India's former foreign secretary Muchkund Dubey, a true friend of Bangladesh, has died. This diplomat, who joined the country's foreign service in 1957, served in Bangladesh for a time. From 1979 to 1982, he handled the duties of the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka. Later, Muchkund was appointed Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations till 1985.
According to Indian media reports, Muchkund was ill for the past few months due to various complications related to old age. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Delhi's Fortis Escorts Hospital on Wednesday. He was 90 years old at the time of his death.
Muchkund served as a diplomat in Tehran, Geneva, Bern, New York and Dhaka. After retiring as the Foreign Secretary of India in 1991, he taught in the Department of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi for about 7 years. Muchkund later became the President of Delhi Council for Social Development.
After retiring from the Indian Foreign Service, Muchkund joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University as a professor where he taught for about eight years. The diplomat served as an international civil servant at the headquarters of the United Nations and UNDP.
The former foreign secretary is also considered a disarmament expert. Apart from this, he was the Indian member of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Chairman of the Common School System Commission of Bihar and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Sikkim.
Muchkund Dubey was born on 3 November 1933 in Deoghar, Bihar, India. Presently it is located in Jharkhand. His cremation is scheduled to take place on Thursday evening at the Laudi Road crematorium in New Delhi.