Gopal Bagalay

Gopal Baglay is an Indian diplomat of Indian Foreign Service currently the Indian High Commissioner to Australia.He has previously served as Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, been the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, and Joint secretary in Prime Minister's Office.^[2]

Gopal Bagalay IFS
High Commissioner of India to Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2024
Appointed by	Droupadi Murmu
Preceded by	Manpreet Vohra
High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka
In office May 2020 – December 2023
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Taranjit Singh Sandhu
Succeeded by	Santosh Jha
Joint Secretary at Prime Minister’s Office
In office July 2017 – May 2020
Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs
In office February 2020 – July 2020
Preceded by	Vikas Swarup
Succeeded by	Raveesh Kumar
Personal details
Born	(1966-01-04) 4 January 1966 (age 59) Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma mater	Lucknow University[1]