Navtej Sarna is ambassador to the US |
India`s High Commissioner to UK Navtej Sarna was appointed as ambassador to the US, a high-profile posting where he will face the task of engaging with a new administration in Washington following the November 8 Presidential poll.Sarna, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1980 batch, was serving as secretary (West) in the ministry of external affairs before he was posted in London in January. Sarna`s main task will be to ensure continuity in India-US relations when a new dispensation takes charge.Sarna had served at various Indian missions including in Moscow, Warsaw, Tehran, Geneva, Thimphu and Washington. Yash Sinha, tipped to be Indian High Commissioner to the UK, is a seasoned diplomat and, in his career spanning 35 years, he has handled several important assignments at the MEA and in Indian diplomatic missions in South Asia, the Middle East, Europe and South America.
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