Dilip Sinha

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Dilip Sinha
Former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations in Geneva
In office
20 March 2012 – 01 December 2014
Personal details
Born 8 November 1954
India
Spouse(s) Shrimi Sinha
Children 2
Alma mater Patna University, Bihar
Profession Civil Servant (Indian Foreign Service)

Dilip Sinha (born 1954) is an Indian diplomat who served in the Indian Foreign Service from 1978 to 2014.

He was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to United Nations in Geneva from 2012 to 2014.[1] As Ambassador, he represented India in its three year term on the United Nations Human Rights Council and was elected Vice-President of the Human Rights Council Bureau.[2]

In January 2013, Ambassador Sinha was elected to a three-year term as Vice Convener of the South Centre Council of Representatives in Geneva.[3] The South Centre is the intergovernmental organization of developing countries to promote their common interests in the international arena.

Prior to taking up his assignment in Geneva, Sinha served as Special Secretary for International Organizations and Environmental Diplomacy in the Government of India. He was responsible for coordinating India diplomacy at the multilateral level, including its 2011-2012 term on the UN Security Council and on climate change negotiations.

Early life and education

Dilip Sinha was born in Kanpur, India. He obtained his Masters degree in Political Science from Patna University in Patna, Bihar.

Career

Dilip Sinha is a member of the 1978 batch of the Indian Foreign Service. He served as India's envoy to the United Nations in Geneva from 2012 to 2014 and to Greece from 2007 to 2010.

He was Deputy High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh from 2002 to 2004 and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of India in Brazil from 1999 to 2002. Earlier international postings include Counsellor and Minister (Economic) in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN Offices in Geneva, First Secretary at the High Commission of India in Pakistan and Second Secretary at the Embassy of India in Egypt and in Germany.

At the Ministry of External Affairs (India), Mr Sinha was Additional Secretary and then Special Secretary for International Organizations and Environmental Diplomacy from 2010 to 2012, Joint Secretary in charge of the Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran desk from 2005 to 2007, Deputy Secretary for Press Relations from 1990 to 1991 and Director in the Prime Minister's Office (India) from 1992 to 1995.[4]

Positions held

1978  : Joined Indian Foreign Service.[5]

1980-1983  : Second Secretary, Embassy of India, Bonn.

1983-1986  : Second/First Secretary, Embassy of India, Cairo.

1986-1990  : First Secretary, High Commission of India, Islamabad.

1990-1991  : Deputy Secretary (Press Relations), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.

1992-1995  : Director, Prime Minister's Office, New Delhi.

1995-1999  : Counsellor, Permanent Mission of India, Geneva.

1999-2002  : Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Brasília.

2002-2004  : Deputy High Commissioner, High Commission of India Dhaka.

2005-2007  : Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.

2007-2010  : Ambassador of India to the Hellenic Republic.

2010-2012  : Additional Secretary for International Organisations and Environmental Diplomacy, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.

2012-2012  : Special Secretary for International Organizations and Environmental Diplomacy, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.

2012-2014 : Ambassador & Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations in Geneva.

Personal life

Dilip Sinha is married to Shrimi Sinha and has two sons. He speaks English, Hindi and German fluently.

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