Taranjit Singh Sandhu is an Indian diplomat and current
Indian Ambassador to the United States
The Indian Ambassador to the United States of America is the chief diplomatic representative of India to the United States, housed in the Embassy of India, Washington, D.C. The current ambassador is Taranjit Singh Sandhu who succeeded Harsh Vard ...
. He previously served as
High Commissioner of India
High commissioners represent India's diplomatic missions in member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and ambassadors represent diplomatic missions in other states. The head of a diplomatic mission to an international organization is called a pe ...
to
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
Career
Taranjit Singh Sandhu qualified civil services exam and joined the
Indian Foreign Service
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in 1988. He was responsible for opening the Indian embassy in Ukraine and also worked there as head of the political and administration wings. He was the first secretary in Washington. He also worked as consul general in
Frankfurt
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and Deputy Chief of Mission at the
Embassy of India in Washington D.C. and Consul General of India in Frankfurt. He has also served at the
Ministry of External Affairs, India
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in different capacities.
Indian Ambassador to the United States
Sandhu presented his credentials to President
Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
in early February 2020.
Personal life
Ambassador Sandhu is married to
Reenat Sandhu, who was the Ambassador of India to Italy and is now Ambassador of India to The Netherlands. They have two children, a son and a daughter. His interests include books, movies and outdoor sports.
See also
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Vijay Gokhale
Vijay Gokhale is an Indian Marathi and Hindi film and television actor and director. In 1995 he acted in the television series ''Shrimaan Shrimati''.
Filmography Director
* ''Dum Asel Tar'' (2012)
* ''Bharat Aala Parat'' (2007)
Actor
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Dr. S Jaishankar
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Navtej Sarna
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References
External links
Ambassador Taranjit’s Bio Data
External links
India Ambassador, Official pageat
Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.
The Embassy of India in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of India to the United States. It is headed by the Indian Ambassador to the United States. The current Ambassador is Taranjit Singh Sandhu.
India also has consula ...
Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Twitter
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High Commissioners of India to Sri Lanka
Ambassadors of India to the United States
1963 births
Living people