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Arun Kumar Singh or commonly Arun Singh is a retired Indian
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of
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. He was the
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from 2015 to 2016. He is now a senior fellow with the Asia program at the
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. Before taking charge as ambassador in the United States, he served as Ambassador of India to France in Paris. On 8 March 2015,
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announced its decision to appoint Singh as the next Ambassador of India to the United States. He is a career
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officer. He had previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy at Washington, D.C. (2008–13), Ambassador to Israel (2005–2008) and as a Joint Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs
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at New Delhi (2000–2005). Currently, he is a Senior Counsellor at The Cohen Group, a consulting firm in Washington, D.C. that provides advice and assistance in marketing and regulatory affairs.


Early life and background

Arun completed his formal education from St. Michael's High School, Patna. Singh joined the
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in 1979, after completing his master's degree in economics from
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, and teaching at the university for two years. He also teaches foreign policy for Young India Fellowship at
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See also

* Harsh V Shringla *
Navtej Sarna Navtej Singh Sarna (born 1957) is an Indian author and retired diplomat of Indian Foreign Service who served as the Indian Ambassador to the United States. He previously served as the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, and the A ...
*
Nirupama Rao Nirupama Menon Rao (born 6 December 1950) is a retired civil servant of 1973 batch Indian Foreign Service cadre who served as India's Foreign Secretary from 2009 to 2011, as well as being India's Ambassador to the United States, China and Sri Lan ...
* Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar


References

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