Tariq Ahmed Karim is a Bangladeshi diplomat and former ambassador to the United States and the former High Commissioner to India.

[2] From 1995 to 1997, Karim was the Additional Foreign Secretary and was responsible for South Asian region at the ministry.

[2] He was the lead Bangladeshi negotiator over the sharing the water of the Ganges and successfully signed a 30-year treaty in 1996.

[3] In July 2009, Karim was appointed the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

[4] Karim is the director of Centre for Bay of Bengal Studies based in the Independent University, Bangladesh.