Deepak Vohra is a 21st-century Indian diplomat.

Education and early career

Vohra graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and St. Columba's School. He has also been educated at

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and

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. Prior to joining the IFS, he was an officer on special duty to the Technology Advisor to the Prime Minister. Vohra has also previously worked with Sulabh International and has been a part of United Nations assignments in Africa.

Indian Foreign Service

Vohra has served in France, Tunisia, United States, Chad, Cameroon,

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

, Spain, Armenia, Sudan and Poland. In 1995 he was deputy high commissioner in

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. He was Ambassador of

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

Fraud investigation

Vohra was questioned and three premises of his and associates were subject to search by the

Enforcement Directorate The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) is a law enforcement agency and economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and fighting economic crime in India. It is part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Gover ...

in 2016 in connection to "alleged violations of foreign exchange laws in the issuance of certain government grants by India to friendly countries". The law enforcement agency recovered documents and foreign currency from the search of Vohra's premises. Vohra had served as "Honorary CEO" of a subsidiary of Angelique International. The Enforcement Directorate probed Vohra's role in facilitating corruption between Angelique International in which African politicians would receive kickbacks for obtaining contracts under Indian government grants. A source told the ''

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'' that Vohra "allegedly functioned as intermediary for some Indian entities obtaining soft loans for financing projects in Africa." Angelique International had been very successful, getting 62 projects worth $1.1 billion out of the 510 projects awarded between 2004 and 2014 under the Indian government's lines of credit program.

Later career

In 2012 he was Advisor to the Government of

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. He was the news reader at Doordarshan in start of his career as a TV news presenter. He inaugurated the Apati War Memorial at Kargil.http://www.reachladakh.com/ambassador-deepak-vohra-inaugurates-apati-war-memorial-at-kargil/2937.html

References

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