2001 batch Indian Foreign Service officer Dr. Rajesh Ranjan has been appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to the West African nation of Cote d’Ivoire.
Dr. Rajesh Ranjan is currently posted as High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Botswana. “He has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire,” the Ministry of External Affairs said in a press release. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
Dr Rajesh Ranjan joined the Indian Foreign Service in December 2001. He has served in the Indian Embassy in Moscow as Second/Third Secretary dealing with Political and Commercial issues (August 2003-July 2004). From August 2004-July 2007, he was posted at the Consulate General of India in St. Petersburg as Consul dealing with Commercial and Consular issues.
He was further posted to Indian Embassy in Addis Ababa (August 2007-July 2010) where he served as First Secretary dealing with India-Africa Political and Commercial issues including the first India-Africa Forum Summit and bilateral relationship with Ethiopia and Djibouti.
