Navtej Sarna
| Navtej Sarna | |
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| Indian Ambassador to the United States | |
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Assumed office January 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Arun Kumar Singh |
| High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom | |
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In office January 2016 – December 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Ranjan Mathai |
| Succeeded by | Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha |
| Ambassador of India to Israel | |
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In office October 2008 – 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Arun Kumar Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1957 (age 59–60) Jalandhar, Punjab, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Father | Mohinder Singh Sarna |
| Religion | Sikhism |
Navtej Singh Sarna (born 1957) is an Indian author-columnist, diplomat and current Indian Ambassador to the US. He previously served as the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, and the Ambassador to Israel (2008-2012).
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, and holds the distinction of being the longest-serving spokesperson of the ministry, and served two prime ministers, three foreign ministers and four foreign secretaries, till the end of his term in September, 2008.
Previously as a diplomat served in Moscow, Warsaw, Thimphu, Geneva, Teheran and Washington, DC.
He also writes short stories, and book reviews. His first novel published was We Weren't Lovers Like That in 2003, 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.
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