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H.E. Mr. Dinesh Bhatia

Dinesh Bhatia assumed the charge of Ambassador of India to Federative Republic of Brazil on 1 June 2025.

Prior to joining in Brasilia, he completed his successful tenure as Ambassador of India to Republic of Argentina, where he is credited with securing first ever lithium mining assets for India, in the province of Catamarca. During his tenure in Buenos Aires since 21 August 2019, he was concurrently accredited to Uruguay and Paraguay (until February 2022).

Earlier, he served as the Consul General in Toronto where he introduced – first ever – weekly Open House for Consular Services and as Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire with concurrent accreditation to Guinea and Liberia, in Africa. He also served in other Indian Missions abroad including Madrid, Kathmandu and Kuwait.

He has served in various Divisions of Ministry of External Affairs, including as Joint Secretary of Multilateral Economic Division (2011-14) where he was India’s Sous-Sherpa to G20, BRICS, IBSA, IORA, etc; as Director in Protocol Division (2010-11), External Publicity XP Division (2005-06) and Latin America & Caribbean Division (2006-2007); and Deputy Secretary dealing with Bhutan (2000-01).

He was seconded by the Government to Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai (2001-04) and as Private Secretary to Tourism Minister of India (2004-05).

H.E. Dinesh Bhatia joined Indian Foreign Service in 1992 and was trained at LBSNAA, Mussoorie and Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi. He is an alumnus of 51st Course (2011) of National Defence College (NDC). He also participated in the 4th Joint Civil Military Course on National Security at LBSNAA. He has undertaken short term special courses at Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad as well as at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.

He obtained Bachelor of Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering with specialization in Electronics and Communication in 1989 and worked in private sector before joining the Civil Service. He is a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (IE) and Member of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE).

Amb Bhatia has authored “Devi Purana – A rendition of Srimad Devi Bhagavatam” published by Bloomsbury in 2023 and “Physics for Civil Services Prelims” in 1994. He speaks Hindi, Punjabi, Multani, English and Spanish.

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August 2025