Speakers

  • H.E. Ms Madhumita Hazarika Bhagat
    High Commissioner of India
    H.E. Ms Madhumita Hazarika Bhagat is a career diplomat and joined the Indian Foreign Service in
    1999 She has been educated in New Delhi and has done her graduation in Political Science
    (Honours) and followed it with an LLB.
    High Commissioner Madhumita Hazarika Bhagat began her diplomatic career in the Embassy of India
    in Moscow, Russia (2001-2004) and thereafter, was posted to Embassy of India in Almaty,
    Kazakhstan (2004-2006). She subsequently served as Under Secretary on deputation in the Ministry
    of Commerce, New Delhi (2006-2008) with a stint as Deputy Secretary in the Public Diplomacy
    Division, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. She was First Secretary in the Embassy of India,
    Stockholm, Sweden (2008-2011) for Commercial & Economic, Cultural and Information affairs. Later,
    she joined the Embassy of India, Moscow, Russia (2011-2014) in the capacity of Counsellor,
    Economic & Commercial and Administration and Culture. She served as the Deputy Chief of Mission
    in the Embassy of India, Ankara, Turkey (2014-2017).
    High Commissioner Madhumita Hazarika Bhagat was appointed as India's first National Coordinator
    and Joint Secretary for Shanghai Cooperation Organization (June, 2017 - October, 2019).
    She assumed charge as High Commissioner of India in Cyprus on November 11, 2019
    She speaks Russian, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali & Punjabi.