12 Facts About Lalit Mansingh

Lalit Mansingh was born on 29 April 1941 and is a former Indian diplomat.

Lalit Mansingh was the Foreign Secretary of India from 1999 to 2000, and Indian Ambassador to the United States from 2001 to 2004.

Lalit Mansingh was born at Nandala, Ramalenka Grampanchayat, in Puri district of Odisha.

Lalit Mansingh graduated with a master's degree in Political Science receiving a gold medal for being top of the class.

Lalit Mansingh was a Research scholar and Faculty for short period in American Studies Programme at the School of International Studies in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Lalit Mansingh has remained a lecturer in the Post-Graduate Department of Political Science, Utkal University in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Lalit Mansingh joined Indian Foreign Service officer, in June 1963 and was the topper of his batch.

Lalit Mansingh became High Commissioner to Nigeria and Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and in Nigeria with concurrent accreditation to Benin, Chad and The Cameroons.

Lalit Mansingh is a member of an international group called the Non Official Group of Friends of Sri Lanka which aims at assisting that country in its post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation.

Lalit Mansingh is part of a Track II dialogue between India and Pakistan focusing on confidence building measures between the two nuclear armed neighbors.

Lalit Mansingh is Diplomatic Advisor to the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Chairman, FICCI India-US Policy Group.

Lalit Mansingh was awarded the Kharavela Samman by Odisha Governor in February 2009.