Bidisha Roy

NEW YORK (TIP): Sandeep Chakravorty, India’s former Consul General in New York who left the city June 28 after completion of an overwhelming successful tenure, has been named  the new joint secretary of the all-important AMS (Americas) division that handles all issues related to the US and Canada.

Mr Chakravorty served  as India’s Consul General in New York from August 2017 to June 2020. He was  immensely popular in the Tri-State community for his innovative ideas, hard work and friendly approach. Before joining as Consul General of India in New York, he was Ambassador of India to Peru.

Sandeep Chakravorty, is a member of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) since 1996. Before joining the Government of India, he worked for several years in organizations dealing with forestry, environment and watershed development issues in India.

He has served in India’s missions in Madrid, Bogota and Dhaka. In the Ministry of External Affairs of India, he served on several desks including working as Press Relations Officer as well as Private Secretary to Minister of State for External Affairs. He also served in the Eurasia Division dealing with Central Asia and in the East Asia Division dealing with China, Japan, Koreas and Mongolia. Before being appointed as India’s Ambassador to Peru and Bolivia, he was India’s Deputy High Commissioner in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

He holds a Master Degree in Advanced Studies from Geneva University and has an MA in Sociology. He has a PG Diploma in Forestry Management from Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal. He graduated in Physics from Delhi University.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has named 3 new joint secretaries, or point persons including Mr Chakravorty, taking up some of the toughest assignments in the ministry. While Arindam Bagchi, an IFS officer of 1995 batch, will head the crucial northern division of MEA, which handles Bhutan and Nepal affairs, J P Singh, an IFS officer of 2002 batch and expert on Pakistan-Afghanistan affairs, has  taken over as joint secretary of the high-profile Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran (PAI) division.