Pranay Kumar Verma
{{short description|Indian diplomat and former High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh}}
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| predecessor1 = Vikram Doraiswami
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| office2 = Ambassador of India to Vietnam
| term_start2 = 25 July 2019
| term_end2 = 29 July 2022
| predecessor2 = Parvathaneni Harish
| successor2 = Sandeep Arya
| occupation = Indian Foreign Service
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| honorific_suffix = IFS
| honorific_prefix = His Excellency
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Pranay Kumar Verma is the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh.{{Cite web |date=September 2022 |title=Pranay Verma, new Indian High Commissioner arrived Dhaka |url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/english/online/national/2022/09/22/39616 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=www.kalerkantho.com}}{{Cite web |date=2022-07-29 |title=IFS officer Pranay Kumar Verma appointed Indian envoy to Bangladesh |url=https://theprint.in/world/ifs-officer-pranay-kumar-verma-appointed-indian-envoy-to-bangladesh/1060390/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}} He is the former Ambassador of India to Vietnam.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-29 |title=Shri Pranay Kumar Verma appointed as new Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/shri-pranay-kumar-verma-appointed-new-indian-high-commissioner-dhaka-467478 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}
Early life
Verma did his bachelor's degree in Mechanical engineering.{{Cite web |title=Pranay Kumar Verma appointed next Indian envoy to Bangladesh |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/pranay-kumar-verma-appointed-next-indian-envoy-to-bangladesh-1659088975 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=The Financial Express |language=en}} He briefly worked at Tata Steel. He did his master's degree at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey in Chinese language.
Career
Verma joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1994.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-29 |title=IFS officer Pranay Verma appointed India's new ambassador to Bangladesh |url=https://theprint.in/diplomacy/pranay-verma-appointed-indias-new-envoy-to-bangladesh/1060461/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}
On 25 July 2019, Verma was appointed the Ambassador of India to Vietnam. He was the previous Director General (DG) of the East Asia Division at the Ministry of External Affairs.{{Cite web |title=Pranay Kumar Verma appointed new Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh |url=https://sarkaripariksha.com/current-affairs/pranay-kumar-verma-appointed-new-indian-high-commissioner-to-bangladesh/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |language=en-US}}
Verma was appointed High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh on 29 July 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-12 |title=Pranay Verma next Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka, reports say |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/diplomacy/news/pranay-verma-next-indian-high-commissioner-dhaka-reports-say-3068641 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}} He replaced Vikram Doraiswami. He presented his credentials to President Mohammad Abdul Hamid on 28 October 2022.{{Cite web |title=New Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma presents credentials to President Hamid |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/27mxkontty |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=New Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma presents credentials to President Hamid |language=en}}