relations Division (July-December 2011), West Africa Division (December 2011-April 2012) and East & Southern Africa Division (April 2012- November 2013).
He has served as High Commissioner of India to Cyprus from December 2013 to October 2017.
He speaks Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati and is fluent in Spanish and knows Portuguese. His areas of interest include: Political, socio-economic, strategic developments in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, international trade & investment promotion; and multilateral economic and development partnership matters.
He is married to Bharti and has a son and a daughter.
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Previous Ambassadors | ||
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Name |
From |
To |
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Shri Madanjeet Singh |
17.02.1973 |
03.12.1976 |
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Shri Khiangte Chawngte Lalvunga |
29.01.1977 |
24.08.1980 |
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Shri Alfred W B Vaz |
05.10.1980 |
19.01.1985 |
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Shri Mukur Kanti Khisha |
31.07.1985 |
19.04.1989 |
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Shri G D Atuk |
16.08.1989 |
01.01.1993 |
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Shri Pramatesh Rath |
03.10.1994 |
16.07.1999 |
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Shri Hemant Krishan Singh |
13.09.1999 |
27.12.2002 |
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Smt Nilima Mitra |
10.03.2003 |
15.12.2006 |
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Shri Deepak K. Bhojwani |
08.01.2007 |
12.08.2010 |
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Shri Riewad V. Warjri |
20.09.2010 |
28.02.2014 |
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Shri Prabhat Kumar |
06.05.2014 |
25.10.2017 |
