Dinesh K. Patnaik

Dinesh K. Patnaik ^[6] is an Indian diplomat of Indian Foreign Service from the 1990 cadre currently serving as the Indian Ambassador to Spain.^[7]

Dinesh K. Patnaik
Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations
In office 04 February 2020[1] – 19 December 2021[1]
Additional Secretary (CPV&OIA) MEA
In office 15 July 2019[1] – 02 February 2020
Additional Secretary (Indian Ocean Region) MEA[1]
In office 10 November 2018 – 14 July 2019
Deputy High Commissioner of India India House, London[1]
In office 01 September 2016 – 30 October 2018
Ambassador of India to Morocco [2]
In office 22 September 2015 – 22 August 2016
Ambassador of India to Cambodia[3]
In office 10 September 2012 – 01 August 2015
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Spouse	Poonam
Children	2
Alma mater	Delhi University IIM Calcutta University of Vienna[4][5]
Occupation	IFS
Profession	Civil Servant

Career

Patnaik served as India's Ambassador to Cambodia from September 2012 to August 2015, then to Morocco between September 2015 and August 2016. He then worked as Deputy High Commissioner of India in the United Kingdom between November 2018 and July 2019. He was additional secretary for the Ministry of External Affairs' Indian Ocean Region (IOR) division; Consular, Passport and Visa (CPV) division; and Overseas Indian Affairs (OIA) division from November 2018 to February 2020, when he was appointed as the Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).^[8] He became Ambassador of India to Spain in December 2021.^[9][10][11]

Patnaik spoke at the Jaipur Literature Festival in London in 2021.^[12]

Personal life

Patnaik is from Odisha state. He has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, a Master's in Advanced International Studies from the University of Vienna, and a certificate in International Studies from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. Patnaik and his wife Poonam have two daughters.^[1]