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'''Gautam Mukhopadhaya''' has been Ambassador of [[India]] to [[Syria]], [[Afghanistan]], and [[Myanmar]].<ref>{{cite web|title=H.E. Mr. Gautam Mukhopadhaya|url=http://myanmar-conferences-exhibitions-workshops.myanmarinvestmentbusiness.com/Experts-1/speakers-1/h-e-mr-gautam-mukhopadhaya-ambassador-the-embassy-of-the-republic-of-india-yangon-myanmar/|accessdate=25 November 2016}}</ref> <br />
He has also worked in the [[United Nations]] Headquarters in New York as a Consultant on Social Development and has been a Visiting Scholar at the [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]].<ref name="ceip">{{cite web|title=Gautam Mukhopadhaya|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/experts/470|website=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|accessdate=25 November 2016|ref=ceip}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/21624/Shri+Gautam+Mukhopadhaya+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+the+Republic+of+the+Union+of+Myanmar|title=Shri Gautam Mukhopadhaya appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.|website=mea.gov.in|access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><br />
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He was born on May 24, 1956, and studied at the all-boys' boarding school, [[The Doon School]] in [[Dehradun]], followed by graduation from [[Delhi University]] in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/i-am-working-on-two-books-and-they-are-keeping-me-busy/cid/1313945|title='I am working on two books and they are keeping me busy'|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
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He joined the Foreign Service in 1980, and has served in various capacities in Indian Embassies in [[Mexico]], [[France]], [[Cuba]], Afghanistan and [[Syria]], the [[United Nations|UN]] Mission in [[New York City]], and the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Defence, in India. He has also worked in the UN Headquarters in New York as a Consultant on Social Development. He re-opened the Indian Embassy in [[Kabul]] in November 2001 after the new regime took over in Afghanistan. His father B.Mukhopadhaya was a very famous doctor of his times in Bihar.<br />
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He has served in various capacities in the media and culture wings of the Ministry of External Affairs. He also coordinated the year-long ‘[[Festival of India]]’, the ‘l’annee de l’inde’ in France (1985–86). As India's representative to the Third Committee of the UN in New York (1996–1999), he dealt with issues relating to [[Social change|social development]], [[human rights]] and advancement of women. He was also invited to join the UN Secretariat as a Consultant on social development for the preparatory process of the [[Copenhagen Social Summit]] plus Five UN General Assembly Special Session (2000) for which he wrote reports on the ‘Social impact of Globalization’. He also then spent 6 months (October 2009-March 2010) at the [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]], Washington, as a Visiting Scholar.<br />
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Mr. Mukhopadhaya's career in the [[Indian Foreign Service]] has been notable for the range of his professional experience. These include media, culture, human rights, social development, defence and security, and conventional political and diplomatic assignments.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*http://www.meakabul.nic.in/<br />
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