Lalit Mansingh

Lalit Mansingh
22nd Foreign Secretary of India
In office
1 December 1999 – 2001
Preceded byK. Raghunath
Succeeded byChokila Iyer
Personal details
Born (1941-04-29) 29 April 1941 (age 83)
Nandala, Ramalenka Grampanchayat Puri district, Odisha, India
SpouseIndira
ChildrenTwo
ParentMayadhar Mansingh (father)
OccupationCivil Servant (Indian Foreign Service)

Lalit Mansingh (born 29 April 1941) is a former Indian diplomat. He was the Foreign Secretary of India from 1999 to 2000, and Indian Ambassador to the United States from 2001 to 2004. Prior to this, he was Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1998 to 99.[1] Lalit Mansingh is the son of Odia poet and educationist Mayadhar Mansingh.[2]

  1. ^ Ambassador Lalit Mansingh Embassy of India, website.
  2. ^ Mansingh, Lalit (22–23 September 2005). "Lalit Mansingh: Mayadhar Mansingh (Mayadhar Mansingh and the Beginning of Modernity in Indian Literature)". Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2012.