Harsh Vardhan Shringla | |
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33rd Foreign Secretary of India | |
In office 29 January 2020 – 30 April 2022[1] | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Minister | S. Jaishankar |
Preceded by | Vijay Keshav Gokhale |
Succeeded by | Vinay Mohan Kwatra[2] |
Ambassador of India to the United States | |
In office 9 January 2019 – 11 January 2020 | |
Preceded by | Navtej Sarna |
Succeeded by | Taranjit Singh Sandhu |
High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh | |
In office January 2016 – January 2019 | |
Preceded by | Pankaj Saran |
Succeeded by | Riva Ganguly Das[3][4] |
Ambassador of India to Thailand | |
In office January 2014 – January 2016 | |
Preceded by | Anil Wadhwa |
Succeeded by | Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi |
Personal details | |
Born | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | 1 May 1962
Spouse | Hemal Shringla |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | St. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA) Mayo College, Ajmer |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Website | mea |
Harsh Vardhan Shringla (born 1 May 1962) is Chief Coordinator for India’s G20 Presidency in 2023. He has previously served as Foreign Secretary of India and India's Ambassador to the United States, High Commissioner to Bangladesh, and Ambassador to Thailand.[5][6][7][8]