Nagma Mallick from Kasaragod appointed Indian Ambassador to Japan
New Delhi: Senior IFS officer from the 1991 batch and current Indian Ambassador to Poland Nagma Mohamed Mallick has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Japan, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has stated in a press release on Thursday.
Nagma Mallick, who will soon take up her assignment, will be the second lady officer to be the Indian Ambassador to Japan after Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa.
Kasaragod-based Nagma Mallick, who has served in the Foreign Services for more than three decades, has held various important posts in France, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Brunei and currently Poland during her diplomatic career. She also handled the relations with Russia and Africa as an officer in the Prime Minister’s Officer (PMO). She was the first woman to be appointed as the Deputy Chief of Protocol.
Nagma Mallick is the daughter of late Mohamed Habibullah and Zulu Banu, residents of Fort Road in Kasaragod. She is also the niece of the famous writer, the late Sara Aboobacker.
Her father Habibullah had shifted with his family to New Delhi after he was posted to the Central Government's Department of Overseas Communications.
Nagma Mallick was born and raised in New Delhi. An alumna of St Stephen’s College and School of Economics, she holds a degree in English literature and MA in Economics.
She began her career as a diplomat in the MEA and was first sent to Paris to represent the Indian Mission at the UNESCO. She has also held various other posts in the Ministry.
Nagma Mallick has served in the offices of former Prime Ministers IK Gujral and Atal Bihari Vajpayee and was the first Indian woman officer to be appointed as the Deputy Chief of the Protocol Division in the MEA.
She is interested in English literature and performs classical dance. She is fluent in five languages, English, French, Hindi, Urdu and Malayalam.
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Minister Patil chairs industry meetings to chart growth for key sectors in Karnataka
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Minister M B Patil on Tuesday chaired meetings with industry representatives from the aerospace and defence, machine tools, auto/EV, and green energy sectors to discuss sector growth and government support measures.
The meetings were attended by leading industrialists and their representatives, with some participating virtually.
Speaking on the occasion, the minister for Large and Medium Industries said Karnataka is at the forefront of the country’s aerospace and defence sectors.
He noted that Suzuki and Toyota plan to launch aerial taxi services in Japan by 2028, with Bengaluru-based Sasmos supplying electrical equipment for the project.
Industrialists suggested introducing similar “fly-taxi” services in Karnataka through an appropriate policy, which Patil said would be examined seriously.
The minister highlighted the need to establish testing centres and Common Facility Centres for the aerospace and defence industries and assured that these facilities would be provided.
Suggestions were also made to prepare a comprehensive roadmap for sector growth.
Karnataka has urged the Central Government to approve Defence Corridor projects in the Bengaluru North–Kolar–Chikkaballapur and Dharawada–Vijayapura–Belagavi regions.
Industrialists also suggested a corridor between Bengaluru and Mysuru, Patil said.
He said Karnataka aims to become a hub for defence electronics manufacturing, with plans to establish a 200-acre Defence Electronics Park and a 100-acre Avionics and Sensor Park.
These projects will be implemented once the Special Investment Region is operational, and land availability will not be an issue.
On the machine tools sector, Patil said the industry has recorded an annual turnover of Rs 36,500 crore and is witnessing steady growth.
Large-scale exhibitions have increased demand, and the state must strengthen its capabilities to develop control systems for heavy machinery. One testing unit is already operational in Bengaluru, with another planned for Tumakuru. Expansion of vocational training institutes in industrial areas is also underway.
In the Auto and EV sector, Vision Group members highlighted the need for a network of dry ports and more EV charging stations across the state.
Patil noted that the Tata Group is manufacturing EV buses in Dharawada for nationwide supply. Plans for mini excavator production and export facilitation were also discussed, along with the establishment of a testing facility for two-wheeler EVs.
For the Green Energy sector, the group emphasised the need for a suitable policy on battery-based energy storage and the establishment of data centres.
Patil assured that the government will seriously consider all suggestions and respond positively.
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