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| caption = Amarendra Khatua during Odia poetry at 2nd International Conclave of Odia language 2016 at [[India International Centre]]<br />
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|office3 = Secretary (SA) [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]]<br />
|term_start3 = 19 September 2016<br />
|term_end3 = 31 May 2017<br />
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|office2 = Embassy of India to Argentina<br />
|term_start2 = 1 July 2012<br />
|term_end2 = 12 December 2015<br />
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|office = Director General, [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] <br />
|term_start = 16 December 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eodisha.org/odia-bureaucrat-mr-amarendra-khatua-takes-over-as-new-director-general-iccr-odisha-iccr-news/ |title=Odia born Mr. Amarendra Khatua taken over as new Director general ICCR|work=eodisha.org |date=December 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225135152/http://eodisha.org/odia-bureaucrat-mr-amarendra-khatua-takes-over-as-new-director-general-iccr-odisha-iccr-news/ |archive-date=25 December 2017 }}</ref><br />
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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iccr.gov.in/about-us/former-director-generals| title=List of Former Director Generals of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations |date=March 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914205504/http://iccr.gov.in/about-us/former-dirfector-generals |archive-date=14 September 2019 }}</ref><br />
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|06|04|df=y}}<ref name="orissadiary.com">{{Cite web|url=https://orissadiary.com/interview-with-ambassador-amarendra-khatua/|title=Interview with Ambassador Amarendra Khatua|date=22 March 2017}}</ref><br />
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'''Amarendra Khatua''' (born 4 June 1957)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.kiit.ac.in/kiitnews/kiit-law-school-mun-society-organizes/|title = KIIT Law School MUN Society Organizes|date = 6 September 2021}}</ref> is an Indian [[civil servant]] who belongs to the [[Indian Foreign Service]] cadre. He is the former High Commissioner of India to Argentina, Ivory Coast, Former Secretary (Special Assignment) at [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)]] and former Director General of the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]], an autonomous organisation of the [[Government of India]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Amarendra Khatua spent his childhood in Birupa Village of [[Odisha]]. He obtained a [[Graduate education|graduate degree]] from [[Kirori Mal College]] [[University of Delhi]] in 1978.<ref name="orissadiary.com"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
He joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1981.<ref name="www.thestatesman.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/diaspora-an-ambassador-for-indian-culture-1484952313.html|title = Diaspora an ambassador for Indian culture|website = [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]|date = 20 January 2017}}</ref> He served as special envoy at [[South Sudan]] and Sudan to broker peace between two countries. He served as Dean of [[Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service]] and implemented many changes in working. He served as Indian Ambassador to Argentina, [[Ivory Coast]] as well. He is also a popular poet in his native language, [[Odia language|Odia]].<ref name="www.indianbureaucracy.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.indianbureaucracy.com/acknowledging-loss-collection-of-poems-by-amarendra-khatua/ |title=Collection of poems by Amarendra Khatua |date=2 August 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803054108/https://www.indianbureaucracy.com/acknowledging-loss-collection-of-poems-by-amarendra-khatua/ |archive-date=3 August 2021 }}</ref><br />
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