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The Embassy of India in Berlin |
Contact
Address: Tiergartenstrasse 17, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: 0049-30-257950
Fax: 0049-30-26557000
E-mail: amboffice.berlin@mea.gov.in
https://www.indianembassyberlin.gov.in
https://indianembassyberlin.gov.in/The Ambassador
Amb. Ajit Gupte
Mr. Ajit Gupte joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1991. He has studied Chinese (Mandarin) and has dealt with China as Under Secretary (China) [1995-98] and during postings in Hong Kong [1998-2000] and Beijing [2000-2004]. He has extensive exposure to India’s neighbourhood and served in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 2004 to 2008 as First Secretary/Counsellor. He has also served in ICCR as Deputy Director General to promote India’s cultural diplomacy and ‘soft power’ from 2008 to 2010. Thereafter, he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Embassy of India, Berlin from 2010 to 2014. During this period, he was also Charge d’ Affaires for 9 months. He held the post of Joint Secretary (Haj) for a year and was Joint Secretary (Development Partnership Administration), dealing with Lines of Credit for all countries, including India’s neighbouring countries and Africa from 2015 - 2017. Mr. Gupte served as Ambassador of India to Denmark from September 2017 to March 2021 and as Indian Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt from March 2021 to October 2024. He assumed charge as Ambassador of India to Germany on 13 October 2024.
History
Bilateral relations between India and Germany are characterized as being very close, based on trust, mutual respect, and democratic principles. India was amongst the first countries to establish diplomatic ties with the Federal Republic of Germany, after the Second World War, and this relation grew significantly after the Cold War and the reunification of Germany. In the last decade, the economic and political bonds between these countries enhanced, and today, Germany is amongst India's most important partners, both on an EU and global level.
There have been regular high-level visits from both sides. One very important meeting was the third bilateral intergovernmental consultations in New Delhi, where 18 bilateral agreements were agreed upon in sectors such as energy, business, vocational training, culture and research, security and agriculture. Germany holds ambitious plans for economic reform programmes (like developing India’s industrial sector), which mostly were decided in the Agenda for the Indo-German Partnership, on May 2000.
Germany is India’s principal trading partner in the EU; and their development cooperation is one of the biggest components of their bilateral relations. India is a Global Development Partner, which means it plays an important role in global development issues, the protection of global public goods, the attainment of sustainable development goals (SDG) as well as in international processes (WTO Doha Round, climate negotiations).
In the area of Education, there are six Goethe Institutes in India.
