Sudesh Dhankhar

Sudesh Dhankhar is the spouse of Jagdeep Dhankhar. She was previously the Second Lady of India and the First Lady of West Bengal.^[1][2]

Sudesh Dhankhar
Dr. Sudesh Dhankhar in 2022
14th Second Lady of India
In office 11 August 2022 - 21 July 2025
Vice President	Jagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded by	Usha Naidu
First Lady of West Bengal
In role 30 July 2019 – 18 July 2022
Governor	Jagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded by	Sudha Tripathi
Succeeded by	Lakshmi Bose
Personal details
Spouse	Jagdeep Dhankhar ​ (m. 1979)​
Children	Kamna Dhankhar
Alma mater	Banasthali Vidyapith

Education

She completed her pre-university course, bachelor's and master's from Banasthali Vidyapith. Between 2013 and 2022, she pursued a PhD at Banasthali Vidyapith. She presented her thesis on groundwater conservation in Jhunjhunu district and was awarded the degree in 2022.^[3]

Second Lady of India

Sudesh and Jagdeep Dhankar with King Charles III

State visits

As Second Lady of India, she accompanied her husband to the coronation of Charles III.^[4]

Personal life

She was born on 20 July 1956. She married Jagdeep Dhankhar, Vice President of India in the year 1979.^[5] She has one daughter named Kamna who is married to Kartikeya Vajpayee son of late Shri Vijay Shankar Vajpayee, and Smt. Abha Vajpayee.^[6][7][8]