Nagma Mallick

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'''Nagma Mohammed Mallick''' is an Indian [[civil servant]] of the [[Indian Foreign Service]] cadre and on {{dts|2015|06|29}} she has been appointed as the [[High Commissioner]] of India to [[Brunei]] Darussalam.<ref name="mea">{{cite web|url=http://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/25417/Nagma+Mohamed+Mallick+appointed+as+the+next+High+Commissioner+of+India+to+Brunei+Darussalam|title=Nagma Guillame Mallick appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Brunei Darussalam|publisher=mea.gov.in|accessdate=2015-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hcindiabrunei.org.bn/about-the-high-commisison/ambassador-of-india|title=The High Commission of India - High Commissioner of India|website=www.hcindiabrunei.org.bn|access-date=2016-06-22}}</ref> and moved to Brunei in December 2015. Before this posting, she served as [[India|India's]] [[Ambassador]] to [[Tunisia]] October 2012 to November 2015. She was a TV and stage actress, and acted in India's first television soap opera, ''Hum Log''.

== Early life ==

She was born in New Delhi to Keralite parents from Kasaragod and was educated at [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St Stephen's College]] & [[Delhi School of Economics]]. She holds a bachelor's degree in [[English Literature]] and a master's degree in [[Economics]].

== Career ==

She joined the foreign service in 1991 as a career diplomat. She was the first Muslim woman in the Indian Foreign Service. Her first posting was in Paris where she served in the Indian Mission to [[UNESCO]]. Thereafter, in New Delhi, she served in various capacities in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]], including on the Western Europe desk. She served as a staff officer to Prime Minister [[I. K. Gujral|I.K. Gujral]]. She then served as the first woman Deputy Chief of Protocol (Ceremonial).

She served as Head of the Commercial Wing at the Embassy of India in [[Kathmandu]] where she was involved with negotiations leading to the revision of the India-Nepal Treaty of Trade. She then headed the Press and Culture Wing of the Indian High Commission in Colombo, where she was also Director of the Indian Cultural Centre. She was Deputy Spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs after returning to Delhi. She was then Director and later Joint Secretary in the Eurasia Division before moving to Bangkok as Deputy Chief of Mission.<ref name="mea1">{{cite web|url=http://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/19730/Smt+Nagma+Mohamed+Mallick+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+Tunisia|title=Smt. Nagma Mohamed Mallick, appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Tunisia|publisher=mea.gov.in|accessdate=2015-02-11}}</ref>

In 2012, she was appointed Ambassador to [[Tunisia]].<ref name="embassyofindiatunis">{{cite web|url=http://www.embassyofindiatunis.com/Ambassador.php?id=Abassador|title=Embassy of India, Tunis | Home|publisher=embassyofindiatunis.com|accessdate=2015-02-11}}</ref><ref name="tunisia-live">{{cite web|url=http://www.tunisia-live.net/2012/05/20/india-names-new-ambassador-to-tunisia/|title=India Names New Ambassador to Tunisia | Tunisialive|publisher=tunisia-live.net|accessdate=2015-02-11}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

She is married with one son (Aftab) and one daughter (Arnaz). Her spouse, Farid Inam Mallick is a lawyer based in New Delhi. She speaks English, Hindi, Malayalam and French. Her interests are in Indian classical dance, English literature, fitness and nutrition.

==See also==
* [[Syed Akbaruddin]]

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