Curriculum Vitae

Name : Mr. Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha

Date of Birth : 4 th October 1958

Qualifications : Post-Graduate in History

Language Proficiency : English, Hindi, Arabic, Italian

Family : Married to Mrs. Girija Sinha, and has two sons.

Professional Particulars :

• Joined the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi , in July 1981.

• Attache ( NAM , CHOGM) in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi , from October 1982 to June 1983.

• Third Secretary (Language Trainee) in the Embassy of India in Cairo ( Egypt ), from June 1983 to October 1985.

• Second Secretary / First Secretary (Head of Chancery, Political, Press and Information) in the Embassy of India in Riyadh ( Saudi Arabia ), from November 1985 to December 1988.

• First Secretary (Commercial) in the Embassy of India in Rome ( Italy ), from March 1989 to June 1992.

• Deputy Secretary ( Pakistan ) / Director (SAARC Summit ) in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi , from July 1992 to July 1995.

• Counsellor (Political) in the High Commission of India in Islamabad ( Pakistan ), from July 1995 to September 1998.

• Counsellor in the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations in New York ( USA ), from September 1998 to February 2002.

• Minister in the Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi (UAE), from March 2002 to August 2003.

• Consul General of India in Dubai (UAE), from August 2003 till December 2006.

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