Navtej Sarna
| His Excellency[1] Navtej Sarna | |
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| Indian Ambassador to the United States | |
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Assumed office January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Arun Kumar Singh |
| High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom | |
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In office January 2016 – December 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Ranjan Mathai |
| Succeeded by | Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha |
| Ambassador of India to Israel | |
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In office October 2008 – 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Arun Kumar Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1957 (age 59–60) Jalandhar, Punjab, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Father | Mohinder Singh Sarna |
Navtej Singh Sarna (born 1957) is an Indian author-columnist, diplomat and current Indian Ambassador to the US.[2] He previously served as the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, and the Ambassador to Israel (2008-2012).[3][4]
He was born in Jalandhar, India to noted writer in Punjabi, Mohinder Singh Sarna, and did his schooling from St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun. Later he graduated as a part of the 1980 Class of Indian Foreign Service. Before holding his current post, he was Joint Secretary for external publicity at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), since October 2002,[5] and holds the distinction of being the longest-serving spokesperson of the ministry,[3] and served two prime ministers, three foreign ministers and four foreign secretaries, till the end of his term in September, 2008.[6]
Previously as a diplomat served in Moscow, Warsaw, Thimphu, Geneva, Teheran and Washington, DC.[7]
He also writes short stories, and book reviews. His first novel published was We Weren't Lovers Like That in 2003,[8] followed by The Book of Nanak in the same year, his latest, The Exile, published in 2008, is based on the life of Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, and son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.[9]
Bibliography
- Folk Tales of Poland, Sterling Publications, 1991. ISBN 81-207-1072-X.[8]
- We Weren't Lovers Like That. Penguin, May 2003. ISBN 0-14-302961-4.
- The Book of Nanak, Penguin, September 2003. ISBN 0-670-04978-6.[10]
- The Exile. Penguin, 2008. ISBN 978-0-670-08208-7.
Within anthologies
- Journeys : Heroes, Pilgrims, Explores, edited by Geeti Sen and Molly Kaushal. New Delhi, Penguin, 2004. ISBN 0-670-05796-7. 2. And the Baba went along the way, by Navtej Sarna.
- The Harper Collins Book of New Indian Fiction : Contemporary Writing in English, edited by Khushwant Singh. New Delhi, Harper Collins, 2005, . ISBN 81-7223-584-4. 5. Madame Kitty by Navtej Sarna.
References
- ↑ https://www.indianembassy.org/pages.php?id=169
- ↑ Basu, Nayanima (2016-09-22). "Navtej Sarna appointed India’s new envoy to US". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
- 1 2 Navtej Sarna, envoy to Israel The Hindu, March 30, 2008.
- ↑ "New Indian High Commissioner to UK Navtej Sarna takes charge". News 18. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ↑ Navtej Sarna is new foreign office spokesman Hindustan Times, October 16, 2002.
- ↑ Navtej Sarna, longest serving foreign ministry spokesman, ends tenure Monday Hindustan Times, September 14, 2008.
- ↑ The Rediff Chat: Ambassador Navtej Sarna Rediff.com.
- 1 2 Diplomat into novelist The Hindu, January 4, 2004.
- ↑ The Exile: A maharaja's tragic journey Rediff.com, October 15, 2008.
- ↑ Navtej Sarna Penguin.
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