Pranay Verma assumed charge as Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh on 21 September 2022. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1994 and held diplomatic posts in Hong Kong, San Francisco, Beijing, Kathmandu, Washington DC and Hanoi. Before coming to Dhaka, High Commissioner Verma served as India's Ambassador to Vietnam from July 2019. Before this, he held the post of Joint Secretary, East Asia Division, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi from June 2017 to July 2019; and from October 2014 to June 2017 served as Joint Secretary for External Relations in the Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai. He served as the Secretary of State's Staff Officer and Director of Climate Change Negotiations from 2009-2010. Prannoy Verma has a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds a Master's from Middlebury Institute of International Studies, USA. Before joining the Indian Foreign Service, he began his professional career as a graduate trainee at Tata Steel, India's steel manufacturing company.