Sharat Sabharwal Explained

Sharat Sabharwal is an Indian civil servant and career diplomat. He served for some years as the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Career

Sabharwal is a covenanted Civil servant and a career diplomat, and a member of the 1975 batch of the Indian Foreign Service. As a civil servant and career diplomat, he held several positions of responsibility, including as:

• Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the UN in Geneva (1999-2002)
• Ambassador to Uzbekistan.^[4]
• High Commissioner to Pakistan, appointed in March 2009.^[5]
• Member of the Central Information Commission. This position has little or no connection with foreign affairs or diplomacy. He was nevertheless appointed in November 2013 and held office for nearly four years, until September 2017.^[6]

See also

• Indian Ambassadors to Pakistan

External links

• Sharat Sabharwal Information Commissioner

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sharat Sabharwal next High Commissioner to Pakistan . mea.gov.in . 10 June 2016.
2. Web site: India names Sharat Sabharwal as new envoy to Pakistan . hindustantimes.com . 10 June 2016.
3. Web site: Sharat Sabharwal is new High Commissioner to Pakistan . zeenews.india.com . 10 June 2016.
4. Web site: Sharat Sabharwal, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan . mea.gov.in . 10 June 2016.
5. http://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/1460/Shri+Sharat+Sabharwal+next+High+Commissioner+to+Pakistan Appointment as High Commissioner to Pakistan
6. http://www.cic.gov.in/node/4044 Central Information Commission