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{{short description|Indian civil servant|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|image = Riva Ganguly Das (2019) by ROY (cropped).jpg
| caption = Riva Ganguly Das at [[Dhakeshwari Temple]] on 27 December 2019

|office4 = Secretary (East) [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]]
|term_start4 = 13 August 2020
|term_end4 =

|office = [[List of ambassadors of India to Bangladesh|High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh]]
|term_start = 1 March 2019
|term_end = 12 August 2020

|office3 = Director General, [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]]<ref name="archive.org">{{cite web|url=http://iccr.gov.in/content/bio-profile-director-general-iccr|title=Bio Profile of Director General, ICCR - Indian Council for Cultural Relations - Government of India|date=19 March 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319034134/http://iccr.gov.in/content/bio-profile-director-general-iccr|archivedate=19 March 2018}}</ref>
|term_start3 = 25 July 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=http://seniorcitizensdelhi.org/elderlynewsaugust2017.pdf |title=Ms. Riva Ganguly Das, IFS, takes over as new director general of I.C.C.R |work=Elderly News |date=August 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319034455/http://seniorcitizensdelhi.org/elderlynewsaugust2017.pdf |archivedate=19 March 2018}}</ref>
|term_end3 = 1 March 2019
|predecessor = [[Harsh Vardhan Shringla]]
|predecessor3 = Amarendra Khatua<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iccr.gov.in/content/list-former-director-generals-iccr|title=LIST OF FORMER DIRECTOR GENERALS OF ICCR - Indian Council for Cultural Relations - Government of India|date=19 March 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319035546/http://iccr.gov.in/content/list-former-director-generals-iccr|archivedate=19 March 2018}}</ref>
|successor3 = Akhilesh Mishra
|office1 = Consul General of [[India]], [[New York City|New York]]
|term_start1 = March 2016
|term_end1 = July 2017
|predecessor1 = [[Dnyaneshwar Mulay]]
|successor1 = Sandeep Chakravorty

|office2 = [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Ambassador]] to [[Romania]], [[Albania]] and [[Moldova]]
|term_start2 = March 2015<ref name="archive.org1">{{cite web|url=http://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl%2F25918%2FRiva+Ganguly+Das+appointed+as+the+next+ambassador+of+India+to+the+Republic+of+Albania+and+the+Republic+of+Moldova|title=Riva Ganguly Das appointed as the next ambassador of India to the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Moldova|date=19 March 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319053842/http://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl%2F25918%2FRiva+Ganguly+Das+appointed+as+the+next+ambassador+of+India+to+the+Republic+of+Albania+and+the+Republic+of+Moldova|archivedate=19 March 2018}}</ref>
|term_end2 = March 2016
|precedessor2 =
|successor2 = Dr. A V S Ramesh Chandra<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianmandarins.com/dr-chandra-appointed-as-ambassdor-to-romania/|title=Dr Chandra appointed as Ambassdor to Romania - Indian Mandarins is Exclusive News, Views and Analysis News portal on Indian bureaucracy, governance, PSUs and Corporate|date=19 March 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319060703/https://indianmandarins.com/dr-chandra-appointed-as-ambassdor-to-romania/|archivedate=19 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl%2F26830%2FA+V+S+Ramesh+Chandra+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+Romania|title=A V S Ramesh Chandra appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Romania|date=19 March 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319060829/http://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl%2F26830%2FA+V+S+Ramesh+Chandra+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+Romania|archivedate=19 March 2018}}</ref>

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|12|24|df=y}}<ref name="web.archive.org">https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf</ref>
| occupation =[[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]]
|children = 2
|party =
|alma_mater = [[University of Delhi]]
|profession = [[Civil Servant]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| spouse =
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|website =
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'''Riva Ganguly Das''' (born 24 December 1961<ref name="web.archive.org">https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf</ref>) is an Indian [[civil servant]] who belongs to the [[Indian Foreign Service]] cadre. She is the former High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh and former Director General of the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]], an autonomous organisation of the [[Government of India]].

==Personal life==
Riva Ganguly Das spent her childhood in [[New Delhi]]. She obtained a [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate degree]] in [[Political science|Political Science]] from the [[University of Delhi]] in 1984. She later taught [[Political science|Political Science]] at the [[University of Delhi]]. She married in 1988 and has two children: a daughter and a son.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

==Career==
She joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1986.<ref name="web.archive.org">https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf</ref> Her first posting abroad was in [[Spain]],<ref name="archive.org"/> where she learnt [[Spanish language|Spanish]] at [[Madrid]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} Thereafter, she worked at the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India]] in [[New Delhi]] handling External Publicity, Nepal and the Passport & Visa matters.<ref name="archive.org"/> She also headed the Cultural Wing of the [[Indian people|Indian]] [[High commissioner|High Commission]] in [[Dhaka]].<ref name="archive.org"/> Subsequently, she served as the Director of the [[United Nations]] Economic and Social Affairs (UNES) Division at the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India]] in [[New Delhi]].<ref name="archive.org3">{{cite web|url=http://indiaconference.com/2017/speakers/riva-ganguly-das/|title=Riva Ganguly Das « India Conference|date=19 March 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319043309/http://indiaconference.com/2017/speakers/riva-ganguly-das/|archivedate=19 March 2018}}</ref> In this capacity, she was a part of negotiations relating to environmental issues, particularly [[climate change]].<ref name="archive.org"/>

Riva Ganguly Das was the [[Deputy chief of mission]] at the [[Indian people|Indian]] Embassy in [[The Hague]] and the Alternate [[Permanent Representative]] of [[India]] to the [[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]], [[The Hague]].<ref name="archive.org3"/> She also functioned as the Regional Passport Officer in [[Jaipur]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} From 2008 to 2012, she was the Consul General of [[India]] in [[Shanghai]].<ref name="archive.org3"/>

Later, she was the Head of the [[Public Diplomacy]] Division at the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India]], [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mea.gov.in/Images/pdf/Final_MEA_Organogram_15_Oct.pdf|title=Organogram of the Ministry of External Affairs|date=19 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319045216/https://mea.gov.in/Images/pdf/Final_MEA_Organogram_15_Oct.pdf|archivedate=19 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="archive.org3"/> She also headed the Latin America & Caribbean Division at the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India]], [[New Delhi]].<ref name="archive.org3"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mea.gov.in/Images/pdf/MEAOrganogram_May_27_2015.pdf|title=Organogram of the Ministry of External Affairs|date=19 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319053314/http://mea.gov.in/Images/pdf/MEAOrganogram_May_27_2015.pdf|archivedate=19 March 2018}}</ref> In March 2015, Riva Ganguly Das was appointed the [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Ambassador]] to [[Romania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl%2F24942%2FRiva+Ganguly+Das+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+Romania|title=Riva Ganguly Das appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Romania|date=19 March 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319054441/http://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl%2F24942%2FRiva+Ganguly+Das+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+Romania|archivedate=19 March 2018}}</ref> In October 2015, she was concurrently accredited as the [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Ambassador]] to [[Albania]] and [[Moldova]], with residence in [[Bucharest]] ([[Romania]]).<ref name="archive.org1"/> From March 2016 to July 2017, she served as the Consul General of [[India]] in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiacgny.org/pages.php?id=14471337|title=Welcome to Consulate General of India, New York (USA)|date=19 March 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319060032/https://www.indiacgny.org/pages.php?id=14471337|archivedate=19 March 2018}}</ref>

In March 2019, she was appointed as the [[List of high commissioners of India to Bangladesh|High commissioners of India to Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/30793/Riva_Ganguly_Das_appointed_as_the_next_High_Commissioner_of_India_to_the_Peoples_Republic_of_Bangladesh| title=Riva Ganguly Das appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Bangladesh| work= Ministry of External Affairs| date= 20 December 2018}}</ref> In August 2020, She was appointed as the [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary]] (East) of [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|MEA]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Langa |first1=Mahesh |title=Riva Ganguly Das appointed next Secretary (East) in External Affairs Ministry |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/riva-ganguly-das-appointed-next-secretary-east-in-external-affairs-ministry/article32170476.ece |access-date=7 January 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=23 July 2020 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Harsh Vardhan Shringla|Harsh V Shringla]]
* [[Pankaj Saran]]

==References==
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