Former Envoy To US Taranjit Sandhu Named Lt Gov Of Delhi

NEW DELHI- Former Indian Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has been appointed the new Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Rashtrapati Bhavan said.

Sandhu will replace Vinai Kumar Saxena, who has been serving in the post since 2022, Rashtrapati Bhavan noted on March 5.

Saxena had made his role more vocal than his predecessors. Along with the major rejig in Delhi, Governors of several other states were also changed, with Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi replacing C.V. Ananda Bose in West Bengal. Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd) has been named the new Governor of Bihar.

Taranjit Singh Sandhu is a former Indian diplomat who served as India’s Ambassador to the US from February 2020 to January 31, 2024. He is credited with playing a key role in opening the Indian Embassy in Ukraine.

From serving as First Secretary at the Indian Embassy in Washington to Consul General of India in Frankfurt and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of India in Washington, D.C., Sandhu held several key diplomatic assignments during his career spanning more than three-and-a-half decades.

After retiring from the IFS, Sandhu joined the Bharatiya Janata Party months before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP fielded Sandhu as its Lok Sabha candidate from Amritsar against Congress leader Gurjit Singh Aujla which he lost.

Taranjit Singh Sandhu graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from St. Stephen’s College in Delhi and later completed his Master of Arts  from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

 (IANS)