The new Indian High Commissioner to the UK, His Excellency Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha, has taken charge of his post at India House in London.
With a career spanning over 35 years, the dilpomat holds the rank of Secretary to the Government of India and has handled several important assignments at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in New Delhi and at Indian diplomatic missions in South Asia, the Middle East, Europe, South America and the Permanent Mission of India at the United Nations in New York.
Before going to Sri Lanka, he was the Additional Secretary heading the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran division at the Ministry of External Affairs. He was Ambassador of India to Venezuela from January 2007 to August 2009 and Consul General of India in Dubai from August 2003 to December 2006. Earlier, he served as Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from March 2002 to July 2003.
He was Ambassador of India to Venezuela from January 2007 to August 2009 and Consul General of India in Dubai from August 2003 to December 2006.
According to the official profile release by the Indian High Commissionwebsite in the UK, he has alsoserved as Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from March 2002 to July 2003.
