<p>New Delhi: Former foreign secretary Muchkund Dubey died at a hospital here on Wednesday due to health complications, one of his friends said. He was 90.</p>.<p>"He was not keeping well for the past few weeks and had been admitted at Fortis (Escorts) heart hospital in Delhi earlier this month. He had heart-related complications and also some other health issues. Prof Dubey died at the hospital today afternoon," his octogenarian friend Manoranjan Mohanty told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Dubey is survived by his wife and two daughters, he said.</p>.<p>The veteran diplomat served as India's foreign secretary during 1990-91. He was also India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh and the Permanent Representative to UN Organisations in Geneva. </p>.<p>The funeral has been planned at Lodhi Road Crematorium here Thursday evening, Mohanty said. </p>.<p>After retirement from foreign service, Dubey also served as the president of New Delhi-based Council for Social Development (CSD), he said. </p>.<p>The former foreign secretary was also considered an expert on disarmament. </p>.Acharya Laxmikant Dixit, main priest at Ram Lalla's consecration ceremony, passes away .<p>He was about to complete his fifth term as the president of CSD, so he served it for about 20 years, Mohanty said.</p>.<p>Born in 1933 in undivided Bihar, Dubey had a Master's degree in economics from Patna University and later studied economics in Oxford and New York universities. He had a D. Litt degree (honoris causa) from the University of Calcutta, according to his profile shared on the website of CSD.</p>.<p>"He had an illustrious career in the Indian Foreign Service, serving, among others, as India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh and the Permanent Representative to UN Organisations in Geneva," it reads. </p>.<p>After retirement from the Indian Foreign Service, he joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University as a professor where he taught for close to eight years. As an international civil servant, he served at the headquarters of both the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/united-nations">United Nations</a> and the UNDP. </p>.<p>He was the Indian Member on the Executive Board of UNESCO, Chairman of the Common School System Commission, Bihar, and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Sikkim, the profile reads. </p>.<p>"He was a diplomat, educationist, social development thinker, and litterateur," Mohanty added. </p>.<p>His areas of specialisation ranged from international security and disarmament to international economic relations, and India's social and economic development to international development cooperation and world order issues.</p>.<p>Dubey also authored books, including "India's Foreign Policy: Coping with the Changing World". </p>
<p>New Delhi: Former foreign secretary Muchkund Dubey died at a hospital here on Wednesday due to health complications, one of his friends said. He was 90.</p>.<p>"He was not keeping well for the past few weeks and had been admitted at Fortis (Escorts) heart hospital in Delhi earlier this month. He had heart-related complications and also some other health issues. Prof Dubey died at the hospital today afternoon," his octogenarian friend Manoranjan Mohanty told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Dubey is survived by his wife and two daughters, he said.</p>.<p>The veteran diplomat served as India's foreign secretary during 1990-91. He was also India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh and the Permanent Representative to UN Organisations in Geneva. </p>.<p>The funeral has been planned at Lodhi Road Crematorium here Thursday evening, Mohanty said. </p>.<p>After retirement from foreign service, Dubey also served as the president of New Delhi-based Council for Social Development (CSD), he said. </p>.<p>The former foreign secretary was also considered an expert on disarmament. </p>.Acharya Laxmikant Dixit, main priest at Ram Lalla's consecration ceremony, passes away .<p>He was about to complete his fifth term as the president of CSD, so he served it for about 20 years, Mohanty said.</p>.<p>Born in 1933 in undivided Bihar, Dubey had a Master's degree in economics from Patna University and later studied economics in Oxford and New York universities. He had a D. Litt degree (honoris causa) from the University of Calcutta, according to his profile shared on the website of CSD.</p>.<p>"He had an illustrious career in the Indian Foreign Service, serving, among others, as India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh and the Permanent Representative to UN Organisations in Geneva," it reads. </p>.<p>After retirement from the Indian Foreign Service, he joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University as a professor where he taught for close to eight years. As an international civil servant, he served at the headquarters of both the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/united-nations">United Nations</a> and the UNDP. </p>.<p>He was the Indian Member on the Executive Board of UNESCO, Chairman of the Common School System Commission, Bihar, and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Sikkim, the profile reads. </p>.<p>"He was a diplomat, educationist, social development thinker, and litterateur," Mohanty added. </p>.<p>His areas of specialisation ranged from international security and disarmament to international economic relations, and India's social and economic development to international development cooperation and world order issues.</p>.<p>Dubey also authored books, including "India's Foreign Policy: Coping with the Changing World". </p>