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SAN FRANCISCO, CA. — The Consulate General of India in San Francisco bid adieu to Consul General Ambassador Ashok Venkatesan and welcomed the new CGI Ambassador Sanjay Kumar Panda, who took charge here on Nov. 14. Venkatesan, who has retired, moved back to Mumbai after a four – year stint starting in Nov 2014. Panda, 56, will serve as CGI for the...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. — The Consulate General of India in San Francisco bid adieu to Consul General Ambassador Ashok Venkatesan and welcomed the new CGI Ambassador Sanjay Kumar Panda, who took charge here on Nov. 14. Venkatesan, who has retired, moved back to Mumbai after a four – year stint starting in Nov 2014. Panda, 56, will serve as CGI for the...
West Coast and Guam.
Panda, who joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1991, most recently served as the Joint Secretary for the Indian Ocean Region in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. The Ambassador, who hails from Odisha, has also served in Belgium, France, Malaysia, Japan, Jordan, and the Seychelles, according to a CSISF press release. His latest posting in the Indian Ocean region have given Panda ample opportunities to interact with the U.S. on maritime security concerns in the area, amongst other issues.
According to the CGISF website, Panda in a message to the Indian-American community hopes to eliminate the slow churn of consular bureaucracy during his tenure in the U.S. He highlighted efforts to make the CGISF website user friendly. A postgraduate in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Delhi, Panda was born in Cuttack, Odisha. He is married to Minati and they have two sons.
Panda, who joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1991, most recently served as the Joint Secretary for the Indian Ocean Region in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. The Ambassador, who hails from Odisha, has also served in Belgium, France, Malaysia, Japan, Jordan, and the Seychelles, according to a CSISF press release. His latest posting in the Indian Ocean region have given Panda ample opportunities to interact with the U.S. on maritime security concerns in the area, amongst other issues.
According to the CGISF website, Panda in a message to the Indian-American community hopes to eliminate the slow churn of consular bureaucracy during his tenure in the U.S. He highlighted efforts to make the CGISF website user friendly. A postgraduate in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Delhi, Panda was born in Cuttack, Odisha. He is married to Minati and they have two sons.
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