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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian diplomat}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Indra Mani PANDEY<br />
| image = Indra Mani Pandey in Dhaka (PID-0005573) (cropped).jpg<br />
| caption = Pandey in 2024<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[His Excellency]]<br />
| citizenship = [[India]]n<br />
| occupation = [[Diplomat]]<br />
| office = 4th Secretary-General of [[BIMSTEC]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Tenzin Lekphell]]<br />
| status = [[Incumbent]]<br />
| term_start = 4 January 2024<br />
| spouse = Sushma Pandey<br />
| education = [[Oxford University]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Indra Mani Pandey''' is an Indian diplomat, who is currently serving as the 4th Secretary General of [[BIMSTEC]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Secretary General - Home-The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic |url=https://bimstec.org/secretary-general |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=bimstec.org}}</ref><br />
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== Education ==<br />
In 1998-99, Pandey attended the Foreign Service Programme at [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]]. Later, in 2009, he attended the 49th Course on National Security and Strategy, conducted by [[National Defence College (India)|National Defence College]], New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=H.E. Mr. Indra Mani PANDEY |url=https://aiforgood.itu.int/speaker/h-e-mr-indra-mani-pandey/ |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=AI for Good |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
[[File:BIMSTEC Secretary General Indra Mani Pandey Meets Muhammad Yunus In Dhaka 2024-10-28 (PID-0005573).jpg|left|thumb|221x221px|Pandey meets with Bangladesh CA Muhammad Yunus in 2024]]<br />
Pandey joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1990.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey assumes charge of BIMSTEC Secretary General: |url=https://ddnews.gov.in/en/ambassador-indra-mani-pandey-assumes-charge-of-bimstec-secretary-general-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424080312/https://ddnews.gov.in/en/ambassador-indra-mani-pandey-assumes-charge-of-bimstec-secretary-general-2/ |archive-date=2025-04-24 |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=ddnews.gov.in |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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As part of the service, he has most notably served as Ambassador of India to the Sultanate of Oman, Deputy Ambassador of India to France and Consul General of India at Guangzhou in China.<ref name=":1" /> He also served as joint secretary in the Disarmament and International Security Affairs division of the Ministry of External Affairs.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |title=Indra Mani Pandey Appointed India's Permanent Representative To UN In Geneva |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indra-mani-pandey-appointed-indias-permanent-representative-to-un-in-geneva-2255497 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806133336/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indra-mani-pandey-appointed-indias-permanent-representative-to-un-in-geneva-2255497 |archive-date=2024-08-06 |access-date=2025-10-17 |work=NDTV.com}}</ref><br />
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He took over as the 4th Secretary-General of BIMSTEC in January 2024, for a three-year term.<ref name=":0" /> He is the first Indian to hold this position. Prior, to taking over this position, he served as the [[Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey assumes the charge of 4th Secretary General of BIMSTEC |url=https://bimstec.org/event/120/ambassador-indra-mani-pandey-assumes-the-charge-of-4th-secretary-general-of-bimstec |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=BIMSTEC |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><br />
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As BIMSTEC SG, he emphasized the importance of stronger cooperation. He also stated that BIMSTEC was an important link for bridging South and Southeast Asia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BIMSTEC chief stresses regional cooperation for Indo-Pacific prosperity {{!}} Others |url=https://www.bssnews.net/others/313978 |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=BSS}}</ref><br />
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