Arun K. Singh

Arun K. Singh taught economics for two years before joining the Indian Foreign Service in 1979. His early assignments included Moscow, Addis Ababa, and Tokyo. He later worked in the offices of India's foreign secretary and foreign minister, represented India at the United Nations, and directed departments covering UN policy and relations with Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran. ¹

He served as ambassador to Israel before becoming deputy chief of mission in Washington in 2008. In August 2011, following an immigration enforcement raid at the University of Northern Virginia, Singh met students, lawyers, and Indian American representatives and relayed information provided by the Department of Homeland Security. The meeting addressed the uncertainty facing students whose status depended on the university. ^{1, 2}

After an ambassadorship in France, Singh returned to Washington as ambassador in April 2015. At the World Bank's 'Let Girls Learn' event in April 2016, with Michelle Obama and Jim Yong Kim, he presented India's efforts to expand girls' secondary education, including financial incentives, school facilities, and vocational training. ^{1, 3}