Deepak Vohra

Deepak Vohra is an Indian diplomat.

Deepak Vohra
Indian Ambassador to Armenia
In office 29 August 2001 – 26 July 2005
Preceded by	Bal Anand
Succeeded by	Reena Pandey
Indian Ambassador to Sudan
In office 26 July 2005 – 18 March 2010
Preceded by	Ashok Kumar
Succeeded by	Sanjay Kumar Verma
Indian Ambassador to Poland
In office 18 March 2010 – November 2011
Preceded by	Rajesh Yaishnaw
Succeeded by	Monika Kapil Mohta
Personal details
Born	New Delhi
Citizenship	Indian
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	St. Stephen's College, Delhi, National Defence College, India, Sorbonne University
Profession	Diplomat

Education and early career

Vohra graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and St. Columba's School. He has also been educated at National Defence College (India) and University of Paris.^[1][2]

After joining the IFS, he was an Officer on Special Duty to the Technology Advisor to the then Prime Minister, Lt. Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao.^[3] Vohra has also previously worked with Sulabh International and has been a part of United Nations assignments in Africa.

Indian Foreign Service

Vohra has served in France, Tunisia, United States, Russia, Chad, Cameroon, Papua New Guinea, Spain, Armenia, Sudan and Poland. In 1995 he was deputy high commissioner in Kuala Lumpur. He was Ambassador of India to Poland.^[4]

Later career

In 2012 he was Advisor to the Government of South Sudan. He was a news reader at Doordarshan in start of his career as a TV news presenter.^[5] He inaugurated the Apati War Memorial at Kargil.^[6]

Awards

In 2013, Deepak Vohra was awarded the Order of the Two Niles (first class), Sudan's highest civilian honour by the President of Sudan.^[7]