Taranjit Singh Sandhu likely to take charge as India’s next US envoy

08:57 January 15

Taranjit Singh Sandhu likely to take charge as India’s next US envoy

New Delhi: Taranjit Singh Sandhu will take charge as the new Indian Ambassador to the United States, sources said.

According to a news agency, he will succeed Ambassador Harsh Vardhan Shringla, the new Foreign Secretary-designate, who recently left for New Delhi to take charge later this month. 

Sandhu is the current High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka since January 24, 2017. He has previously served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at Embassy of India in Washington DC from 2013 to 2017.

The Ambassador had also previously served in the Indian mission in DC between 1997 to 2000 and is generally believed to be a familiar face in the Washington DC circle.