Nagma Mallick
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Nagma Mohammed Mallick is an Indian Foreign Service Officer and on June 29, 2015 she has been appointed as the High Commissioner of India to Brunei Darussalam.[1][2] and moved to Brunei in December 2015. Before this posting, she served as India's Ambassador to Tunisia October 2012 to November 2015. She was a TV and stage actress, and acted in India's first television soap opera, Hum Log.
Early life
She was born in New Delhi to Keralite parents and was educated at St Stephen's College & Delhi School of Economics. She holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature and a master's degree in Sociology.
Career
She joined the foreign service in 1991 as a career diplomat. She was the first Muslim woman in the Indian Foreign Service. Her first posting was in Paris where she served in the Indian Mission to UNESCO. Thereafter, in New Delhi, she served in various capacities in the Ministry of External Affairs, including on the Western Europe desk. She served as a staff officer to Prime Minister I.K. Gujral. She then served as the first woman Deputy Chief of Protocol (Ceremonial).
She served as Head of the Commercial Wing at the Embassy of India in Kathmandu where she was involved with negotiations leading to the revision of the India-Nepal Treaty of Trade. She then headed the Press and Culture Wing of the Indian High Commission in Colombo, where she was also Director of the Indian Cultural Centre. She was Deputy Spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs after returning to Delhi. She was then Director and later Joint Secretary in the Eurasia Division before moving to Bangkok as Deputy Chief of Mission.[3]
In 2012, she was appointed Ambassador to Tunisia.[4][5]
Personal life
She is married with one son (Aftab) and one daughter (Arnaz). Her spouse, Farid Inam Mallick is a lawyer based in New Delhi. She speaks English, Hindi, Malayalam and French. Her interests are in Indian classical dance, English literature, fitness and nutrition.
References
- ^ "Nagma Guillame Mallick appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Brunei Darussalam". mea.gov.in. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
- ^ "The High Commission of India - High Commissioner of India". www.hcindiabrunei.org.bn. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Smt. Nagma Mohamed Mallick, appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Tunisia". mea.gov.in. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
- ^ "Embassy of India, Tunis | Home". embassyofindiatunis.com. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
- ^ "India Names New Ambassador to Tunisia | Tunisialive". tunisia-live.net. Retrieved 2015-02-11.