Somnath Ghosh appointed as new High Commissioner of India to Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: His Excellency B.N. Reddy, who served as India’s envoy to Malaysia for over three years, has returned to India after completing his tenure. In his place, senior diplomat Somnath Ghosh has been appointed India’s new High Commissioner to Malaysia.
Ghosh officially presented his credentials to His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, during a ceremony held at Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, October 19.
During the audience, the new envoy conveyed warm greetings from India’s leadership and people to the Malaysian government and citizens. Ghosh affirmed his commitment to further strengthening India’s comprehensive strategic partnership and bilateral cooperation with Malaysia across multiple sectors during his tenure.
A career diplomat, Ghosh joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1997. Over a distinguished 29-year career, he has held numerous key diplomatic and ministerial assignments. He served as India’s Ambassador to Mongolia from 2014 to 2016, then as Ambassador to Tajikistan and Consul General in Chicago. Prior to assuming his posting in Kuala Lumpur, he served as Deputy High Commissioner of India in Bangladesh.
Throughout his career, Ghosh has served at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi and at Indian missions in Moscow, Brussels, and several Central Asian nations.
Between 2019 and September 2022, Ghosh headed the International Cooperation Division at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, overseeing India’s international defence engagements. In this role, he helped shape and advance India’s defence diplomacy, bilateral dialogues, and strategic policy frameworks with global powers including the United States, Russia, France, and the United Kingdom, as well as international bodies and neighbouring maritime and land-border states.
Ghosh holds a Master of Science degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. An accomplished linguist, he is fluent in Bengali, Hindi, English, and Russian.
Bilateral observers are confident that Ghosh’s extensive diplomatic background will further strengthen diplomatic, defence, and economic ties between India and Malaysia.
