Odisha-Born Diplomat Arun Kumar Sahu Appointed as India’s High Commissioner to Dominica

Bhubaneswar: Odisha-born senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Arun Kumar Sahu has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Commonwealth of Dominica.

Currently, the 1996-batch IFS officer serves as High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

“Shri Arun Kumar Sahu (IFS:1996), presently High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Commonwealth of Dominica, with residence in Port of Spain,” said the Ministry of External Affairs in a statement.

Previously, Sahu served as Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs and Deputy Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations. He has also served in Indian Embassies in Beijing, London and Tehran.

Sahu, an alumnus of Ravenshaw College, Ravenshaw Collegiate School in Cuttack, holds a Master’s Degree in War in Modern World from King’s College London and a Master’s degree in Linguistics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.