A CORRESPONDENT
BARPETA: Gouranga Lal Das, a son of Barpeta (Xatranagari), has been appointed as a key diplomat to Taiwan. The news rejoiced the people of the district. Gouranga Lal Das, who is from the 1999 batch of the Indian Foreign Service, has gone to New Delhi to join as the envoy to Taiwan. Das was the Joint Secretary of (US) in the Ministry of External Affairs. After this top level post was announced for Gouranga Lal Das, The Sentinel correspondent met his mother Makhan Das. She said, "I bestow my son for the sake of the country. He has been working for the people for the sake of the country, for the wellbeing of the society." She also stated that for the last three years he couldn't come to Barpeta, his hometown.
In between these years, he came to Guwahati for two days for some official purpose, said his mother. He has to work for the Prime Minister whole week. His mother Makhan Das stated that he will set out to Taiwan on Monday, during these crucial times.
He is the son of Late Motilal Das, former chairman of Barpeta Municipality Board. He passed HSLC in 1991, during that time his father expired but he stood first in matriculation. He passed HS (science) in 1993 and secured second position. He completed his degree from the prestigious St Stephens College in Delhi taking honours in Economics and did his master's from Delhi School of Economics. He got married to Harsha Das, daughter of a railway officer from Jharkhand, currently working as the high post in the Delhi government. He has a son who is studying in class X and a daughter in class V in a Delhi school. His brother Hemanga Lal Das who also secured position in HSLC has been working in the Facebook office in California as an engineer. It is to be mentioned that earlier Gouranga Lal Das has worked as the Deputy Secretary, External Affairs at the office of former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh.