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Consul General Somnath Ghosh

A career diplomat, Ambassador Ghosh joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1997.  In a span of his career over 26 years, he has been Ambassador of India to Republic of Tajikistan (2016-19) and to Mongolia (2014-16).  

Prior to that he was the Assistant High Commissioner of India in Bangladesh with consular jurisdiction of Chittagong and Sylhet divisions, constituting eastern part of Bangladesh.   In his career, apart from important assignments in New Delhi, he has worked in Moscow, Brussels (European Council and European Parliament) and spent considerable time in Central Asia.

Prior to joining as Consul General of India in Chicago with consular jurisdiction of seven Midwest States, Ambassador Ghosh was heading (September 2019 to September 2022) the International Cooperation work in the Ministry of Defence of India.  In that capacity, he oversaw defence policy and negotiations with USA, Russia, France, UK, major multinational organizations and India’s land and maritime neighbourhood. 

Ambassador Ghosh earned his MSc. from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India.  He speaks Bengali, Hindi, English and Russian.  He lives in Chicago with his wife, who is a Doctorate in Economics and two sons (15 and 13 years) who are proud Chicagoans.

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