India at a Glance
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India at a Glance -
India at a Glance -
India at a Glance -
India at a Glance
Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari is the 12th Vice President of India; he assumed the office on August 11, 2007. His term of the office will end on August 10,2012.
Padma Shri awardee Shri Ansari was born in Kolkata on April 1, 1937. He studied at the St. Xavier’s in Kolkata and the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
Education:
- Pursued his early studies at St. Edwards High School, Shimla.
- B.A. from the St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata.
- Master’s degree in Political Science from Aligarh Muslim University.
Career:
- Joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1961 and served in Indian missions in Baghdad, Rabat, Jeddah and Brussels.
- Ambassador to the UAE, Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia
- Chief of Protocol to Government of India (1980-1985).
- High Commissioner to Australia (1985-1989).
- Permanent Representative to the UN, New York (1993-1995).
- Visiting Professor, Centre for West Asian and African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (Dec 1999-May 2000), Academy for Third World Studies, JamiaMilliaIslamia, New Delhi (2003-2005).
- Vice-Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University (2000-2002)
- Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi (2002-2006)
- Co -Chairman, India-U.K. Round Table (2004-2006)
- Member, National Security Advisory Board (2004-2006)
- Chairman, Advisory Committee for Oil Diplomacy, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (2004-2005)
- Chairman, Working Group on 'Confidence building measures across segments of society in the State', established by the second Round Table Conference of the Prime Minister on Jammu and Kashmir, held at Srinagar, 24-25 May, 2006
- Chairman, Fifth Statutory National Commission for Minorities (March 2006-July 2007)
Contact Details:
Vice President's House, 6, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi - 110 011
Phone: 011-23016422, 23016344
Email: vpindia[at]nic[dot]in
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