Dr. Rajesh Ranjan served as Deputy Secretary, India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) at East & Southern Africa Division, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi dealing with India-Africa relations in general and 2nd India-Africa Forum Summit, in particular. He also handled the bilateral relations with Ethiopia and Eritrea. Further, he assumed the charge of First Secretary/Consular at Permanent Mission of India in Geneva (October 2012-April 2015) dealing with Labour, Climate Change and Health issues. He was again posted back to Headquarters in May 2015 and he handled the issues related with the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit as Director (East and Southern Africa till March 2016. He briefly looked after the Oversees Indians’ issues as Director (Oversees Employment& Protectorate General Emigrant Division) at OIA Division, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi (April 2016-June 2016).
Dr. Rajesh Ranjan was Director in the Americas Division at Ministry of External Affairs (15 July 2016-23 March 2018) and he handled issues related to India’s relations with US and Canada. Dr. Rajesh Ranjan assumed the charge as High Commissioner Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Botswana on 24 March 2018. Dr. Ranjan holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics (Public Finance) from Allahabad University.
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