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{{short description|Indian diplomat and former High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh}}
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| office1 = [[List of high commissioners of India to Bangladesh|High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh]]
| term_start1 = January 2007
| term_end1 = December 2009
| predecessor1 = [[Veena Sikri]]
| successor1 = [[Rajeet Mitter]]
| office2 = Ambassador of India to Thailand
| term_start2 = 2010
| term_end2 = 2011
| predecessor2 = [[Latha Reddy]]
| successor2 = [[Anil Wadhwa]]
| occupation = [[Indian Foreign Service]]
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| honorific_suffix = [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]]
| honorific_prefix = [[His Excellency]]
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'''Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty''' is a retired Indian diplomat and former [[List of high commissioners of India to Bangladesh|High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-09 |title=Mature leadership in India and Bangladesh has not let minor disagreements threaten shared interests |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-bangladesh-ties-have-grown-mature-leadership-on-both-sides-8139541/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Chakravarty joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1977.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty |url=https://www.orfonline.org/people-expert/pinak-ranjan-chakravarty |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=orfonline.org |language=en}}</ref> He had served in diplomatic missions in London, Jeddah, and Cairo.<ref name=":0" /> From 1994 to 1995, he was Consul-General of India in Karachi, Pakistan.<ref name=":0" />

Chakravarty was the Director of the 1995 [[SAARC]] Summit Secretariat.<ref name=":0" /> From 1995 to 1999, Chakravarty was a Counsellor at the Indian Embassy in Israel.<ref name=":0" /> He was the Deputy High Commissioner of India in Dhaka from 1999 to 2002.<ref name=":0" />

From 2002 to 2006, Chakravarty was the chief of protocol at the Ministry of External Affairs.<ref name=":0" /> He was appointed Ambassador of India to the Philippines but quickly shifted to the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh in 2007.<ref name=":0" /> He called for a redrawing of Bangladesh-India border to solve old issues such as enclaves.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-12-19 |title=Time for new border |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-118490 |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> He served till 2010 when he was appointed the Ambassador of India to Thailand.<ref name=":0" />

Chakravarty was appointed Special Secretary (Public Diplomacy) in 2011 and later he was made the Secretary of Economic Relations at the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]].<ref name=":0" /> He retired from government service in 2011.<ref name=":0" />

Chakravarty cofounded thinktank DeepStrat, based in New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-16 |title=Ambassador Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, IFS - Deepstrat |url=https://deepstrat.in/team/ambassador-pinak-ranjan-chakravarty-ifs/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |language=en-US}}</ref> He is a visiting fellow of the [[Observer Research Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-17 |title=Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty - Jaipur Literature Festival |url=https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/speaker/pinak-ranjan-chakravarty |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Jaipur Literature Festival |language=en}}</ref> He wrote ''Transformation- Emergence of Bangladesh and Evolution of India-Bangladesh Ties'' about [[Bangladesh–India relations|Bangladesh-India relations]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Book Discussion: Transformation- Emergence of Bangladesh and Evolution of India-Bangladesh Ties |url=https://www.orfonline.org/event/book-discussion-transformation-emergence-of-bangladesh-and-evolution-of-india-bangladesh-ties |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=orfonline.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mukharji |first=Shantanu |date=2024-04-27 |title=An insider's chronicle |url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/books/an-insiders-chronicle-561779 |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=www.millenniumpost.in |language=en}}</ref> In 2018, he wrote that popular anger against perceived corruption of Awami League meant India had to be ready to talk with [[Khaleda Zia]] and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 February 2018 |title=India must continue to support Hasina, but should not write off Khaleda Zia |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/india-must-continue-to-support-hasina-but-should-not-write-off-khaleda-zia/story-hKsH5CN0jfC9DNVQ85UkFP.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>

On 28 March 2024, Chakravarty claimed the United States Ambassador to Bangladesh, [[Peter D. Haas]], left the country following a strong warning from New Delhi to Washington DC about attempting regime change in Bangladesh.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Islam |first=M Serajul |date=23 April 2024 |title=Unbecoming comments of ex-Indian high commissioner |url=https://www.newagebd.net/post/opinion/233301/unbecoming-comments-of-ex-indian-high-commissioner |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=New age}}</ref> He believes India should support the ruling [[Awami League]] while viewing [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] as anti-Hindu and anti-India.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chakravarty |first=Pinak Ranjan |date=2024-01-07 |title=In Bangladesh, a Raging 'One-Woman' Show Against US' Selective Strategy |url=https://www.thequint.com/opinion/bangladesh-elections-sheikh-hasina-posed-as-pm-for-fifth-time-us-selective-diplomacy-india-pakistan |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh's growing Islamist violence and how it can destroy the country |url=https://www.orfonline.org/research/bangladeshs-growing-islamist-violence-and-how-it-can-destroy-the-country |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=orfonline.org |language=en}}</ref> [[Matthew Miller (spokesperson)|Matthew Miller]], spokesman for the US State Department, denied his comments about Haas hiding during the general elections in Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 April 2024 |title=US denies 'Peter Haas' hiding' during Bangladesh election |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/229891/us-denies-peter-haas-hiding-during-bangladesh-election |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=New Age}}</ref>

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[[Category:High commissioners of India to Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Thailand]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to the Philippines]]
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