He is the former High Commissioner of India to Argentina, Ivory Coast, Former Secretary (Special Assignment) at Ministry of External Affairs (India) and former Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, an autonomous organisation of the Government of India.

Amarendra Khatua spent his childhood in Birupa Village of Odisha.

He obtained a graduate degree from Kirori Mal College University of Delhi in 1978.

He served as Dean of Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service and implemented many changes in working.

He served as Indian Ambassador to Argentina, Ivory Coast as well.