On June 23rd, the Ministry of External Affairs announced that Mr. Gopal Baglay (1992-batch Indian Foreign Service officer), the incumbent High Commissioner to Australia, was selected as India’s next High Commissioner to Nauru, with residence in Canberra.
Officer Gopal Baglay had previously served as India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and as Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office. He had served in various capacities in the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, including as the official spokesperson of the Ministry, joint secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran) Division, director in the External Affairs Minister’s Office and in the United Nations Division and deputy secretary looking after Eastern and Central Europe.
