CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>S. Jaishankar - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"a301c2c0-bd28-4357-ad87-0abfbe7a1a99","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"S._Jaishankar","wgTitle":"S. Jaishankar","wgCurRevisionId":1260170452,"wgRevisionId":1260170452,"wgArticleId":40435868,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Webarchive template wayback links","CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Use Indian English from November 2024","All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English","Use dmy dates from November 2024","Commons category link is on Wikidata","1955 births","Indian Foreign Secretaries","Living people","St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni","Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni","People from Delhi", "High commissioners of India to Singapore","Ambassadors of India to the United States","Ambassadors of India to China","Ambassadors of India to the Czech Republic","Indian Foreign Service officers","Narendra Modi ministry","Members of the Cabinet of India","Ministers for external affairs of India","Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat","Recipients of the Padma Shri in civil service","Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"S._Jaishankar","wgRelevantArticleId":40435868,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks" :"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":50000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q16186720","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready", "skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.tablesorter.styles":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","ext.scribunto.logs","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.tablesorter","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints", "ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cjquery.tablesorter.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.5"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/The_official_portrait_of_External_Minister_Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1603"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/The_official_portrait_of_External_Minister_Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1069"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="855"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="S. Jaishankar - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Jaishankar"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Jaishankar"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-S_Jaishankar rootpage-S_Jaishankar skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=S.+Jaishankar" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=S.+Jaishankar" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=S.+Jaishankar" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=S.+Jaishankar" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Early_life_and_education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Early_life_and_education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Early life and education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Early_life_and_education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Diplomatic_career_(1979–2018)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Diplomatic_career_(1979–2018)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Diplomatic career (1979–2018)</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Diplomatic_career_(1979–2018)-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Diplomatic career (1979–2018) subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Diplomatic_career_(1979–2018)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-High_Commissioner_to_Singapore" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#High_Commissioner_to_Singapore"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>High Commissioner to Singapore</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-High_Commissioner_to_Singapore-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ambassador_to_China" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ambassador_to_China"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Ambassador to China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ambassador_to_China-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ambassador_to_United_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ambassador_to_United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Ambassador to United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ambassador_to_United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Foreign_Secretary_(2015–2018)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Foreign_Secretary_(2015–2018)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Foreign Secretary (2015–2018)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Foreign_Secretary_(2015–2018)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Minister_of_External_Affairs_(2019–present)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Minister_of_External_Affairs_(2019–present)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Minister of External Affairs (2019–present)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Minister_of_External_Affairs_(2019–present)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Personal life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Personal_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-State_honours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_honours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>State honours</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_honours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Published_work" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Published_work"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Published work</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Published_work-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">S. Jaishankar</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 33 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-33" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">33 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="سوبرامانيام جايشانكار – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سوبرامانيام جايشانكار" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%B0" title="সুব্ৰমনিয়ম জয়শংকৰ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="সুব্ৰমনিয়ম জয়শংকৰ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0" title="সুব্রহ্মণ্যম জয়শঙ্কর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সুব্রহ্মণ্যম জয়শঙ্কর" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B8._%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0" title="एस. जयशंकर – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="एस. जयशंकर" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar" title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar" title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar" title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar" title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%8F%E0%AA%B8._%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%B6%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%B0" title="એસ. જયશંકર – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="એસ. જયશંકર" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%88%98%EB%B8%8C%EB%9D%BC%EB%A7%88%EB%83%A0_%EC%9E%90%EC%9D%B4%EC%83%B9%EC%B9%B4%EB%A5%B4" title="수브라마냠 자이샹카르 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="수브라마냠 자이샹카르" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%B7%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%A1%D6%80_%D5%8D%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A2%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B4" title="Ջայշանքար Սուբրահմանյամ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ջայշանքար Սուբրահմանյամ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0" title="सुब्रह्मण्यम जयशंकर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सुब्रह्मण्यम जयशंकर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar" title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%92%27%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%A8" title="סוברהמניאם ג'אישנקר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סוברהמניאם ג'אישנקר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%8E%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D.%E0%B2%9C%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D" title="ಎಸ್.ಜೈಶಂಕರ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಎಸ್.ಜೈಶಂಕರ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar" title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0" title="सुब्रह्मण्यम जयशङ्कर – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="सुब्रह्मण्यम जयशङ्कर" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BC" title="സുബ്രമണ്യം ജയശങ്കർ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="സുബ്രമണ്യം ജയശങ്കർ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0" title="सुब्रह्मण्यम जयशंकर – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="सुब्रह्मण्यम जयशंकर" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="سوبرامانيام جايشانكار – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سوبرامانيام جايشانكار" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Jaishankar" title="S. Jaishankar – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="S. Jaishankar" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0" title="सुब्रह्मण्यम जयशङ्कर – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="सुब्रह्मण्यम जयशङ्कर" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB" title="スブラマニヤム・ジャイシャンカル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="スブラマニヤム・ジャイシャンカル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%B8%E0%AD%81%E0%AC%AC%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%A3%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%9F%E0%AC%AE_%E0%AC%9C%E0%AD%9F%E0%AC%B6%E0%AC%99%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%B0" title="ସୁବ୍ରମଣ୍ୟମ ଜୟଶଙ୍କର – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ସୁବ୍ରମଣ୍ୟମ ଜୟଶଙ୍କର" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A3%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%AE_%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0" title="ਸੁਬਰਾਮਣੀਅਮ ਜੈਸ਼ੰਕਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਸੁਬਰਾਮਣੀਅਮ ਜੈਸ਼ੰਕਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar" title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Субраманьям Джайшанкар – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Субраманьям Джайшанкар" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar" title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar" title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D" title="சுப்பிரமணியம் செய்சங்கர் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="சுப்பிரமணியம் செய்சங்கர்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%A3%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%82_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D" title="సుబ్రహ్మణ్యం జైశంకర్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="సుబ్రహ్మణ్యం జైశంకర్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Субраманьям Джайшанкар – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Субраманьям Джайшанкар" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%8F%E6%9D%B0%E7%94%9F" title="苏杰生 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="苏杰生" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q16186720#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/S._Jaishankar" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:S._Jaishankar" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/S._Jaishankar"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/S._Jaishankar"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/S._Jaishankar" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/S._Jaishankar" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&oldid=1260170452" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=S._Jaishankar&id=1260170452&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FS._Jaishankar"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FS._Jaishankar"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=S._Jaishankar&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikiquote mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/S._Jaishankar" hreflang="en"><span>Wikiquote</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q16186720" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Indian diplomat and politician (born 1955)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">In this <a href="/wiki/Indian_name" title="Indian name">Indian name</a>, the name <i>Subrahmanyam</i> is a <a href="/wiki/Patronymic" title="Patronymic">patronymic</a>, and the person should be referred to by the <a href="/wiki/Given_name" title="Given name">given name</a>, <i>Jaishankar</i>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">S. Jaishankar</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_official_portrait_of_External_Minister_Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/The_official_portrait_of_External_Minister_Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar.jpg/220px-The_official_portrait_of_External_Minister_Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/The_official_portrait_of_External_Minister_Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar.jpg/330px-The_official_portrait_of_External_Minister_Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/The_official_portrait_of_External_Minister_Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar.jpg/440px-The_official_portrait_of_External_Minister_Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="610" data-file-height="815" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Jaishankar in 2023</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">30th <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Union Minister of External Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />30 May 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">Member of Parliament</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />5 July 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Gujarat" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat">Gujarat</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">31st <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary_(India)" title="Foreign Secretary (India)">Foreign Secretary of India</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />28 January 2015 – 28 January 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sujatha_Singh" title="Sujatha Singh">Sujatha Singh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Keshav_Gokhale" title="Vijay Keshav Gokhale">Vijay Keshav Gokhale</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ambassador_to_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Ambassador to the United States">Ambassador of India to the United States</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 December 2013 – 28 January 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nirupama_Rao" title="Nirupama Rao">Nirupama Rao</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arun_Kumar_Singh" title="Arun Kumar Singh">Arun Kumar Singh</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_China" title="List of ambassadors of India to China">Ambassador of India to China</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 June 2009 – 1 December 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil">Pratibha Patil</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nirupama_Rao" title="Nirupama Rao">Nirupama Rao</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kantha" title="Ashok Kantha">Ashok Kantha</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">High Commissioner of India to Singapore</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 January 2007 – 1 June 2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/A.P.J._Abdul_Kalam" class="mw-redirect" title="A.P.J. Abdul Kalam">A.P.J. Abdul Kalam</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil">Pratibha Patil</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/TCA_Raghavan" class="mw-redirect" title="TCA Raghavan">TCA Raghavan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Ambassador of India to the Czech Republic</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 January 2001 – 1 January 2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/K._R._Narayanan" title="K. R. Narayanan">K. R. Narayanan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/A.P.J._Abdul_Kalam" class="mw-redirect" title="A.P.J. Abdul Kalam">A.P.J. Abdul Kalam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">P. S. Raghavan</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Subrahmanyam Jaishankar</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1955-01-09</span>) </span>9 January 1955<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 69)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Shobha Jaishankar</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(died)<wbr /></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Kyoko Jaishankar</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1998)<wbr /></div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._Subrahmanyam" title="K. Subrahmanyam">K. Subrahmanyam</a> (father)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Subrahmanyam" title="Sanjay Subrahmanyam">Sanjay Subrahmanyam</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Delhi_district" title="Central Delhi district">12, Tughlak Road, New Delhi</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_College,_Delhi" title="St. Stephen's College, Delhi">St. Stephen's College, Delhi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">BSc</a>),<br /><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_University,_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi">Jawaharlal Nehru University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Philosophy" title="Master of Philosophy">MPhil</a>, <a href="/wiki/PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Civil servant</li><li>diplomat</li><li>politician</li><li>author</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> (2019)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Subrahmanyam Jaishankar</b> (born 9 January 1955), better known as <b>S. Jaishankar</b>, is an Indian diplomat, politician and author, who is serving as the 30th <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> since 31 May 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-GOI_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOI-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> and has been a Member of Parliament in the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> since 5 July 2019. He previously served as the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary_(India)" title="Foreign Secretary (India)">Foreign Secretary</a> from January 2015<sup id="cite_ref-BVMN_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BVMN-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BVML_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BVML-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to January 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jaishankar joined the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Foreign_Service" title="Indian Foreign Service">Indian Foreign Service</a> (IFS) in 1977, and during a diplomatic career spanning over 38 years, served in different capacities in India and abroad, including as a <a href="/wiki/High_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="High Commissioner">High Commissioner</a> to Singapore (2007–2009) and as <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_the_Czech_Republic" title="List of ambassadors of India to the Czech Republic">Ambassador to the Czech Republic</a> (2001–2004), <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_China" title="List of ambassadors of India to China">China</a> (2009–2013) and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_the_United_States" title="List of ambassadors of India to the United States">US</a> (2014–2015). Jaishankar was one of the officials in the MEA, the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Atomic_Energy" title="Department of Atomic Energy">Department of Atomic Energy</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Office_(India)" title="Prime Minister's Office (India)">Prime Minister's office</a> who played a role in negotiating the <a href="/wiki/Indo-US_civilian_nuclear_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement">Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement</a>. On retirement, Jaishankar received an unusual exemption from the “cooling off period” mandated for all retiring civil servants and joined <a href="/wiki/Tata_Sons" title="Tata Sons">Tata Sons</a> as President, Global Corporate Affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2019, Jaishankar was conferred with <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a>, India's fourth-highest civilian honour.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 May 2019, he sworn in as a <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Minister_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Minister (India)">cabinet minister</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">second Modi ministry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As External Affairs Minister, Jaishankar has crafted the assertive and aggressive foreign policy.<sup id="cite_ref-businesstoday.in_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-businesstoday.in-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-indiatoday.in_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiatoday.in-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He closely maintained the relation between India and China even after <a href="/wiki/2017_China%E2%80%93India_border_standoff" title="2017 China–India border standoff">Doklam Standoff</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He actively advocated the end of <a href="/wiki/Russian_Invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Invasion of Ukraine">war between Russia-Ukraine</a> and called for negotiation in between.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He condemned the <a href="/wiki/2023_Hamas-led_attack_on_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel">Hamas attack on Israel</a> in October 2023 and called it a terrorist attack.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jaishankar is the first former Foreign Secretary of India to head the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">Ministry of External Affairs</a> as the Cabinet Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jaishankar was born in Delhi, India, to a prominent Indian civil servant <a href="/wiki/Krishnaswamy_Subrahmanyam" class="mw-redirect" title="Krishnaswamy Subrahmanyam">Krishnaswamy Subrahmanyam</a><sup id="cite_ref-GOI_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOI-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BVMP_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BVMP-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Sulochana Subrahmanyam.<sup id="cite_ref-GOI_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOI-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was brought up in a <a href="/wiki/Tamils" title="Tamils">Tamil</a> <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> family.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has a sister, Sudha Subrahmanyam, and two brothers: the historian <a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Subrahmanyam" title="Sanjay Subrahmanyam">Sanjay Subrahmanyam</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS officer</a> S. Vijay Kumar,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> former Rural Development Secretary of India.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jaishankar did his schooling at <a href="/wiki/The_Air_Force_School" title="The Air Force School">The Air Force School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, and at <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_Military_School" title="Bangalore Military School">Bangalore Military School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>. He then did his bachelor's degree in chemistry from <a href="/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_College,_Delhi" title="St. Stephen's College, Delhi">St. Stephen's College, Delhi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has an MA in political science and an M.Phil. and PhD in international relations from <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_University,_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi">Jawaharlal Nehru University</a> (JNU), where he specialised in nuclear diplomacy.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diplomatic_career_(1979–2018)"><span id="Diplomatic_career_.281979.E2.80.932018.29"></span>Diplomatic career (1979–2018)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Diplomatic career (1979–2018)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:S._Jaishankar_and_the_Vice_Minister_for_Culture,_China,_Mr._Yang_Zhijin_signing_an_MoU_on_Cultural_Exchange_Programme_2013-15,_in_the_presence_of_the_Prime_Minister.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/S._Jaishankar_and_the_Vice_Minister_for_Culture%2C_China%2C_Mr._Yang_Zhijin_signing_an_MoU_on_Cultural_Exchange_Programme_2013-15%2C_in_the_presence_of_the_Prime_Minister.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/S._Jaishankar_and_the_Vice_Minister_for_Culture%2C_China%2C_Mr._Yang_Zhijin_signing_an_MoU_on_Cultural_Exchange_Programme_2013-15%2C_in_the_presence_of_the_Prime_Minister.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/S._Jaishankar_and_the_Vice_Minister_for_Culture%2C_China%2C_Mr._Yang_Zhijin_signing_an_MoU_on_Cultural_Exchange_Programme_2013-15%2C_in_the_presence_of_the_Prime_Minister.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1425" /></a><figcaption>Jaishankar (sitting left) as <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_China" title="List of ambassadors of India to China">Indian ambassador in China</a> in 2013 during Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> visit of China</figcaption></figure> <p>After joining the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Foreign_Service" title="Indian Foreign Service">Indian Foreign Service</a> in 1977, Jaishankar served as third secretary and second secretary in the Indian mission to the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> in Moscow from 1979 to 1981, where he studied <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>. He returned to New Delhi, where he worked as a special assistant to the diplomat <a href="/wiki/Gopalaswami_Parthasarathy_(diplomat)" title="Gopalaswami Parthasarathy (diplomat)">Gopalaswami Parthasarathy</a> and as undersecretary in the Americas division of India's <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">Ministry of External Affairs</a>, dealing with United States. He was part of the team that resolved the dispute over the supply of US nuclear fuel to the Tarapur Power Stations in India.<sup id="cite_ref-BVMP_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BVMP-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1985 to 1988 he was the first secretary at the <a href="/wiki/Embassy_of_India,_Washington,_D.C." title="Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.">Indian embassy</a> in Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-BSA_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BSA-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1988 to 1990, he served in Sri Lanka as First Secretary and political adviser to the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Peacekeeping_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Peacekeeping Force">Indian Peacekeeping Force</a> (IPKF).<sup id="cite_ref-BSA_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BSA-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1990 to 1993, he was Counsellor (Commercial) at the Indian mission in <a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a>. Returning to New Delhi, he served as Director (East Europe) in the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">Ministry of External Affairs</a> and as press secretary and speechwriter for <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> <a href="/wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma" title="Shankar Dayal Sharma">Shankar Dayal Sharma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-indiatoday_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiatoday-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jaishankar was then Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy in Tokyo from 1996 to 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-BSA_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BSA-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This period saw a downturn in <a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="India–Japan relations">Indo-Japan relations</a> following India's <a href="/wiki/Pokhran-II" title="Pokhran-II">Pokhran-II</a> nuclear tests as well as a recovery after a visit to India by then Japanese Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Yoshir%C5%8D_Mori" title="Yoshirō Mori">Yoshiro Mori</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jaishankar is reported to have helped introduce future Japanese Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Shinz%C5%8D_Abe" class="mw-redirect" title="Shinzō Abe">Shinzō Abe</a> to his Indian counterpart, <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2000, he was appointed India's ambassador to the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a>. </p><p>From 2004 to 2007, Jaishankar was Joint Secretary (Americas) at the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">Ministry of External Affairs</a> in New Delhi. In this capacity, he was involved in negotiating the <a href="/wiki/Indo-US_civilian_nuclear_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement">US-India civil nuclear agreement</a> and improving defence co-operation, including during relief operations following the <a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami">2004 Indian Ocean tsunami</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jaishankar was also involved with the conclusion of the 2005 New Defense Framework<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Open_Skies" class="mw-redirect" title="Open Skies">Open Skies</a> Agreement,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he was associated with the launch of the US-India Energy Dialogue,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the India-US Economic Dialogue, and the India-US CEO's Forum.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006–2007, Jaishankar led the Indian team during the negotiations on the <a href="/wiki/123_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="123 Agreement">123 Agreement</a> with United States.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also represented the Indian government at the <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Endowment_for_International_Peace" title="Carnegie Endowment for International Peace">Carnegie Endowment</a> International Non-proliferation Conference in June 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jaishankar was one of those considered for the post of India's <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary_(India)" title="Foreign Secretary (India)">Foreign Secretary</a> in 2013 but lost out to Sujatha Singh, who became the third woman to serve in the key post.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="High_Commissioner_to_Singapore">High Commissioner to Singapore</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: High Commissioner to Singapore"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 2007 to 2009, Jaishankar served as India's <a href="/wiki/High_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="High Commissioner">High Commissioner</a> to Singapore.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his tenure, he helped implement the <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_Economic_Cooperation_Agreement" title="Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement">Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement</a> (CECA) that expanded the Indian business presence in Singapore,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and oversaw a defence arrangement by which Singapore keeps some of its military equipment in India on a permanent basis.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jaishankar also promoted the <a href="/wiki/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Divas" title="Pravasi Bharatiya Divas">Pravasi Bharatiya Divas</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and IIMPact<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Singapore. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ambassador_to_China">Ambassador to China</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ambassador to China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jaishankar was India's longest-serving <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_China" title="List of ambassadors of India to China">ambassador to China</a>, with a four-and-a-half-year term.<sup id="cite_ref-ADS_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ADS-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Beijing, Jaishankar was involved in improving economic, trade and cultural relations between China and India, and in managing the <a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_border_dispute" title="Sino-Indian border dispute">Sino-Indian border dispute</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jaishankar's tenure as India's ambassador to China coincided with several major developments in relations between the two countries.<sup id="cite_ref-ADS_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ADS-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His 2010 briefing to the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Committee_on_Security" title="Cabinet Committee on Security">Indian Cabinet Committee on Security</a> regarding China's refusal to issue a visa to the head of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_army" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian army">Indian Army</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Northern_Command_(India)" title="Northern Command (India)">Northern Command</a> led to a suspension of Indian defence co-operation with China, before the situation was resolved in April 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2010, Jaishankar negotiated an end to the Chinese policy of issuing stapled visas to Indians from <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, in response to <a href="/wiki/Chinese_passport" title="Chinese passport">Chinese passports</a> showing <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aksai_Chin" title="Aksai Chin">Aksai Chin</a> as parts of China, he ordered visas issued to Chinese nationals showing those territories as parts of India.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> And in May 2013, he negotiated the end of a stand-off resulting from the <a href="/wiki/Depsang_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Depsang incident">encampment</a> by China's <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a> on <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Depsang_Plains" title="Depsang Plains">Depsang Plains</a>, threatening to cancel <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Premier of the People's Republic of China">Premier</a> <a href="/wiki/Li_Keqiang" title="Li Keqiang">Li Keqiang</a>'s scheduled visit to India if Chinese forces did not withdraw<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<i>See also</i> <a href="/wiki/Depsang_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Depsang incident">2013 Daulat Beg Oldi Incident</a>). Jaishankar also briefed the media after the conclusion of Li's visit to New Delhi in May 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jaishankar advocated deeper Indian co-operation with China as long as India's "core interests" were respected,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and argued for better <a href="/wiki/Market_access" title="Market access">market access</a> for Indian businesses operating in China on the grounds that more balanced trade was necessary for the bilateral economic relationship to be sustainable.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also involved in improving people-to-people contacts between India and China, promoting events that showcased Indian culture in 30 Chinese cities.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ambassador_to_United_States">Ambassador to United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ambassador to United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Kerry_Shakes_Hands_With_Indian_Ambassador_Dr._S._Jaishankar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Secretary_Kerry_Shakes_Hands_With_Indian_Ambassador_Dr._S._Jaishankar.jpg/220px-Secretary_Kerry_Shakes_Hands_With_Indian_Ambassador_Dr._S._Jaishankar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Secretary_Kerry_Shakes_Hands_With_Indian_Ambassador_Dr._S._Jaishankar.jpg/330px-Secretary_Kerry_Shakes_Hands_With_Indian_Ambassador_Dr._S._Jaishankar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Secretary_Kerry_Shakes_Hands_With_Indian_Ambassador_Dr._S._Jaishankar.jpg/440px-Secretary_Kerry_Shakes_Hands_With_Indian_Ambassador_Dr._S._Jaishankar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3996" data-file-height="2659" /></a><figcaption>A 2014 photo of Jaishankar with US Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> in Washington D.C.</figcaption></figure> <p>Jaishankar was appointed as India's Ambassador to United States in September 2013. He took charge on 23 December 2013, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Nirupama_Rao" title="Nirupama Rao">Nirupama Rao</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ADS_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ADS-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He arrived in United States amid the <a href="/wiki/Devyani_Khobragade_incident" title="Devyani Khobragade incident">Devyani Khobragade incident</a>, and was involved in negotiating the Indian diplomat's departure from United States.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 29 January 2014, Jaishankar addressed the <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Endowment_for_International_Peace" title="Carnegie Endowment for International Peace">Carnegie Endowment for International Peace</a>, where he argued that "the grand strategy underwriting [Indian-American] ties is fundamentally sound" but that ties suffered from a "problem of sentiment".<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 March 2014, he formally presented his credentials to US President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Oval_Office" title="Oval Office">Oval Office</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jaishankar was involved in planning of the Indian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a>'s maiden visit to United States in September 2014, welcoming him upon his arrival and hosting a dinner in his honour for members of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Americans" title="Indian Americans">Indian-American community</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_Secretary_(2015–2018)"><span id="Foreign_Secretary_.282015.E2.80.932018.29"></span>Foreign Secretary (2015–2018)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Foreign Secretary (2015–2018)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jaishankar was appointed as <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Secretary of India">Foreign Secretary</a> of India on 29 January 2015. The announcement of his appointment was made following a 28 January 2015 meeting of the <a href="/wiki/Appointments_Committee_of_the_Cabinet" title="Appointments Committee of the Cabinet">Appointments Committee of the Cabinet</a> chaired by the Prime Minister, <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BVMN_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BVMN-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BVML_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BVML-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jaishankar is credited with building the much talked about "aggressive" foreign policy of the Modi government. His tenure extension of one year saw a transformation in the working of the ministry of external affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-businesstoday.in_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-businesstoday.in-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-indiatoday.in_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiatoday.in-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His appointment came three days before the date on which he would ordinarily have retired and meant the unprecedented termination of Sujatha Singh’s two year tenure as Foreign Secretary. Singh was offered a sinecure as compensation but preferred to resign from government service. Jaishankar is widely criticised by Nepalese analysts for being the "original planner of <a href="/wiki/2015_Nepal_blockade" title="2015 Nepal blockade">2015 Nepal blockade</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His tenure expired in January 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Minister_of_External_Affairs_(2019–present)"><span id="Minister_of_External_Affairs_.282019.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Minister of External Affairs (2019–present)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Minister of External Affairs (2019–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Blinken_Attends_a_Working_Lunch_With_Indian_External_Affairs_Minister_Dr._Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar_(51344879442).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Secretary_Blinken_Attends_a_Working_Lunch_With_Indian_External_Affairs_Minister_Dr._Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar_%2851344879442%29.jpg/220px-Secretary_Blinken_Attends_a_Working_Lunch_With_Indian_External_Affairs_Minister_Dr._Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar_%2851344879442%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Secretary_Blinken_Attends_a_Working_Lunch_With_Indian_External_Affairs_Minister_Dr._Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar_%2851344879442%29.jpg/330px-Secretary_Blinken_Attends_a_Working_Lunch_With_Indian_External_Affairs_Minister_Dr._Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar_%2851344879442%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Secretary_Blinken_Attends_a_Working_Lunch_With_Indian_External_Affairs_Minister_Dr._Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar_%2851344879442%29.jpg/440px-Secretary_Blinken_Attends_a_Working_Lunch_With_Indian_External_Affairs_Minister_Dr._Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar_%2851344879442%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6855" data-file-height="4573" /></a><figcaption>Jaishankar and US Secretary <a href="/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken">Antony Blinken</a> on his visit in 2021 in New Delhi</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:9YAN_5350_(52766002359).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/9YAN_5350_%2852766002359%29.jpg/220px-9YAN_5350_%2852766002359%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/9YAN_5350_%2852766002359%29.jpg/330px-9YAN_5350_%2852766002359%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/9YAN_5350_%2852766002359%29.jpg/440px-9YAN_5350_%2852766002359%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1997" /></a><figcaption>Meeting of <a href="/wiki/BRICS" title="BRICS">BRICS</a> (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) foreign ministers in New York City on 22 September 2022</figcaption></figure> <p>On 31 May 2019, Jaishankar was appointed to the Office of <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> in <a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Second Modi ministry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jaishankar was sworn in as <a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">Cabinet</a> minister on 30 May 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 5 July 2019, he was elected as <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Indian_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Indian Parliament">Member of Parliament</a> from <a href="/wiki/Bhartiya_Janata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhartiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> from <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He succeeded <a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a> who was the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">External Affairs Minister</a> in <a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Narendra Modi</a>'s first government. </p><p>In October 2020, Jaishankar and the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Indian Minister of Defence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajnath_Singh" title="Rajnath Singh">Rajnath Singh</a>, met with US Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pompeo" title="Mike Pompeo">Mike Pompeo</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">US Secretary of Defense</a> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Esper" title="Mark Esper">Mark T. Esper</a> to sign the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement on Geospatial Cooperation (BECA), which facilitates the sharing of sensitive information and intelligence—including access to highly-accurate nautical, aeronautical, topographical, and geospatial data—between United States and India. The agreement had been under discussion for over a decade, but previous concerns over information security impelled the <a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance" title="United Progressive Alliance">United Progressive Alliance (UPA)</a> <a href="/wiki/Coalition_government" title="Coalition government">coalition government</a> to block it.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to the dialogue, Chinese spokesperson for the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a> <a href="/wiki/Wang_Wenbin" title="Wang Wenbin">Wang Wenbin</a> criticised the move and advised Pompeo to "abandon his Cold War mentality, zero-sum mindset, and stop harping on the "China threat".<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2022, during a joint press conference along with Russian foreign minister <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov" title="Sergey Lavrov">Sergey Lavrov</a>, Jaishankar praised <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> as an "exceptionally steady" and "time-tested" partner of India and advocated a return to dialogue and peace between Russia and <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2023, the Associated Press (AP) reported that Jaishankar had announced that India will remain committed in its stance on not inviting Ukraine to the <a href="/wiki/2023_G20_New_Delhi_summit" title="2023 G20 New Delhi summit">2023 G20 summit</a> that is to be held in New Delhi, India.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jaishankar firmly defended buying <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">oil</a> from Russia even after the sanction by western countries during the <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine</a> and criticised Europe for double standards.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <a href="/wiki/Globsec" class="mw-redirect" title="Globsec">Globsec</a> 2022 forum in Slovakia, responding to a question on India's official position on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he said that "Europe has to grow out of the mindset that Europe's problems are the world's problems but the world's problems are not Europe's problems."<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> German chancellor <a href="/wiki/Olaf_Scholz" title="Olaf Scholz">Olaf Scholz</a> echoed Jaishankar's views on Europe and said, "he has a point".<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jaishankar responded to Austria's national broadcaster <a href="/wiki/ORF_(broadcaster)" title="ORF (broadcaster)">ORF</a>, "What Europe is doing is also moving into the Middle East and diverting production out of the Middle East and raising prices. European actions are putting pressure on the global oil markets".<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his visit to Germany for the <a href="/wiki/Munich_Security_Conference" title="Munich Security Conference">Munich Security Conference</a>, he emphasised that Europe must recognise that India cannot adopt the same perspective on Russia as Europe does.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2023, Jaishankar called <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> "The Epicenter of Terrorism" in an interview with Austrian broadcaster <a href="/wiki/ORF_(broadcaster)" title="ORF (broadcaster)">ORF</a>. He added," I can use much harsher words than epicentre for Pakistan for its role in promoting cross-border terrorism as he underlined that the world needs to be concerned about terrorism."<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in August 2024, he stated, "The era of uninterrupted dialogue with Pakistan is over. What I do want to say is that we are not passive, and whether events take a positive or negative direction, either way we will react."<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2023, American investor and philanthropist <a href="/wiki/George_Soros" title="George Soros">George Soros</a> criticised Indian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> for his alleged <a href="/wiki/Islamophobia" title="Islamophobia">Islamophobia</a>, cronyism and authoritarianism.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jaishankar dismissed his criticism and said that Soros is a "old dangerous" person.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He condemned the <a href="/wiki/2023_Hamas-led_attack_on_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel">Hamas-led attack on Israel</a> on 7 October 2023 as a terrorist act, but also talked about the plight of the Palestinian people, suggesting a "two-state solution" through "dialogue and negotiation".<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jaishankar said that "We have always supported a negotiated <a href="/wiki/Two-State_solution" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-State solution">two-State solution</a>, towards establishment of a sovereign, independent and viable <a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">State of Palestine</a> within secure and recognised borders, living side by side in peace with Israel."<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2024, responding on the relationship with <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, Jaishankar said at <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Endowment_for_International_Peace" title="Carnegie Endowment for International Peace">Carnegie Endowment for International Peace</a> in Washington, "The overall relationship with China had “not been great” over the last few years because China had reneged on certain agreements it had with India about how to keep the border between the two countries tranquil".<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2024, on trade with China, he said at the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Cooperation_Council" title="Gulf Cooperation Council">Gulf Cooperation Council</a> Joint Ministerial Meeting in Riyadh, "We are not closed to business from China. There is nobody who can say I will not do business with China. I think the issue is which sectors do you do business in and on what terms you do business. It is far more complicated than a black and white binary answer."<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 12 September 2024, Jaishankar interacted with Ambassador <a href="/wiki/Jean-David_Levitte" title="Jean-David Levitte">Jean-David Levitte</a> at <a href="/wiki/Geneva_Centre_for_Security_Policy" title="Geneva Centre for Security Policy">Geneva Centre for Security Policy</a>. During the interaction, Ambassador Levitte referred to Jaishankar as a "star in the world."<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Blinken_Hosts_a_Working_Dinner_for_Indian_External_Affairs_Minister_Jaishankar_(52387534175).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Secretary_Blinken_Hosts_a_Working_Dinner_for_Indian_External_Affairs_Minister_Jaishankar_%2852387534175%29.jpg/220px-Secretary_Blinken_Hosts_a_Working_Dinner_for_Indian_External_Affairs_Minister_Jaishankar_%2852387534175%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Secretary_Blinken_Hosts_a_Working_Dinner_for_Indian_External_Affairs_Minister_Jaishankar_%2852387534175%29.jpg/330px-Secretary_Blinken_Hosts_a_Working_Dinner_for_Indian_External_Affairs_Minister_Jaishankar_%2852387534175%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Secretary_Blinken_Hosts_a_Working_Dinner_for_Indian_External_Affairs_Minister_Jaishankar_%2852387534175%29.jpg/440px-Secretary_Blinken_Hosts_a_Working_Dinner_for_Indian_External_Affairs_Minister_Jaishankar_%2852387534175%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4174" data-file-height="3514" /></a><figcaption>Jaishankar and Kyoko (his wife, standing LS) with <a href="/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken">Antony Blinken</a> in Washington D.C.</figcaption></figure> <p>Jaishankar was married to his first wife Shobha until she succumbed to cancer. The two had met while studying at JNU.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, he married Kyoko, who is of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_people" title="Japanese people">Japanese origin</a><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whom he met while working in the Indian embassy in Japan. They have two sons, Dhruva and Arjun, and a daughter, Medha.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jaishankar speaks <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a>, conversational <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a> and some <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_language" title="Hungarian language">Hungarian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BVMP_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BVMP-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_honours">State honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: State honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> awarded him <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a>, the fourth-highest civilian honour, in 2019 for his contributions to Indian diplomacy and leading role in restructuring India's global conversations.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ribbon </th> <th>Decoration </th> <th width="100px">Country </th> <th width="100px">Date </th> <th width="300px">Note </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Padma_Shri_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Padma_Shri_Ribbon.svg/100px-Padma_Shri_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Padma_Shri_Ribbon.svg/150px-Padma_Shri_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Padma_Shri_Ribbon.svg/200px-Padma_Shri_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a></b> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </td> <td>2019 </td> <td>The fourth-highest civilian honour of India. </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Published_work">Published work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Published work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFJaishankar2020" class="citation book cs1">Jaishankar, S. (2020). <a href="/wiki/The_India_Way:_Strategies_for_an_Uncertain_World" title="The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World"><i>The India Way</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Harper_Collins" class="mw-redirect" title="Harper Collins">Harper Collins</a>. p. 240. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-9390163878" title="Special:BookSources/978-9390163878"><bdi>978-9390163878</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+India+Way&rft.pages=240&rft.pub=Harper+Collins&rft.date=2020&rft.isbn=978-9390163878&rft.aulast=Jaishankar&rft.aufirst=S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJaishankar2024" class="citation book cs1">—————— (2024). <a href="/wiki/Why_Bharat_Matters" title="Why Bharat Matters"><i>Why Bharat Matters</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Rupa_Publications" title="Rupa Publications">Rupa Publications</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-9357026406" title="Special:BookSources/978-9357026406"><bdi>978-9357026406</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Why+Bharat+Matters&rft.pub=Rupa+Publications&rft.date=2024&rft.isbn=978-9357026406&rft.aulast=Jaishankar&rft.aufirst=S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Third Modi ministry</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-GOI-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GOI_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GOI_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GOI_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/shri-s-jaishankar">"Shri S. Jaishankar| National Portal of India"</a>. <i>India.gov.in</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 August</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=India.gov.in&rft.atitle=Shri+S.+Jaishankar%7C+National+Portal+of+India&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.india.gov.in%2Fmy-government%2Findian-parliament%2Fshri-s-jaishankar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BVMN-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BVMN_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BVMN_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pib.nic.in/newsite/eRelease.aspx?relid=115035">ACC Appointment</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Press_Information_Bureau" title="Press Information Bureau">Press Information Bureau</a></i>, 29 January 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BVML-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BVML_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BVML_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150128210444/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-s-ambassador-to-us-s-jaishankar-is-the-new-foreign-secretary/article1-1311595.aspx">S Jaishankar, is the new foreign secretary</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Times" title="Hindustan Times">Hindustan Times</a></i>, 29 January 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mea.gov.in/fs.htm">"MEA | About MEA : Profiles : Foreign Secretary"</a>. <i>www.mea.gov.in</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 February</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.mea.gov.in&rft.atitle=MEA+%7C+About+MEA+%3A+Profiles+%3A+Foreign+Secretary&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mea.gov.in%2Ffs.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180525204501/http://www.tata.com/article/inside/tata-sons-announces-appointment-of-president-for-global-corporate-affairs">"Tata Sons announces appointment of new president, Global Corporate Affairs"</a>. <i>Tata</i>. 23 April 2018. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tata.com/article/inside/tata-sons-announces-appointment-of-president-for-global-corporate-affairs">the original</a> on 25 May 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 May</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tata&rft.atitle=Tata+Sons+announces+appointment+of+new+president%2C+Global+Corporate+Affairs&rft.date=2018-04-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tata.com%2Farticle%2Finside%2Ftata-sons-announces-appointment-of-president-for-global-corporate-affairs&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220503151137/https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/subrahmanyam-jaishankar-padma-shri-shankar-dayal-sharma-indo-us-civilian-nuclear-agreement-sino-indian-border-dispute-narendra-modi/354167">"Former Indian foreign secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to be conferred with Padma Shri"</a>. <i>Times Now</i>. 25 January 2019. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/subrahmanyam-jaishankar-padma-shri-shankar-dayal-sharma-indo-us-civilian-nuclear-agreement-sino-indian-border-dispute-narendra-modi/354167">the original</a> on 3 May 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Times+Now&rft.atitle=Former+Indian+foreign+secretary+Subrahmanyam+Jaishankar+to+be+conferred+with+Padma+Shri&rft.date=2019-01-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnownews.com%2Findia%2Farticle%2Fsubrahmanyam-jaishankar-padma-shri-shankar-dayal-sharma-indo-us-civilian-nuclear-agreement-sino-indian-border-dispute-narendra-modi%2F354167&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoche2019" class="citation news cs1">Roche, Elizabeth (30 May 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.livemint.com/politics/policy/s-jaishankar-modi-s-crisis-manager-sworn-in-as-union-minister-1559225084445.html">"S Jaishankar: Modi's 'crisis manager' sworn-in as union minister"</a>. <i>Mint</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Mint&rft.atitle=S+Jaishankar%3A+Modi%27s+%27crisis+manager%27+sworn-in+as+union+minister&rft.date=2019-05-30&rft.aulast=Roche&rft.aufirst=Elizabeth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livemint.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpolicy%2Fs-jaishankar-modi-s-crisis-manager-sworn-in-as-union-minister-1559225084445.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-businesstoday.in-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-businesstoday.in_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-businesstoday.in_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/s-jaishankar-foreign-ministry-modi-30-cabinet-modi-30-modi-cabinet-narendra-modi-pm-modi-nda-government-nda-modi-third-term-diplomat-jaishankar-external-affairs-ministry-432784-2024-06-10">"S Jaishankar reappointed as External Affairs Minister in Modi 3.0 Cabinet"</a>. 10 June 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=S+Jaishankar+reappointed+as+External+Affairs+Minister+in+Modi+3.0+Cabinet&rft.date=2024-06-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businesstoday.in%2Findia%2Fstory%2Fs-jaishankar-foreign-ministry-modi-30-cabinet-modi-30-modi-cabinet-narendra-modi-pm-modi-nda-government-nda-modi-third-term-diplomat-jaishankar-external-affairs-ministry-432784-2024-06-10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-indiatoday.in-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-indiatoday.in_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-indiatoday.in_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/s-jaishankar-architect-of-narendra-modi-s-foreign-policy-indo-us-nuclear-deal-retires-today-1155755-2018-01-28">"S Jaishankar, architect of Narendra Modi's foreign policy, Indo-US nuclear deal retires today"</a>. 28 January 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=S+Jaishankar%2C+architect+of+Narendra+Modi%27s+foreign+policy%2C+Indo-US+nuclear+deal+retires+today&rft.date=2018-01-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatoday.in%2Findia%2Fstory%2Fs-jaishankar-architect-of-narendra-modi-s-foreign-policy-indo-us-nuclear-deal-retires-today-1155755-2018-01-28&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/as-external-affairs-minister-jaishankar-crafted-an-assertive-foreign-policy-approach/articleshow/110852763.cms">"As external affairs minister, Jaishankar crafted an assertive foreign policy approach"</a>. <i>The Economic Times</i>. 11 June 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Economic+Times&rft.atitle=As+external+affairs+minister%2C+Jaishankar+crafted+an+assertive+foreign+policy+approach&rft.date=2024-06-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fm.economictimes.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics-and-nation%2Fas-external-affairs-minister-jaishankar-crafted-an-assertive-foreign-policy-approach%2Farticleshow%2F110852763.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/russia-ukraine-have-to-negotiate-india-willing-to-give-advice-if-they-want-s-jaishankar-in-germany/articleshow/113230246.cms">"Russia, Ukraine have to negotiate, India willing to give advice if they want: S Jaishankar in Germany"</a>. <i>The Economic Times</i>. 11 September 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Economic+Times&rft.atitle=Russia%2C+Ukraine+have+to+negotiate%2C+India+willing+to+give+advice+if+they+want%3A+S+Jaishankar+in+Germany&rft.date=2024-09-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fm.economictimes.com%2Fnews%2Findia%2Frussia-ukraine-have-to-negotiate-india-willing-to-give-advice-if-they-want-s-jaishankar-in-germany%2Farticleshow%2F113230246.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/world/story/we-regard-the-october-7th-incident-as-a-terrorist-attack-eam-s-jaishankar-on-israel-iran-conflict-narendra-modi-benjamin-netanyahu-448413-2024-10-01">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'October 7th incident was a terrorist attack': EAM S. Jaishankar on Israel-Iran conflict"</a>. October 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%27October+7th+incident+was+a+terrorist+attack%27%3A+EAM+S.+Jaishankar+on+Israel-Iran+conflict&rft.date=2024-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businesstoday.in%2Flatest%2Fworld%2Fstory%2Fwe-regard-the-october-7th-incident-as-a-terrorist-attack-eam-s-jaishankar-on-israel-iran-conflict-narendra-modi-benjamin-netanyahu-448413-2024-10-01&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.livemint.com/news/india/narendra-modi-swearing-in-ceremony-s-jaishankar-external-affairs-minister-modi-3-0-cabinet-prime-minister-11717918811334.html">https://www.livemint.com/news/india/narendra-modi-swearing-in-ceremony-s-jaishankar-external-affairs-minister-modi-3-0-cabinet-prime-minister-11717918811334.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thewire.in/diplomacy/jaishankar-modi-favourite-diplomat-mea">"S. Jaishankar: From Backroom to Corner Office, the Rise of Modi's Favourite Diplomat"</a>. <i>The Wire</i>. 1 June 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 July</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Wire&rft.atitle=S.+Jaishankar%3A+From+Backroom+to+Corner+Office%2C+the+Rise+of+Modi%27s+Favourite+Diplomat&rft.date=2019-06-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fthewire.in%2Fdiplomacy%2Fjaishankar-modi-favourite-diplomat-mea&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/narendra-modi-government-2-0-former-foreign-secretary-s-jaishankar-appointed-as-minister-of-external-affairs-3518011.htm">"Narendra Modi Government 2.0: Former foreign secretary S Jaishankar appointed as Minister of external affairs Affairs"</a>. <i>CNBCTV18</i>. 31 May 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=CNBCTV18&rft.atitle=Narendra+Modi+Government+2.0%3A+Former+foreign+secretary+S+Jaishankar+appointed+as+Minister+of+external+affairs+Affairs&rft.date=2019-05-31&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbctv18.com%2Fpolitics%2Fnarendra-modi-government-2-0-former-foreign-secretary-s-jaishankar-appointed-as-minister-of-external-affairs-3518011.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BVMP-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BVMP_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BVMP_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BVMP_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSirohi2013" class="citation news cs1">Sirohi, Seema (9 August 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.firstpost.com/world/exclusive-s-jaishankar-to-be-indias-next-envoy-to-washington-1022463.html">"Exclusive: S Jaishankar to be India's next envoy to Washington"</a>. <i>Firstpost</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 April</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Firstpost&rft.atitle=Exclusive%3A+S+Jaishankar+to+be+India%27s+next+envoy+to+Washington&rft.date=2013-08-09&rft.aulast=Sirohi&rft.aufirst=Seema&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.firstpost.com%2Fworld%2Fexclusive-s-jaishankar-to-be-indias-next-envoy-to-washington-1022463.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/a-gentleman-brahmin/story-Q3VmCnRKDziamb6xwPdqCN.html">"A gentleman Brahmin"</a>. <i>Hindustan Times</i>. 6 February 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 April</span> 2023</span>. <q>he was like all displaced Tamil Brahmins</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Hindustan+Times&rft.atitle=A+gentleman+Brahmin&rft.date=2011-02-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindustantimes.com%2Findia%2Fa-gentleman-brahmin%2Fstory-Q3VmCnRKDziamb6xwPdqCN.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.teriin.org/profile/s-vijay-kumar">"Mr S Vijay Kumar"</a>. <i>www.teriin.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.teriin.org&rft.atitle=Mr+S+Vijay+Kumar&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teriin.org%2Fprofile%2Fs-vijay-kumar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFManager2017" class="citation journal cs1">Manager (14 March 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.resourcepanel.org/the-panel/s-vijay-kumar">"S. Vijay Kumar"</a>. <i>Resource Panel</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2019</span> – via www.resourcepanel.org.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Resource+Panel&rft.atitle=S.+Vijay+Kumar&rft.date=2017-03-14&rft.au=Manager&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.resourcepanel.org%2Fthe-panel%2Fs-vijay-kumar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMohan2019" class="citation news cs1">Mohan, R. (3 June 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/030619/delhi-is-north-tamil-nadu-is-south-never-the-twain-shall-meet.html">"Delhi is north, Tamil Nadu is south, never the twain shall meet"</a>. <i>Deccan Chronicle</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 April</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deccan+Chronicle&rft.atitle=Delhi+is+north%2C+Tamil+Nadu+is+south%2C+never+the+twain+shall+meet&rft.date=2019-06-03&rft.aulast=Mohan&rft.aufirst=R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deccanchronicle.com%2Fnation%2Fcurrent-affairs%2F030619%2Fdelhi-is-north-tamil-nadu-is-south-never-the-twain-shall-meet.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Who-is-S-Jaishankar/articleshow/46047847.cms">"Who is S Jaishankar?"</a>. <i>The Times of India</i>. 29 January 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 January</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+India&rft.atitle=Who+is+S+Jaishankar%3F&rft.date=2015-01-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Findia%2FWho-is-S-Jaishankar%2Farticleshow%2F46047847.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100116160023/http://www.indianembassy.org.cn/DynamicContent.aspx?MenuId=33&SubMenuId=0">"Dr. S. Jaishankar, Ambassador of India- Beijing. Embassy of India, Beijing, China"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://indianembassy.org.cn/DynamicContent.aspx?MenuId=33&SubMenuId=0">the original</a> on 16 January 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Dr.+S.+Jaishankar%2C+Ambassador+of+India-+Beijing.+Embassy+of+India%2C+Beijing%2C+China&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Findianembassy.org.cn%2FDynamicContent.aspx%3FMenuId%3D33%26SubMenuId%3D0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Raja_Mohan" title="Raja Mohan">C.Raja Mohan</a> and S. Jaishankar, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.epw.in/authors/s-jaishankar">"Nuclear Cartelisation Theory and Practice"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130922165624/http://www.epw.in/authors/s-jaishankar">Archived</a> 22 September 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Economic_and_Political_Weekly" title="Economic and Political Weekly">Economic and Political Weekly</a></i>, Vol. 12, No. 20, 14 May 1977.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXKnm5Gzfjk">"ANI Podcast with Smitha Prakash"</a>. <i>ANI News</i>. 21 February 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 February</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ANI+News&rft.atitle=ANI+Podcast+with+Smitha+Prakash&rft.date=2023-02-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DuXKnm5Gzfjk&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BSA-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BSA_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BSA_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BSA_25-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100116160023/http://www.indianembassy.org.cn/DynamicContent.aspx?MenuId=33&SubMenuId=0">"Dr. S. Jaishankar, Ambassador of India – Beijing. Embassy of India, Beijing, China"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://indianembassy.org.cn/DynamicContent.aspx?MenuId=33&SubMenuId=0">the original</a> on 16 January 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Dr.+S.+Jaishankar%2C+Ambassador+of+India+%E2%80%93+Beijing.+Embassy+of+India%2C+Beijing%2C+China&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Findianembassy.org.cn%2FDynamicContent.aspx%3FMenuId%3D33%26SubMenuId%3D0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDixit1998" class="citation book cs1">Dixit, Jyotindra Nath (4 June 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=gThuAAAAMAAJ&q=jaishankar"><i>Assignment Colombo</i></a>. Konark Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788122004991" title="Special:BookSources/9788122004991"><bdi>9788122004991</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2019</span> – via Google Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Assignment+Colombo&rft.pub=Konark+Publishers&rft.date=1998-06-04&rft.isbn=9788122004991&rft.aulast=Dixit&rft.aufirst=Jyotindra+Nath&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DgThuAAAAMAAJ%26q%3Djaishankar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-indiatoday-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-indiatoday_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161030234134/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/subrahmanyam-jaishankar-indias-new-foreign-secretary-10-things-you-should-know-about-him/1/416158.html">"S Jaishankar, India's New Foreign Secretary: 10 Things you should know about him"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/India_Today" title="India Today">India Today</a></i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/subrahmanyam-jaishankar-indias-new-foreign-secretary-10-things-you-should-know-about-him/1/416158.html">the original</a> on 30 October 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 February</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=India+Today&rft.atitle=S+Jaishankar%2C+India%27s+New+Foreign+Secretary%3A+10+Things+you+should+know+about+him&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Findiatoday.intoday.in%2Feducation%2Fstory%2Fsubrahmanyam-jaishankar-indias-new-foreign-secretary-10-things-you-should-know-about-him%2F1%2F416158.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/india/data.html">Japan-India Relations (Basic Data)</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan">Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan</a></i>, November 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-importance-of-shinzo-abe/article4214264.ece">The importance of Shinzo Abe</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a></i>, 19 December 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200706260901.htm">'No too many holes in Indo-US nuke deal'</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070923063934/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200706260901.htm">Archived</a> 23 September 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>,<i><a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a></i>, 26 June 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120907030328/http://www.ndu.edu/inss/symposia/Pacific2005/jaishankar.pdf">"2004 Tsunami disaster – Consequences for Regional Cooperation"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ndu.edu/inss/symposia/Pacific2005/jaishankar.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 7 September 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2004+Tsunami+disaster+%E2%80%93+Consequences+for+Regional+Cooperation&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fndu.edu%2Finss%2Fsymposia%2FPacific2005%2Fjaishankar.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://indianembassy.org/india-us-defense-relations.php">India-US Defense Relations</a>, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.indianembassy.org/">Embassy of India – Washington D.C.</a></i>, 28 June 2005.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/44621.htm">U.S.-India Open Skies Agreement</a>, <i>U.S. Department of State</i>, 14 April 2005.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160404112441/http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/aspen-strategy-group/USID/past-meetings">"meetings of the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue – The Aspen Institute"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/aspen-strategy-group/USID/past-meetings">the original</a> on 4 April 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=meetings+of+the+U.S.-India+Strategic+Dialogue+%E2%80%93+The+Aspen+Institute&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Faspeninstitute.org%2Fpolicy-work%2Faspen-strategy-group%2FUSID%2Fpast-meetings&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://indousstf.org/fullstory.aspx?mostprvmytitle=News%20and%20Report&prevmytitle=Fact%20Sheets&storyheadline=The%20U.S.-India%20Economic%20Dialogue&sectionid=S181">The US-India Economic Dialogue</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140209152438/http://www.indousstf.org/fullstory.aspx?mostprvmytitle=News%20and%20Report&prevmytitle=Fact%20Sheets&storyheadline=The%20U.S.-India%20Economic%20Dialogue&sectionid=S181">Archived</a> 9 February 2014 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>Indo-US Science & Technology Forum</i>, 2 March 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130923092453/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-07-22/us/27970156_1_technical-experts-indian-negotiators-nuclear-test">US-India nuke deal: 1.. 2 ..3..go</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Times_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Times of India">Times of India</a></i>, 22 July 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/jun/26ndeal.htm">N-deal's not an arms control agreement: India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rediff.com" title="Rediff.com"><i>Rediff News</i></a>, 26 June 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130614083525/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-10/india/39872403_1_pm-manmohan-singh-ranjan-mathai-nirupama-rao">Jaishankar is PM's Choice for Foreign Secy Post</a>,<i><a href="/wiki/Times_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Times of India">Times of India</a></i>, 10 June 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://straitstimes.com/the-big-story/asia-report/india/story/interview-indian-foreign-minister-salman-khurshid-20130705">Interview with Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150202004942/http://www.straitstimes.com/the-big-story/asia-report/india/story/interview-indian-foreign-minister-salman-khurshid-20130705">Archived</a> 2 February 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Straits_Times" title="The Straits Times">The Straits Times</a></i>, 5 July 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100116160023/http://www.indianembassy.org.cn/DynamicContent.aspx?MenuId=33&SubMenuId=0">"Embassy Of India, Beijing"</a>. 16 January 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indianembassy.org.cn/DynamicContent.aspx?MenuId=33&SubMenuId=0">the original</a> on 16 January 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Embassy+Of+India%2C+Beijing&rft.date=2010-01-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indianembassy.org.cn%2FDynamicContent.aspx%3FMenuId%3D33%26SubMenuId%3D0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130923054039/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-11-16/news/27687859_1_ceca-india-and-singapore-indian-chefs">Singapore all set to attract skilled Indians</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Economic_Times" title="The Economic Times">The Economic Times</a></i>, 16 November 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.domain-b.com/industry/defence/20071010_defence.htm">India and Singapore sign defence cooperation pact</a>, 10 October 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/bline/2008/10/10/stories/2008101051891000.htm">Pravasi Bharatiya Divas kicks off in Singapore</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hindu_Business_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hindu Business Line">The Hindu Business Line</a></i>, 10 October 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/indian-professionals-hailed-as-alternative-global-voices/article1244126.ece">Indian professionals hailed as alternative global voices</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a>, 22 April 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ADS-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ADS_45-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ADS_45-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ADS_45-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thehindu.com/news/national/jaishankar-moving-to-us-after-eventful-tenure-in-china/article5452656.ece">Jaishankar moving to U.S. after eventful tenure in China</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a></i>, 13 December 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://business-standard.com/article/news-ani/india-s-relationship-with-china-expanding-substantively-s-jaishankar-lead-jaishankar-113052001003_1.html">India's relationship with China expanding substantively: S. Jaishankar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Business_Standard" title="Business Standard"><i>The Business Standard</i></a>, 20 May 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130823234432/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-08-21/news/41433273_1_indian-ambassador-indian-envoy-border-areas">Disturbance of Peace at Border Can Vitiate Ties: India to China</a>,<i><a href="/wiki/The_Economic_Times" title="The Economic Times">The Economic Times</a></i>, 21 August 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130923054144/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-09-04/news/27628796_1_gilgit-baltistan-region-nyt-report-zhang-zhijun">PLA Presence in PoK Worries India</a>,<i><a href="/wiki/The_Economic_Times" title="The Economic Times">The Economic Times</a></i>, 4 September 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/world/understanding-reached-on-stapled-visa-issue-says-indian-envoy/story-g9qdmQqVfhDUdaLZEB1nFN.html">"Understanding reached on stapled visa issue, says Indian envoy"</a>. <i>Hindustan Times</i>. PTI. 19 December 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 June</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Hindustan+Times&rft.atitle=Understanding+reached+on+stapled+visa+issue%2C+says+Indian+envoy&rft.date=2010-12-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindustantimes.com%2Fworld%2Funderstanding-reached-on-stapled-visa-issue-says-indian-envoy%2Fstory-g9qdmQqVfhDUdaLZEB1nFN.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/map-row-india-terms-chinese-action-as-unacceptable/articleshow/17338290.cms">"Map row: India terms Chinese action as unacceptable"</a>. <i>The Economic Times</i>. PTI. 24 November 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 June</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Economic+Times&rft.atitle=Map+row%3A+India+terms+Chinese+action+as+unacceptable&rft.date=2012-11-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feconomictimes.indiatimes.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics-and-nation%2Fmap-row-india-terms-chinese-action-as-unacceptable%2Farticleshow%2F17338290.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ranjit Bhushan and Manak Singh,<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thesundayindian.com/en/story/the-inscrutables/25/47697/">The Inscrutables</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thesundayindian.com/"><i>The Sunday Indian</i></a>, 2 June 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-china-border-talks-today-defence-minister-ak-antony-to-visit-beijing-next-month-526721">"India-China border talks today; Defence Minister AK Antony to visit Beijing next month"</a>. <i>NDTV</i>. PTI. 28 June 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 June</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=NDTV&rft.atitle=India-China+border+talks+today%3B+Defence+Minister+AK+Antony+to+visit+Beijing+next+month&rft.date=2013-06-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findia-news%2Findia-china-border-talks-today-defence-minister-ak-antony-to-visit-beijing-next-month-526721&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mea.gov.in/media-advisory.htm?60/Media_Advisory">"MEA | Media Center: Media Advisory"</a>. <i>mea.gov.in</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 June</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=mea.gov.in&rft.atitle=MEA+%7C+Media+Center%3A+Media+Advisory&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmea.gov.in%2Fmedia-advisory.htm%3F60%2FMedia_Advisory&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Publications/Detail/?ots591=0c54e3b3-1e9c-be1e-2c24-a6a8c7060233&lng=en&id=155547">S. Jaishankar, India and China: Fifty Years Later</a>, ISAS Special Reports, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://isas.nus.edu.sg/"><i>Institute of South Asian Studies</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150129100427/http://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/">Archived</a> 29 January 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 23 November 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indianembassy.org.cn/Interview-SpeechDetails.aspx?spchId=29&intSpch=1">'Self-interest key to India-China ties'</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130923061409/http://www.indianembassy.org.cn/Interview-SpeechDetails.aspx?spchId=29&intSpch=1">Archived</a> 23 September 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Times" title="Hindustan Times"><i>The Hindustan Times</i></a>, 4 September 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Selina Sun and William Wang, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indianembassy.org.cn/Interview-SpeechDetails.aspx?spchId=36&intSpch=1">Interview of Ambassador of India to China, Dr. S. Jaishankar</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130923061627/http://www.indianembassy.org.cn/Interview-SpeechDetails.aspx?spchId=36&intSpch=1">Archived</a> 23 September 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://chr.sagepub.com/"><i>China Report</i></a>, 4 September 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/12/meet-subrahmanyam-jaishankar-the-new-indian-ambassador-to-usa/">"Meet Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the new Indian Ambassador to USA"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 December</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Meet+Subrahmanyam+Jaishankar%2C+the+new+Indian+Ambassador+to+USA&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.biharprabha.com%2F2013%2F12%2Fmeet-subrahmanyam-jaishankar-the-new-indian-ambassador-to-usa%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/">"Business News Live, Share Market News – Read Latest Finance News, IPO, Mutual Funds News"</a>. <i>The Economic Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Economic+Times&rft.atitle=Business+News+Live%2C+Share+Market+News+%E2%80%93+Read+Latest+Finance+News%2C+IPO%2C+Mutual+Funds+News&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feconomictimes.indiatimes.com%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMathewsMathews" class="citation web cs1">Mathews, S. Jaishankar, Jessica Tuchman; Mathews, S. Jaishankar, Jessica Tuchman. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://carnegieendowment.org/2014/01/29/ambassador-jaishankar-on-u.s.-india-relations-event-4309">"Ambassador Jaishankar on U.S.-India Relations"</a>. <i>Carnegie Endowment for International Peace</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Carnegie+Endowment+for+International+Peace&rft.atitle=Ambassador+Jaishankar+on+U.S.-India+Relations&rft.aulast=Mathews&rft.aufirst=S.+Jaishankar%2C+Jessica+Tuchman&rft.au=Mathews%2C+S.+Jaishankar%2C+Jessica+Tuchman&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcarnegieendowment.org%2F2014%2F01%2F29%2Fambassador-jaishankar-on-u.s.-india-relations-event-4309&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLakshman2014" class="citation news cs1">Lakshman, Narayan (31 January 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/jaishankar-dispels-bilateral-problem-of-sentiment/article5637220.ece">"Jaishankar dispels bilateral "problem of sentiment"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>The Hindu</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2019</span> – via www.thehindu.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hindu&rft.atitle=Jaishankar+dispels+bilateral+%22problem+of+sentiment%22&rft.date=2014-01-31&rft.aulast=Lakshman&rft.aufirst=Narayan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ftodays-paper%2Ftp-national%2Fjaishankar-dispels-bilateral-problem-of-sentiment%2Farticle5637220.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIANS2014" class="citation news cs1">IANS (10 March 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140311032519/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Indian-envoy-presents-credentials-to-Obama/articleshow/31799859.cms">"Indian envoy presents credentials to Obama"</a>. <i>The Times of India</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Indian-envoy-presents-credentials-to-Obama/articleshow/31799859.cms">the original</a> on 11 March 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 April</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+India&rft.atitle=Indian+envoy+presents+credentials+to+Obama&rft.date=2014-03-10&rft.au=IANS&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fnri%2Fus-canada-news%2FIndian-envoy-presents-credentials-to-Obama%2Farticleshow%2F31799859.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRaj2014" class="citation news cs1">Raj, Yashwant (26 September 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140926163703/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pmmodiinus/modi-in-us-rapport-building-vision-sharing-on-priority/article1-1268791.aspx">"PM Modi Arrives in US"</a>. <i>The Hindustan Times</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pmmodiinus/modi-in-us-rapport-building-vision-sharing-on-priority/article1-1268791.aspx">the original</a> on 26 September 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hindustan+Times&rft.atitle=PM+Modi+Arrives+in+US&rft.date=2014-09-26&rft.aulast=Raj&rft.aufirst=Yashwant&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindustantimes.com%2Findia-news%2Fpmmodiinus%2Fmodi-in-us-rapport-building-vision-sharing-on-priority%2Farticle1-1268791.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Modi-to-undertake-over-50-engagements-during-maiden-US-visit/articleshow/43227225.cms">"Modi to undertake over 50 engagements during maiden US visit]"</a>. <i>The Times of India</i>. 3 September 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+India&rft.atitle=Modi+to+undertake+over+50+engagements+during+maiden+US+visit%5D&rft.date=2014-09-03&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Findia%2FModi-to-undertake-over-50-engagements-during-maiden-US-visit%2Farticleshow%2F43227225.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2019/05/769938">"नाकाबन्दीका योजनाकारलाई किन बनाइयो विदेशमन्त्री ?"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88+%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8+%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B+%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80+%3F&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinekhabar.com%2F2019%2F05%2F769938&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2019/05/769772">"नाकाबन्दीका डिजाइनर बने मोदी सरकारका मन्त्री"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87+%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinekhabar.com%2F2019%2F05%2F769772&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/vijay-keshav-gokhale-senior-diplomat-is-new-foreign-secretary-1794549">"Senior Diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale Is New Foreign Secretary"</a>. <i>NDTV</i>. PTI. 1 January 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=NDTV&rft.atitle=Senior+Diplomat+Vijay+Keshav+Gokhale+Is+New+Foreign+Secretary&rft.date=2018-01-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findia-news%2Fvijay-keshav-gokhale-senior-diplomat-is-new-foreign-secretary-1794549&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html">"PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Live_Mint" class="mw-redirect" title="Live Mint">Live Mint</a></i>, 31 May 2019</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Live+Mint&rft.atitle=PM+Modi+allocates+portfolios.+Full+list+of+new+ministers&rft.date=2019-05-31&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livemint.com%2Fpolitics%2Fnews%2Fpm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoche2019" class="citation news cs1">Roche, Elizabeth (30 May 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.livemint.com/politics/policy/s-jaishankar-modi-s-crisis-manager-sworn-in-as-union-minister-1559225084445.html">"S Jaishankar: Modi's 'crisis manager' sworn-in as union minister"</a>. <i>LiveMint</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=LiveMint&rft.atitle=S+Jaishankar%3A+Modi%27s+%27crisis+manager%27+sworn-in+as+union+minister&rft.date=2019-05-30&rft.aulast=Roche&rft.aufirst=Elizabeth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livemint.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpolicy%2Fs-jaishankar-modi-s-crisis-manager-sworn-in-as-union-minister-1559225084445.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/s-jaishankar-rajya-sabha-member-1564342-2019-07-08">"S Jaishankar takes oath as Rajya Sabha member"</a>. <i>India Today</i>. Delhi. PTI. 8 July 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 June</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=India+Today&rft.atitle=S+Jaishankar+takes+oath+as+Rajya+Sabha+member&rft.date=2019-07-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatoday.in%2Findia%2Fstory%2Fs-jaishankar-rajya-sabha-member-1564342-2019-07-08&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/basic-exchange-and-cooperation-agreement-for-geo-spatial-cooperation/articleshow/78820683.cms">"Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geo-Spatial Cooperation\date=23 OCtober 2020"</a>. <i>The Economic Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 November</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Economic+Times&rft.atitle=Basic+Exchange+and+Cooperation+Agreement+for+Geo-Spatial+Cooperation%5Cdate%3D23+OCtober+2020&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feconomictimes.indiatimes.com%2Fnews%2Fdefence%2Fbasic-exchange-and-cooperation-agreement-for-geo-spatial-cooperation%2Farticleshow%2F78820683.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHoman2020" class="citation web cs1">Homan, Timothy R. (27 October 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/522943-us-signs-satellite-data-sharing-pact-with-india-warns-of-chinese-threats">"US signs satellite data-sharing pact with India, warns of Chinese threats"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hill_(newspaper)" title="The Hill (newspaper)">The Hill</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 November</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Hill&rft.atitle=US+signs+satellite+data-sharing+pact+with+India%2C+warns+of+Chinese+threats&rft.date=2020-10-27&rft.aulast=Homan&rft.aufirst=Timothy+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fpolicy%2Fdefense%2F522943-us-signs-satellite-data-sharing-pact-with-india-warns-of-chinese-threats&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/ties-with-russia-are-to-indias-advantage-and-we-will-keep-it-going-says-jaishankar-on-oil-imports-top-quotes/articleshow/95381130.cms">"Ties with Russia are to India's advantage and we will keep it"</a>. <i>The Times of India</i>. 8 November 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+India&rft.atitle=Ties+with+Russia+are+to+India%27s+advantage+and+we+will+keep+it&rft.date=2022-11-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fties-with-russia-are-to-indias-advantage-and-we-will-keep-it-going-says-jaishankar-on-oil-imports-top-quotes%2Farticleshow%2F95381130.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apnews.com/article/india-ukraine-g20-summit-7da6b781ddca801a672d76fe8e530daa">"India not planning to invite Ukraine to G20 summit in September"</a>. AP News. 8 June 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 July</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=India+not+planning+to+invite+Ukraine+to+G20+summit+in+September&rft.pub=AP+News&rft.date=2023-06-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Findia-ukraine-g20-summit-7da6b781ddca801a672d76fe8e530daa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/europeans-needed-wake-up-call-s-jaishankar-on-emerging-new-world-order-3662168">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Europeans Needed Wake-Up Call": S Jaishankar On Emerging New World Order"</a>. <i>NDTV</i>. ANI. 4 January 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=NDTV&rft.atitle=%22Europeans+Needed+Wake-Up+Call%22%3A+S+Jaishankar+On+Emerging+New+World+Order&rft.date=2023-01-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Fworld-news%2Feuropeans-needed-wake-up-call-s-jaishankar-on-emerging-new-world-order-3662168&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.brut.media/in/videos/india/politics/s-jaishankar-s-tough-stance-on-europe">"S Jaishankar's tough stance on Europe"</a>. <i>Brut Media</i>. 3 June 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Brut+Media&rft.atitle=S+Jaishankar%27s+tough+stance+on+Europe&rft.date=2022-06-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.brut.media%2Fin%2Fvideos%2Findia%2Fpolitics%2Fs-jaishankar-s-tough-stance-on-europe&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.livemint.com/news/india/lets-be-even-handed-jaishankar-slams-europe-s-criticism-of-india-s-oil-trade-with-russia-key-points-11654332010037.html">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Let's be even-handed': Jaishankar slams Europe's criticism of India's oil trade with Russia. Key points"</a>. <i>Mint</i>. 4 June 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Mint&rft.atitle=%27Let%27s+be+even-handed%27%3A+Jaishankar+slams+Europe%27s+criticism+of+India%27s+oil+trade+with+Russia.+Key+points&rft.date=2022-06-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livemint.com%2Fnews%2Findia%2Flets-be-even-handed-jaishankar-slams-europe-s-criticism-of-india-s-oil-trade-with-russia-key-points-11654332010037.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-77">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarman2022" class="citation news cs1">Barman, Sourav Roy (4 June 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/europe-has-to-grow-out-of-mindset-that-its-problems-are-worlds-problems-jaishankar-7951895/">"Europe has to grow out of mindset that its problems are world's problems: Jaishankar"</a>. <i>The Indian Express</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Indian+Express&rft.atitle=Europe+has+to+grow+out+of+mindset+that+its+problems+are+world%27s+problems%3A+Jaishankar&rft.date=2022-06-04&rft.aulast=Barman&rft.aufirst=Sourav+Roy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Findianexpress.com%2Farticle%2Findia%2Feurope-has-to-grow-out-of-mindset-that-its-problems-are-worlds-problems-jaishankar-7951895%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jaishankars-europe-remark-echoes-in-german-chancellors-statement-in-munich/article66531087.ece">"Jaishankar's Europe remark echoes in German Chancellor's statement in Munich"</a>. <i>The Hindu</i>. ANI. 20 February 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hindu&rft.atitle=Jaishankar%27s+Europe+remark+echoes+in+German+Chancellor%27s+statement+in+Munich&rft.date=2023-02-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fjaishankars-europe-remark-echoes-in-german-chancellors-statement-in-munich%2Farticle66531087.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jaishankar-defends-indias-move-to-import-russian-oil-says-europe-imported-6-times-more-than-india-since-feb-2022/article66333803.ece">"Jaishankar defends India's move to import Russian oil; says Europe imported 6 times more than India since February 2022"</a>. <i>The Hindu</i>. PTI. 3 January 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hindu&rft.atitle=Jaishankar+defends+India%27s+move+to+import+Russian+oil%3B+says+Europe+imported+6+times+more+than+India+since+February+2022&rft.date=2023-01-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fjaishankar-defends-indias-move-to-import-russian-oil-says-europe-imported-6-times-more-than-india-since-feb-2022%2Farticle66333803.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/india-stands-firm-on-buying-russian-oil-amidst-sanctions-eam-jaishankar-says-moscow-has-never-hurt-new-delhi/articleshow/107846694.cms">"India stands firm on buying Russian oil amidst sanctions; EAM Jaishankar says Moscow has never hurt New Delhi"</a>. <i>The Economic Times</i>. ANI. 20 February 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Economic+Times&rft.atitle=India+stands+firm+on+buying+Russian+oil+amidst+sanctions%3B+EAM+Jaishankar+says+Moscow+has+never+hurt+New+Delhi&rft.date=2024-02-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feconomictimes.indiatimes.com%2Findustry%2Fenergy%2Foil-gas%2Findia-stands-firm-on-buying-russian-oil-amidst-sanctions-eam-jaishankar-says-moscow-has-never-hurt-new-delhi%2Farticleshow%2F107846694.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/could-use-harsher-words-jaishankar-use-phrase-epicentre-terrorism-for-pakistan-8358436/">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Could use harsher words…': Jaishankar on use of phrase 'epicentre of terrorism' for Pakistan"</a>. 3 January 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%27Could+use+harsher+words%E2%80%A6%27%3A+Jaishankar+on+use+of+phrase+%27epicentre+of+terrorism%27+for+Pakistan&rft.date=2023-01-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Findianexpress.com%2Farticle%2Findia%2Fcould-use-harsher-words-jaishankar-use-phrase-epicentre-terrorism-for-pakistan-8358436%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/era-uninterrupted-dialogue-pakistan-over-eam-s-jaishankar-9541417/">"Jaishankar: Era of uninterrupted dialogue with Pakistan is over"</a>. 30 August 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Jaishankar%3A+Era+of+uninterrupted+dialogue+with+Pakistan+is+over&rft.date=2024-08-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Findianexpress.com%2Farticle%2Findia%2Fera-uninterrupted-dialogue-pakistan-over-eam-s-jaishankar-9541417%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://qz.com/george-soros-indian-rightwing-twitters-punching-bag-1850385524">"How George Soros became a punching bag for rightwing Twitter in India"</a>. <i>Quartz</i>. 28 April 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Quartz&rft.atitle=How+George+Soros+became+a+punching+bag+for+rightwing+Twitter+in+India&rft.date=2023-04-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fgeorge-soros-indian-rightwing-twitters-punching-bag-1850385524&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/20/india-hits-back-after-soros-comments-on-adani-fallout-and-pm-modi.html">"India hits back after George Soros says Adani troubles will greatly weaken Modi's grip on power"</a>. <i>CNBC</i>. 20 February 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=CNBC&rft.atitle=India+hits+back+after+George+Soros+says+Adani+troubles+will+greatly+weaken+Modi%27s+grip+on+power&rft.date=2023-02-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2023%2F02%2F20%2Findia-hits-back-after-soros-comments-on-adani-fallout-and-pm-modi.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGhosh2023" class="citation news cs1">Ghosh, Paulomi (3 November 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/what-happened-on-october-7-is-a-big-act-of-terrorism-jaishankar-on-israel-palestine-101698977887706.html">"What happened on October 7 is a big act of terrorism: Jaishankar on Israel, Palestine"</a>. <i>The Hindustan Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hindustan+Times&rft.atitle=What+happened+on+October+7+is+a+big+act+of+terrorism%3A+Jaishankar+on+Israel%2C+Palestine&rft.date=2023-11-03&rft.aulast=Ghosh&rft.aufirst=Paulomi&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindustantimes.com%2Findia-news%2Fwhat-happened-on-october-7-is-a-big-act-of-terrorism-jaishankar-on-israel-palestine-101698977887706.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/concerned-over-deteriorating-situation-centre-on-israel-hamas-war-4647297">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Concerned Over Deteriorating Situation": Centre On Israel-Hamas War"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/NDTV" title="NDTV">NDTV</a></i>. PTI. 8 December 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=NDTV&rft.atitle=%22Concerned+Over+Deteriorating+Situation%22%3A+Centre+On+Israel-Hamas+War&rft.date=2023-12-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findia-news%2Fconcerned-over-deteriorating-situation-centre-on-israel-hamas-war-4647297&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLakshman" class="citation news cs1">Lakshman, Sriram. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/as-long-as-there-is-a-forward-deployment-of-troops-india-china-tensions-will-continue-jaishankar/article68707092.ece">"China reneged on border agreements with India: Jaishankar"</a>. <i>The Hindu</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hindu&rft.atitle=China+reneged+on+border+agreements+with+India%3A+Jaishankar&rft.aulast=Lakshman&rft.aufirst=Sriram&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fas-long-as-there-is-a-forward-deployment-of-troops-india-china-tensions-will-continue-jaishankar%2Farticle68707092.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-88">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-foreign-minister-jaishankar-says-not-closed-business-china-2024-09-10/">https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-foreign-minister-jaishankar-says-not-closed-business-china-2024-09-10/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-89"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-89">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChaudhury2024" class="citation news cs1">Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy (11 September 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/india-open-to-do-business-with-china-but-terms-must-be-looked-into-eam-s-jaishankar/articleshow/113237369.cms">"India open to do business with China, but terms must be looked into: EAM S Jaishankar"</a>. <i>The Economic Times</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Economic+Times&rft.atitle=India+open+to+do+business+with+China%2C+but+terms+must+be+looked+into%3A+EAM+S+Jaishankar&rft.date=2024-09-11&rft.aulast=Chaudhury&rft.aufirst=Dipanjan+Roy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fm.economictimes.com%2Fnews%2Feconomy%2Fforeign-trade%2Findia-open-to-do-business-with-china-but-terms-must-be-looked-into-eam-s-jaishankar%2Farticleshow%2F113237369.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-90"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-90">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/you-are-a-star-in-the-world-eam-s-jaishankar-blushes-as-ambassador-levitte-praises-him/videoshow/113300201.cms">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'You are a star in the world…': EAM S Jaishankar 'blushes' as Ambassador Levitte praises him"</a>. <i>The Economic Times</i>. 12 September 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 September</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Economic+Times&rft.atitle=%27You+are+a+star+in+the+world%E2%80%A6%27%3A+EAM+S+Jaishankar+%27blushes%27+as+Ambassador+Levitte+praises+him&rft.date=2024-09-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feconomictimes.indiatimes.com%2Fnews%2Findia%2Fyou-are-a-star-in-the-world-eam-s-jaishankar-blushes-as-ambassador-levitte-praises-him%2Fvideoshow%2F113300201.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-91"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-91">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-medha-jaishankar-s-jaishankar-s-daughter-know-all-about-s-jaishankar-s-wife-s-jaishankar-s-family-3027166">"Meet S Jaishankar's Japan-origin wife Kyoko, daughter Medha Jaishankar"</a>. <i>DNA India</i>. 2 March 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 March</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=DNA+India&rft.atitle=Meet+S+Jaishankar%27s+Japan-origin+wife+Kyoko%2C+daughter+Medha+Jaishankar&rft.date=2023-03-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dnaindia.com%2Findia%2Freport-medha-jaishankar-s-jaishankar-s-daughter-know-all-about-s-jaishankar-s-wife-s-jaishankar-s-family-3027166&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-92"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-92">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-s-jaishankar-surprise-pick-in-modis-cabinet-may-play-key-role-in-foreign-affairs/331257">"S Jaishankar, Surprise Pick in Modi's Cabinet, May Play Key Role On Foreign Affairs"</a>. <i>Pranay Sharma</i>. Outlook. 30 May 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Pranay+Sharma&rft.atitle=S+Jaishankar%2C+Surprise+Pick+in+Modi%27s+Cabinet%2C+May+Play+Key+Role+On+Foreign+Affairs&rft.date=2019-05-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.outlookindia.com%2Fwebsite%2Fstory%2Findia-news-s-jaishankar-surprise-pick-in-modis-cabinet-may-play-key-role-in-foreign-affairs%2F331257&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-93"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-93">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaniffa2014" class="citation news cs1">Haniffa, Aziz (11 March 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rediff.com/news/report/indias-new-us-envoy-presents-credentials-to-obama/20140311.htm">"India's new US envoy presents credentials to Joe Biden"</a>. <i>Rediff.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 February</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Rediff.com&rft.atitle=India%27s+new+US+envoy+presents+credentials+to+Joe+Biden&rft.date=2014-03-11&rft.aulast=Haniffa&rft.aufirst=Aziz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rediff.com%2Fnews%2Freport%2Findias-new-us-envoy-presents-credentials-to-obama%2F20140311.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-94"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-94">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-diplomat-jaishankar-akali-dal-leader-mohanlal-among-47-recipients-of-padma-awards-2005793">"Former Diplomat Jaishankar, Akali Leader Among Recipients of Padma Awards"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Former+Diplomat+Jaishankar%2C+Akali+Leader+Among+Recipients+of+Padma+Awards&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findia-news%2Fformer-diplomat-jaishankar-akali-dal-leader-mohanlal-among-47-recipients-of-padma-awards-2005793&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AS.+Jaishankar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Subrahmanyam Jaishankar">Subrahmanyam Jaishankar</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/34px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="34" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/51px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/68px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="355" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikiquote has quotations related to <i><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search/S._Jaishankar" class="extiw" title="q:Special:Search/S. Jaishankar">S. Jaishankar</a></b></i>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140701174520/https://www.indianembassy.org/pages.php?id=90">Ambassador's Bio Data</a>, Embassy of India, Washington DC</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131002045356/http://english.cntv.cn/program/dialogue/20100803/104348.shtml">Interview</a>, <a href="/wiki/China_Central_Television" title="China Central Television">China Central Television</a>, 3 August 2010</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1130092004">.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-bordered{padding:0 2em;background-color:#fdfdfd;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;clear:both;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-related{font-size:100%;justify-content:flex-start}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-unbordered{padding:0 1.7em;margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-header{margin:0 1em 0 0.5em;flex:0 0 auto;min-height:24px}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-content{display:flex;flex-flow:row wrap;flex:0 1 auto;padding:0.15em 0;column-gap:1em;align-items:baseline;margin:0;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-content-related{margin:0;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-item{display:inline-block;margin:0.15em 0.2em;min-height:24px;line-height:24px}@media screen and (max-width:768px){.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;flex-flow:column wrap;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-header{text-align:center;flex:0;padding-left:0.5em;margin:0 auto}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-related{font-size:100%;align-items:flex-start}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-content{display:flex;flex-flow:row wrap;align-items:center;flex:0;column-gap:1em;border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;margin:0 auto;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-content-related{border-top:none;margin:0;list-style:none}}.mw-parser-output .navbox+link+.portal-bar,.mw-parser-output .navbox+style+.portal-bar,.mw-parser-output .navbox+link+.portal-bar-bordered,.mw-parser-output .navbox+style+.portal-bar-bordered,.mw-parser-output .sister-bar+link+.portal-bar,.mw-parser-output .sister-bar+style+.portal-bar,.mw-parser-output .portal-bar+.navbox-styles+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .portal-bar+.navbox-styles+.sister-bar{margin-top:-1px}</style><div class="portal-bar noprint metadata noviewer portal-bar-bordered" role="navigation" aria-label="Portals"><span class="portal-bar-header"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Portals">Portals</a>:</span><ul class="portal-bar-content"><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/19px-P_vip.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/28px-P_vip.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/37px-P_vip.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1911" data-file-height="1944" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Biography" title="Portal:Biography">Biography</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/21px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/32px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/42px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:India" title="Portal:India">India</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_coloured_voting_box.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/19px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/29px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/38px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Politics" title="Portal:Politics">Politics</a></li></ul></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FACEFF;">Diplomatic posts </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Nirupama_Rao" title="Nirupama Rao">Nirupama Rao</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_China" title="List of ambassadors of India to China">Indian Ambassador to China</a> </b><br />2009–2013 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kantha" title="Ashok Kantha">Ashok Kantha</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ambassador_to_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Ambassador to the United States">Indian Ambassador to the United States</a> </b><br />2013–2015 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Arun_Kumar_Singh" title="Arun Kumar Singh">Arun Kumar Singh</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sujatha_Singh" title="Sujatha Singh">Sujatha Singh</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary_(India)" title="Foreign Secretary (India)">Foreign Secretary of India</a> </b><br />2015–2018 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Keshav_Gokhale" title="Vijay Keshav Gokhale">Vijay Keshav Gokhale</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> </b><br />30 May 2019 – present </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>Incumbent</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Recipients_of_Padma_Shri_in_Civil_Service" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Padma_Shri_Award_Recipients_in_Civil_Service" title="Template:Padma Shri Award Recipients in Civil Service"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Padma_Shri_Award_Recipients_in_Civil_Service" title="Template talk:Padma Shri Award Recipients in Civil Service"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Padma_Shri_Award_Recipients_in_Civil_Service" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Padma Shri Award Recipients in Civil Service"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Recipients_of_Padma_Shri_in_Civil_Service" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Recipients of <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> in Civil Service</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S._K._Dey" title="S. K. Dey">S. K. Dey</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apa_Pant" title="Apa Pant">Apa Pant</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarlok_Singh_(economist)" title="Tarlok Singh (economist)">Tarlok Singh</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._P._Thorat" title="S. P. P. Thorat">S. P. P. Thorat</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kewal_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Kewal Singh">Kewal Singh</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurbaksh_Singh_Dhillon" title="Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon">Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mathew_Kandathil_Mathulla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mathew Kandathil Mathulla (page does not exist)">Mathew Kandathil Mathulla</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Onkar_Srinivasa_Murthy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Onkar Srinivasa Murthy (page does not exist)">Onkar Srinivasa Murthy</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuthakki_Bhanu_Prasad" title="Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad">Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupada_Mukerjee" title="Bishnupada Mukerjee">Bishnupada Mukerjee</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Challagalla_Narasimham" title="Challagalla Narasimham">Challagalla Narasimham</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._K._Banerjee_(Indian_diplomat)" title="P. K. Banerjee (Indian diplomat)">P. K. Banerjee</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._G._Krishna_Murti" title="N. G. Krishna Murti">N. G. Krishna Murti</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surinder_Singh_Bedi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Surinder Singh Bedi (page does not exist)">Surinder Singh Bedi</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sanganbasappa_Mallangouda_Patil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sanganbasappa Mallangouda Patil (page does not exist)">Sanganbasappa Mallangouda Patil</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sardar_Mohan_Singh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sardar Mohan Singh (page does not exist)">Sardar Mohan Singh</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiran_Chandra_Banerjee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kiran Chandra Banerjee (page does not exist)">Kiran Chandra Banerjee</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jehangir_Shapurji_Bhownagary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jehangir Shapurji Bhownagary (page does not exist)">Jehangir Shapurji Bhownagary</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Krishna_Swaroop_Mullick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Krishna Swaroop Mullick (page does not exist)">Krishna Swaroop Mullick</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chand_Chhabra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chand Chhabra (page does not exist)">Chand Chhabra</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kumar_Nandan_Prasad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kumar Nandan Prasad (page does not exist)">Kumar Nandan Prasad</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sunil_Kumar_Bhattacharya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sunil Kumar Bhattacharya (page does not exist)">Sunil Kumar Bhattacharya</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagmohan" title="Jagmohan">Jagmohan</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himangshu_Mohan_Choudhury" title="Himangshu Mohan Choudhury">Himangshu Mohan Choudhury</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brajbir_Saran_Das" title="Brajbir Saran Das">Brajbir Saran Das</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._D._Pande" title="B. D. Pande">B. D. Pande</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranjit_Singh_Sarkaria" title="Ranjit Singh Sarkaria">Ranjit Singh Sarkaria</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Krishnamurthy" title="V. Krishnamurthy">V. Krishnamurthy</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Zahoor_Qasim" title="Syed Zahoor Qasim">Syed Zahoor Qasim</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajit_Chandra_Chatterjee" title="Ajit Chandra Chatterjee">Ajit Chandra Chatterjee</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Prasad_Dar" title="Krishna Prasad Dar">Krishna Prasad Dar</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pessie_Madan" title="Pessie Madan">Pessie Madan</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjan_Singh" title="Arjan Singh">Arjan Singh</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._S._Wakankar" title="V. S. Wakankar">V. S. Wakankar</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thangam_Philip" title="Thangam Philip">Thangam Philip</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangaswamy_Narasimhan" title="Rangaswamy Narasimhan">Rangaswamy Narasimhan</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pothen" title="Paul Pothen">Paul Pothen</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Raju" title="B. V. Raju">B. V. Raju</a> (1977)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madhav_Gadgil" title="Madhav Gadgil">Madhav Gadgil</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Zainuddin_Juvale" title="Mohamed Zainuddin Juvale">Mohamed Zainuddin Juvale</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narla_Tata_Rao" title="Narla Tata Rao">Narla Tata Rao</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hamid_Ansari" title="Mohammad Hamid Ansari">Mohammad Hamid Ansari</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasdev_Singh" title="Jasdev Singh">Jasdev Singh</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kumar_Lakhina" title="Anil Kumar Lakhina">Anil Kumar Lakhina</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Inder_Singh" title="Ramesh Inder Singh">Ramesh Inder Singh</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Izhar_Alam" title="Mohammad Izhar Alam">Mohammad Izhar Alam</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurbachan_Jagat" title="Gurbachan Jagat">Gurbachan Jagat</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avinder_Singh_Brar" title="Avinder Singh Brar">Avinder Singh Brar</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarbdeep_Singh_Virk" title="Sarbdeep Singh Virk">Sarbdeep Singh Virk</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanwar_Pal_Singh_Gill" title="Kanwar Pal Singh Gill">Kanwar Pal Singh Gill</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ved_Marwah" title="Ved Marwah">Ved Marwah</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Achyut_Madhav_Gokhale" title="Achyut Madhav Gokhale">Achyut Madhav Gokhale</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehmoodur_Rehman" title="Mehmoodur Rehman">Mehmoodur Rehman</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Singh" title="Prakash Singh">Prakash Singh</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inderjit_Kaur_Barthakur" title="Inderjit Kaur Barthakur">Inderjit Kaur Barthakur</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._K._Narayanan" title="M. K. Narayanan">M. K. Narayanan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._N._Saksena" title="J. N. Saksena">J. N. Saksena</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oudh_Narayan_Shrivastava" title="Oudh Narayan Shrivastava">Oudh Narayan Shrivastava</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chewang_Phunsog" title="Chewang Phunsog">Chewang Phunsog</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suryadevara_Ramachandra_Rao" title="Suryadevara Ramachandra Rao">Suryadevara Ramachandra Rao</a> (1992)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/E._Sreedharan" title="E. Sreedharan">E. Sreedharan</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Ahmed_Zaki" title="Mohammad Ahmed Zaki">Mohammad Ahmed Zaki</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syamal_Bhushan_Ghosh_Dastidar" title="Syamal Bhushan Ghosh Dastidar">Syamal Bhushan Ghosh Dastidar</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D._R._Karthikeyan" title="D. R. Karthikeyan">D. R. Karthikeyan</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pranab_K._Sen" title="Pranab K. Sen">Pranab K. Sen</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parveen_Talha" title="Parveen Talha">Parveen Talha</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._V._Rajaraman" title="P. V. Rajaraman">P. V. Rajaraman</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Vasudevan" title="R. Vasudevan">R. Vasudevan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanwal_Sibal" title="Kanwal Sibal">Kanwal Sibal</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._K._Viswanathan" title="T. K. Viswanathan">T. K. Viswanathan</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._S._Rathore" title="S. S. Rathore">S. S. Rathore</a> (2018)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">S. Jaishankar</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>(Nil) (2020)</li> <li>(Nil) (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guruprasad_Mohapatra" title="Guruprasad Mohapatra">Guruprasad Mohapatra</a> (Posthumous) (2022)</li> <li>(Nil) (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="15px_Third_Modi_ministry" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FF9933; color:black;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Third_Modi_ministry" title="Template:Third Modi ministry"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:black">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Third_Modi_ministry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:Third Modi ministry (page does not exist)"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:black">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Third_Modi_ministry" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Third Modi ministry"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:black">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="15px_Third_Modi_ministry" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/15px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/23px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/30px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="933" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Third Modi ministry</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a>: <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template talk:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Cabinet_Ministers" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Cabinet Ministers</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:100%;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Farmers%27_Welfare" title="Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare">Agriculture and <br />Farmers' Welfare</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Shivraj_Singh_Chouhan" title="Shivraj Singh Chouhan">Shivraj Singh Chouhan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Atomic_Energy" title="Department of Atomic Energy">Atomic Energy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers" title="Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers">Chemicals and Fertilizers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/J._P._Nadda" title="J. P. Nadda">J. P. Nadda</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Civil_Aviation_(India)" title="Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)">Civil Aviation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Kinjarapu_Ram_Mohan_Naidu" title="Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu">Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Coal" title="Ministry of Coal">Coal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/G._Kishan_Reddy" title="G. Kishan Reddy">G. Kishan Reddy</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Commerce and Industry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Piyush_Goyal" title="Piyush Goyal">Piyush Goyal</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(India)" title="Ministry of Communications (India)">Communications</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jyotiraditya_Scindia" title="Jyotiraditya Scindia">Jyotiraditya Scindia</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution" title="Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution">Consumer Affairs, Food <br />and Public Distribution</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Pralhad_Joshi" title="Pralhad Joshi">Pralhad Joshi</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs" title="Ministry of Corporate Affairs">Corporate Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman">Nirmala Sitharaman</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Co-operation" title="Ministry of Co-operation">Co-operation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_(India)" title="Ministry of Culture (India)">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Gajendra_Singh_Shekhawat" title="Gajendra Singh Shekhawat">Gajendra Singh Shekhawat</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(India)" title="Ministry of Defence (India)">Defence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Rajnath_Singh" title="Rajnath Singh">Rajnath Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Development_of_North_Eastern_Region" title="Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region">Development of North <br />Eastern Region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jyotiraditya_Scindia" title="Jyotiraditya Scindia">Jyotiraditya Scindia</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_(India)" title="Ministry of Education (India)">Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Dharmendra_Pradhan" title="Dharmendra Pradhan">Dharmendra Pradhan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Electronics_and_Information_Technology" title="Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology">Electronics and <br />Information Technology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw" title="Ashwini Vaishnaw">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Environment,_Forest_and_Climate_Change" title="Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change">Environment, Forest <br />and Climate Change</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Bhupender_Yadav" title="Bhupender Yadav">Bhupender Yadav</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">External Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">S. Jaishankar</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(India)" title="Ministry of Finance (India)">Finance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman">Nirmala Sitharaman</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Fisheries,_Animal_Husbandry_and_Dairying" title="Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying">Fisheries, Animal Husbandry<br />and Dairying</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Lalan_Singh" title="Lalan Singh">Lalan Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries" title="Ministry of Food Processing Industries">Food Processing Industry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Chirag_Paswan" title="Chirag Paswan">Chirag Paswan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare" title="Ministry of Health and Family Welfare">Health and Family Welfare</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/J._P._Nadda" title="J. P. Nadda">J. P. Nadda</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Heavy_Industries" title="Ministry of Heavy Industries">Heavy Industries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/H._D._Kumaraswamy" title="H. D. Kumaraswamy">H. D. Kumaraswamy</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (India)">Home Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs" title="Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs">Housing and Urban <br />Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Manohar_Lal_Khattar" title="Manohar Lal Khattar">Manohar Lal Khattar</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Information and Broadcasting</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw" title="Ashwini Vaishnaw">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Labour_and_Employment_(India)" title="Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)">Labour and Employment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Mansukh_Mandaviya" title="Mansukh Mandaviya">Mansukh Mandaviya</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Micro,_Small_and_Medium_Enterprises" title="Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises">Micro, Small and Medium <br />Enterprises</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jitan_Ram_Manjhi" title="Jitan Ram Manjhi">Jitan Ram Manjhi</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Mines_(India)" title="Ministry of Mines (India)">Mines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/G._Kishan_Reddy" title="G. Kishan Reddy">G. Kishan Reddy</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Minority_Affairs" title="Ministry of Minority Affairs">Minority Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Kiren_Rijiju" title="Kiren Rijiju">Kiren Rijiju</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_New_and_Renewable_Energy" title="Ministry of New and Renewable Energy">New and Renewable Energy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Pralhad_Joshi" title="Pralhad Joshi">Pralhad Joshi</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Panchayati_Raj" title="Ministry of Panchayati Raj">Panchayati Raj</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Lalan_Singh" title="Lalan Singh">Lalan Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">Parliamentary Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Kiren_Rijiju" title="Kiren Rijiju">Kiren Rijiju</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Personnel,_Public_Grievances_and_Pensions" title="Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions">Personnel, Public Grievances<br />and Pensions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Petroleum_and_Natural_Gas" title="Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas">Petroleum and <br />Natural Gas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Hardeep_Singh_Puri" title="Hardeep Singh Puri">Hardeep Singh Puri</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Ports,_Shipping_and_Waterways" title="Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways">Ports, Shipping and Waterways</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Sarbananda_Sonowal" title="Sarbananda Sonowal">Sarbananda Sonowal</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Power_(India)" title="Ministry of Power (India)">Power</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Manohar_Lal_Khattar" title="Manohar Lal Khattar">Manohar Lal Khattar</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Railways_(India)" title="Ministry of Railways (India)">Railways</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw" title="Ashwini Vaishnaw">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways" title="Ministry of Road Transport and Highways">Road Transport<br />and Highways</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Nitin_Gadkari" title="Nitin Gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Rural_Development_(India)" title="Ministry of Rural Development (India)">Rural Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Shivraj_Singh_Chouhan" title="Shivraj Singh Chouhan">Shivraj Singh Chouhan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment" title="Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment">Social Justice and<br />Empowerment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Virendra_Kumar_Khatik" title="Virendra Kumar Khatik">Virendra Kumar Khatik</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Space" title="Department of Space">Space</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Steel" title="Ministry of Steel">Steel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/H._D._Kumaraswamy" title="H. D. Kumaraswamy">H. D. Kumaraswamy</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Textiles" title="Ministry of Textiles">Textiles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Giriraj_Singh" title="Giriraj Singh">Giriraj Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tribal_Affairs" title="Ministry of Tribal Affairs">Tribal Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jual_Oram" title="Jual Oram">Jual Oram</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tourism_(India)" title="Ministry of Tourism (India)">Tourism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Gajendra_Singh_Shekhawat" title="Gajendra Singh Shekhawat">Gajendra Singh Shekhawat</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti" title="Ministry of Jal Shakti">Jal Shakti</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/C._R._Patil" title="C. R. Patil">C. R. Patil</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Women_and_Child_Development" title="Ministry of Women and Child Development">Women and Child Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Annpurna_Devi" title="Annpurna Devi">Annpurna Devi</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Youth_Affairs_and_Sports" title="Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports">Youth Affairs and Sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Mansukh_Mandaviya" title="Mansukh Mandaviya">Mansukh Mandaviya</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template talk:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Ministers_of_State_(Independent_Charge)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Ministers of State (Independent Charge)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:100%;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Ayush" title="Ministry of Ayush">AYUSH</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Prataprao_Jadhav" title="Prataprao Jadhav">Prataprao Jadhav</a></div></td></tr><tr><th id="Earth_Sciences" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Earth_Sciences" title="Ministry of Earth Sciences">Earth Sciences</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Singh_(politician,_born_1956)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jitendra Singh (politician, born 1956)">Jitendra Singh</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (India)">Law and Justice</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Ram_Meghwal" title="Arjun Ram Meghwal">Arjun Ram Meghwal</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Planning_(India)" title="Ministry of Planning (India)">Planning</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Rao_Inderjit_Singh" title="Rao Inderjit Singh">Rao Inderjit Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Science_and_Technology_(India)" title="Ministry of Science and Technology (India)">Science and Technology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Singh_(politician,_born_1956)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jitendra Singh (politician, born 1956)">Jitendra Singh</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Skill_Development_and_Entrepreneurship" title="Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship">Skill Development and <br /> Entrepreneurship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Chaudhary" title="Jayant Chaudhary">Jayant Chaudhary</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Statistics_and_Programme_Implementation" title="Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation">Statistics and Programme<br />Implementation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Rao_Inderjit_Singh" title="Rao Inderjit Singh">Rao Inderjit Singh</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template talk:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Ministers_of_State" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Ministers of State</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:100%;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_%26_Farmers_Welfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare">Agriculture and<br />Farmers Welfare</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Parsottambhai_Rupala" class="mw-redirect" title="Parsottambhai Rupala">Parsottambhai Rupala</a><br /><a href="/wiki/S._S._Ahluwalia" title="S. S. Ahluwalia">S. S. Ahluwalia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sudarshan_Bhagat" title="Sudarshan Bhagat">Sudarshan Bhagat</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Atomic_Energy" title="Department of Atomic Energy">Atomic Energy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Singh_(BJP_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jitendra Singh (BJP politician)">Jitendra Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)">Chemicals and Fertilizers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Mansukh_L._Mandaviya" class="mw-redirect" title="Mansukh L. Mandaviya">Mansukh L. Mandaviya</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Civil_Aviation_(India)" title="Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)">Civil Aviation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Sinha" title="Jayant Sinha">Jayant Sinha</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (India)">Consumer Affairs, Food <br />and Public Disturbution</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Chhotu_Ram_Chaudhary" class="mw-redirect" title="Chhotu Ram Chaudhary">Chhotu Ram Chaudhary</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs" title="Ministry of Corporate Affairs">Corporate Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Ram_Meghwal" title="Arjun Ram Meghwal">Arjun Ram Meghwal</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(India)" title="Ministry of Defence (India)">Defence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Subhash_Ramrao_Bhamre" class="mw-redirect" title="Subhash Ramrao Bhamre">Subhash Ramrao Bhamre</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Drinking_Water_and_Sanitation_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (India)">Drinking Water <br />and Sanitation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Jigajinagi" title="Ramesh Jigajinagi">Ramesh Jigajinagi</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Earth_Sciences" title="Ministry of Earth Sciences">Earth Sciences</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Y._S._Chowdary" class="mw-redirect" title="Y. S. Chowdary">Y. S. Chowdary</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Electronics_and_Information_Technology" title="Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology">Electronics and IT</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw" title="Ashwini Vaishnaw">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">External Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/V._K._Singh" title="V. K. Singh">V. K. Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(India)" title="Ministry of Finance (India)">Finance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Ram_Meghwal" title="Arjun Ram Meghwal">Arjun Ram Meghwal</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Gangwar" title="Santosh Gangwar">Santosh Gangwar</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries" title="Ministry of Food Processing Industries">Food Processing Industry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Niranjan_Jyoti" title="Niranjan Jyoti">Niranjan Jyoti</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)">Health and Family Welfare</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Anupriya_Patel" title="Anupriya Patel">Anupriya Patel</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Faggan_Singh_Kulaste" title="Faggan Singh Kulaste">Faggan Singh Kulaste</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Heavy_Industries_and_Public_Enterprises_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (India)">Heavy Industry and Public <br />Enterprises</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/G._M._Siddeshwara" title="G. M. Siddeshwara">G. M. Siddeshwara</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (India)">Home Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Hansraj_Gangaram_Ahir" title="Hansraj Gangaram Ahir">Hansraj Ahir</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kiren_Rijiju" title="Kiren Rijiju">Kiren Rijiju</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Poverty_Alleviation_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (India)">Housing and Urban <br />Poverty Alleviation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Babul_Supriyo" title="Babul Supriyo">Babul Supriyo</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rao_Inderjit_Singh" title="Rao Inderjit Singh">Rao Inderjit Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Human_Resource_Development_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)">Human Resource Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Satya_Pal_Singh_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" title="Satya Pal Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)">Satya Pal Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Information and Broadcasting</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw" title="Ashwini Vaishnaw">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (India)">Law and Justice</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/P._P._Chaudhary" title="P. P. Chaudhary">P. P. Chaudhary</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Micro,_Small_and_Medium_Enterprises" title="Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises">Micro, Small and <br />Medium Enterprises</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Haribhai_Parthibhai_Chaudhary" title="Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary">Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Giriraj_Singh" title="Giriraj Singh">Giriraj Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Minority_Affairs" title="Ministry of Minority Affairs">Minority Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi" title="Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi">Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Overseas_Indian_Affairs" title="Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs">Overseas Indian Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/V._K._Singh" title="V. K. Singh">V. K. Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Panchayati_Raj" title="Ministry of Panchayati Raj">Panchayati Raj</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Parsottambhai_Rupala" class="mw-redirect" title="Parsottambhai Rupala">Parsottambhai Rupala</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">Parliamentary Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Ram_Meghwal" title="Arjun Ram Meghwal">Arjun Ram Meghwal</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Goel_(politician)" title="Vijay Goel (politician)">Vijay Goel</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Personnel,_Public_Grievances_and_Pensions" title="Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions">Personnel, Public Grievances<br />and Pensions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Singh_(BJP_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jitendra Singh (BJP politician)">Jitendra Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Office_(India)" title="Prime Minister's Office (India)">Prime Minister's Office</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Singh_(BJP_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jitendra Singh (BJP politician)">Jitendra Singh</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Railways_(India)" title="Ministry of Railways (India)">Railways</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Sinha" title="Manoj Sinha">Manoj Sinha</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India)">Road Transport <br />and Highways</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Mansukh_L._Mandaviya" class="mw-redirect" title="Mansukh L. Mandaviya">Mansukh L. Mandaviya</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pon_Radhakrishnan" title="Pon Radhakrishnan">Pon Radhakrishnan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Rural_Development_(India)" title="Ministry of Rural Development (India)">Rural Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ram_Kripal_Yadav" title="Ram Kripal Yadav">Ram Kripal Yadav</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Science_and_Technology_(India)" title="Ministry of Science and Technology (India)">Science and Technology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Y._S._Chowdary" class="mw-redirect" title="Y. S. Chowdary">Y. S. Chowdary</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment" title="Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment">Social Justice and Empowerment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Krishan_Pal_Gurjar" title="Krishan Pal Gurjar">Krishan Pal Gurjar</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ramdas_Athawale" title="Ramdas Athawale">Ramdas Athawale</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Sampla" title="Vijay Sampla">Vijay Sampla</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Steel_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Steel (India)">Steel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Vishnudeo_Sai" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishnudeo Sai">Vishnudeo Sai</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Shipping_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Shipping (India)">Shipping</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Mansukh_L._Mandaviya" class="mw-redirect" title="Mansukh L. Mandaviya">Mansukh L. Mandaviya</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pon_Radhakrishnan" title="Pon Radhakrishnan">Pon Radhakrishnan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Space" title="Department of Space">Space</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Singh_(BJP_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jitendra Singh (BJP politician)">Jitendra Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Textiles_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Textiles (India)">Textiles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ajay_Tamta" title="Ajay Tamta">Ajay Tamta</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tribal_Affairs_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Tribal Affairs (India)">Tribal Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jasvantsinh_Sumanbhai_Bhabhor" title="Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor">Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Water_Resources,_River_Development_%26_Ganga_Rejuvenation" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation">Ministry of Water Resources,<br />River Development and<br />Ganga Rejuvenation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Satya_Pal_Singh_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" title="Satya Pal Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)">Satya Pal Singh</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Ram_Meghwal" title="Arjun Ram Meghwal">Arjun Ram Meghwal</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Women_and_Child_Development" title="Ministry of Women and Child Development">Women and Child Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Maneka_Gandhi" title="Maneka Gandhi">Maneka Gandhi</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Urban_Development_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Urban Development (India)">Urban Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Babul_Supriyo" title="Babul Supriyo">Babul Supriyo</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rao_Inderjit_Singh" title="Rao Inderjit Singh">Rao Inderjit Singh</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="15px_Second_Modi_ministry" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FF9933; color:black;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Second_Modi_ministry" title="Template:Second Modi ministry"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:black">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Second_Modi_ministry" title="Template talk:Second Modi ministry"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:black">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Second_Modi_ministry" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Second Modi ministry"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:black">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="15px_Second_Modi_ministry" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/15px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/23px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/30px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="933" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Second Modi ministry</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a>: <a href="/wiki/Modi" class="mw-redirect" title="Modi">Modi</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template talk:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Cabinet_Ministers" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Cabinet Ministers</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:100%;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Farmers%27_Welfare" title="Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare">Agriculture and Farmers Welfare</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Munda" title="Arjun Munda">Arjun Munda</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Fisheries,_Animal_Husbandry_and_Dairying" title="Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying">Animal Husbandry, Dairying<br />and Fisheries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Giriraj_Singh" title="Giriraj Singh">Giriraj Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Atomic_Energy" title="Department of Atomic Energy">Atomic Energy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers" title="Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers">Chemicals and Fertilizers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Mansukh_Mandaviya" title="Mansukh Mandaviya">Mansukh Mandaviya</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Commerce and Industry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Piyush_Goyal" title="Piyush Goyal">Piyush Goyal</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(India)" title="Ministry of Communications (India)">Communications</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw" title="Ashwini Vaishnaw">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution" title="Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution">Consumer Affairs, Food <br />and Public Distribution</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Piyush_Goyal" title="Piyush Goyal">Piyush Goyal</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs" title="Ministry of Corporate Affairs">Corporate Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman">Nirmala Sitharaman</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(India)" title="Ministry of Defence (India)">Defence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Rajnath_Singh" title="Rajnath Singh">Rajnath Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Earth_Sciences" title="Ministry of Earth Sciences">Earth Sciences</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Kiren_Rijiju" title="Kiren Rijiju">Kiren Rijiju</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Electronics_and_Information_Technology" title="Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology">Electronics and <br />Information Technology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw" title="Ashwini Vaishnaw">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">External Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">S. Jaishankar</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(India)" title="Ministry of Finance (India)">Finance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman">Nirmala Sitharaman</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries" title="Ministry of Food Processing Industries">Food Processing Industry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Singh_Tomar" title="Narendra Singh Tomar">Narendra Singh Tomar</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Coal" title="Ministry of Coal">Coal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Pralhad_Joshi" title="Pralhad Joshi">Pralhad Joshi</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_(India)" title="Ministry of Education (India)">Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Dharmendra_Pradhan" title="Dharmendra Pradhan">Dharmendra Pradhan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Environment,_Forest_and_Climate_Change" title="Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change">Environment, Forest <br />and Climate Change</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Bhupender_Yadav" title="Bhupender Yadav">Bhupender Yadav</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare" title="Ministry of Health and Family Welfare">Health and Family Welfare</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Mansukh_L._Mandaviya" class="mw-redirect" title="Mansukh L. Mandaviya">Mansukh L. Mandaviya</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Heavy_Industries" title="Ministry of Heavy Industries">Heavy Industry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Nath_Pandey" title="Mahendra Nath Pandey">Mahendra Nath Pandey</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (India)">Home Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Information and Broadcasting</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Anurag_Thakur" title="Anurag Thakur">Anurag Thakur</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (India)">Law and Justice</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Ram_Meghwal" title="Arjun Ram Meghwal">Arjun Ram Meghwal</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Water_Resources,_River_Development_and_Ganga_Rejuvenation" title="Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation">Jal Shakti</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Gajendra_Singh_Shekhawat" title="Gajendra Singh Shekhawat">Gajendra Singh Shekhawat</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Micro,_Small_and_Medium_Enterprises" title="Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises">Micro, Small and<br />Medium Enterprises</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Rane" title="Narayan Rane">Narayan Rane</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Panchayati_Raj" title="Ministry of Panchayati Raj">Panchayati Raj</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Giriraj_Singh" title="Giriraj Singh">Giriraj Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">Parliamentary Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Pralhad_Joshi" title="Pralhad Joshi">Pralhad Joshi</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Personnel,_Public_Grievances_and_Pensions" title="Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions">Personnel, Public Grievances<br />and Pensions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Petroleum_and_Natural_Gas" title="Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas">Petroleum and <br />Natural Gas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Hardeep_Singh_Puri" title="Hardeep Singh Puri">Hardeep Singh Puri</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Railways_(India)" title="Ministry of Railways (India)">Railways</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw" title="Ashwini Vaishnaw">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Rural_Development_(India)" title="Ministry of Rural Development (India)">Rural Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Giriraj_Singh" title="Giriraj Singh">Giriraj Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Skill_Development_and_Entrepreneurship" title="Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship">Skill Development and <br /> Entrepreneurship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Nath_Pandey" title="Mahendra Nath Pandey">Mahendra Nath Pandey</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment" title="Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment">Social Justice and<br />Empowerment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Virendra_Kumar_Khatik" title="Virendra Kumar Khatik">Virendra Kumar Khatik</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Space" title="Department of Space">Space</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Steel" title="Ministry of Steel">Ministry of Steel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jyotiraditya_Scindia" title="Jyotiraditya Scindia">Jyotiraditya Scindia</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Ports,_Shipping_and_Waterways" title="Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways">Shipping</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways" title="Ministry of Road Transport and Highways">Road Transport <br />and Highways</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Nitin_Gadkari" title="Nitin Gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Textiles" title="Ministry of Textiles">Textiles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Smriti_Irani" title="Smriti Irani">Smriti Irani</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tribal_Affairs" title="Ministry of Tribal Affairs">Tribal Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Munda" title="Arjun Munda">Arjun Munda</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Women_and_Child_Development" title="Ministry of Women and Child Development">Women and Child Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Smriti_Irani" title="Smriti Irani">Smriti Irani</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Minority_Affairs" title="Ministry of Minority Affairs">Minority Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Smriti_Irani" title="Smriti Irani">Smriti Irani</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Mines_(India)" title="Ministry of Mines (India)">Mines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Pralhad_Joshi" title="Pralhad Joshi">Pralhad Joshi</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template talk:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Ministers_of_State_(Independent_Charge)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Ministers of State (Independent Charge)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:100%;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Development_of_North_Eastern_Region" title="Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region">Development of North <br />Eastern Region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Singh_(politician,_born_1956)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jitendra Singh (politician, born 1956)">Jitendra Singh</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Poverty_Alleviation_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (India)">Housing and Urban Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Hardeep_Singh_Puri" title="Hardeep Singh Puri">Hardeep Singh Puri</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Labour_and_Employment_(India)" title="Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)">Labour and Employment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhupendar_Yadav&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bhupendar Yadav (page does not exist)">Bhupendar Yadav</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_New_and_Renewable_Energy_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (India)">New and Renewable Energy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kumar_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Raj Kumar Singh">Raj Kumar Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Planning_Commission_(India)" title="Planning Commission (India)">Planning</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Rao_Inderjit_Singh" title="Rao Inderjit Singh">Rao Inderjit Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Power_(India)" title="Ministry of Power (India)">Power</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kumar_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Raj Kumar Singh">Raj Kumar Singh</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Science_and_Technology_(India)" title="Ministry of Science and Technology (India)">Science and Technology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Singh_(BJP_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jitendra Singh (BJP politician)">Jitendra Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Ports,_Shipping_and_Waterways" title="Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways">Ports, Shipping and Waterways</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Sarbananda_Sonowal" title="Sarbananda Sonowal">Sarbananda Sonowal</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Statistics_and_Programme_Implementation" title="Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation">Statistics and Programme<br />Implementation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Rao_Inderjit_Singh" title="Rao Inderjit Singh">Rao Inderjit Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tourism_(India)" title="Ministry of Tourism (India)">Tourism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Prahlad_Singh_Patel" title="Prahlad Singh Patel">Prahlad Singh Patel</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Youth_Affairs_and_Sports_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)">Youth Affairs and Sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Anurag_Thakur" title="Anurag Thakur">Anurag Thakur</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template talk:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Ministers_of_State" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Ministers of State</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:100%;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_%26_Farmers_Welfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare">Agriculture and<br />Farmers Welfare</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Shobha_Karandlaje" title="Shobha Karandlaje">Shobha Karandlaje</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Animal_Husbandry,_Dairying_and_Fisheries" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries">Animal Husbandry, Dairying<br />and Fisheries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/L._Murugan" title="L. Murugan">L. Murugan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Atomic_Energy" title="Department of Atomic Energy">Atomic Energy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Singh_(BJP_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jitendra Singh (BJP politician)">Jitendra Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)">Chemicals and Fertilizers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Bhagwanth_Khuba" title="Bhagwanth Khuba">Bhagwanth Khuba</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Commerce and Industry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Anupriya_Patel" title="Anupriya Patel">Anupriya Patel</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(India)" title="Ministry of Communications (India)">Communications</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Devusinh_Jesingbhai_Chauhan" title="Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan">Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (India)">Consumer Affairs, Food <br />and Public Disturbution</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Raosaheb_Danve" title="Raosaheb Danve">Raosaheb Danve</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs" title="Ministry of Corporate Affairs">Corporate Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Rao_Inderjit_Singh" title="Rao Inderjit Singh">Rao Inderjit Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(India)" title="Ministry of Defence (India)">Defence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ajay_Bhatt" title="Ajay Bhatt">Ajay Bhatt</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Electronics_and_Information_Technology" title="Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology">Electronics and IT</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Rajeev_Chandrasekhar" title="Rajeev Chandrasekhar">Rajeev Chandrasekhar</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Environment_and_Forests_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)">Environment, Forest <br />and Climate Change</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Kumar_Choubey" title="Ashwini Kumar Choubey">Ashwini Kumar Choubey</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">External Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/V._Muraleedharan" title="V. Muraleedharan">V. Muraleedharan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(India)" title="Ministry of Finance (India)">Finance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Chaudhary" title="Pankaj Chaudhary">Pankaj Chaudhary</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bhagwat_Karad" title="Bhagwat Karad">Bhagwat Karad</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries" title="Ministry of Food Processing Industries">Food Processing Industry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Shobha_Karandlaje" title="Shobha Karandlaje">Shobha Karandlaje</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)">Health and Family Welfare</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Bharati_Pawar" title="Bharati Pawar">Bharati Pawar</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Heavy_Industries_and_Public_Enterprises_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (India)">Heavy Industry and Public <br />Enterprises</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Ram_Meghwal" title="Arjun Ram Meghwal">Arjun Ram Meghwal</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (India)">Home Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ajay_Mishra_Teni" title="Ajay Mishra Teni">Ajay Mishra Teni</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nityanand_Rai" title="Nityanand Rai">Nityanand Rai</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nisith_Pramanik" title="Nisith Pramanik">Nisith Pramanik</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Water_Resources,_River_Development_%26_Ganga_Rejuvenation" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation">Jal Shakti</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Rajeev_Chandrasekhar" title="Rajeev Chandrasekhar">Rajeev Chandrasekhar</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Micro,_Small_and_Medium_Enterprises" title="Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises">Micro, Small and <br />Medium Enterprises</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Bhanu_Pratap_Singh_Verma" title="Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma">Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">Parliamentary Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Ram_Meghwal" title="Arjun Ram Meghwal">Arjun Ram Meghwal</a><br /><a href="/wiki/V._Muraleedharan" title="V. Muraleedharan">V. Muraleedharan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Personnel,_Public_Grievances_and_Pensions" title="Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions">Personnel, Public Grievances<br />and Pensions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Singh_(BJP_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jitendra Singh (BJP politician)">Jitendra Singh</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Office_(India)" title="Prime Minister's Office (India)">Prime Minister's Office</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Singh_(BJP_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jitendra Singh (BJP politician)">Jitendra Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Railways_(India)" title="Ministry of Railways (India)">Railways</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Raosaheb_Danve" title="Raosaheb Danve">Raosaheb Danve</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Darshana_Jardosh" title="Darshana Jardosh">Darshana Jardosh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (India)">Road Transport <br />and Highways</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/V._K._Singh" title="V. K. Singh">V. K. Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Rural_Development_(India)" title="Ministry of Rural Development (India)">Rural Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Niranjan_Jyoti" title="Niranjan Jyoti">Niranjan Jyoti</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment" title="Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment">Social Justice and Empowerment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/A._Narayanaswamy" title="A. Narayanaswamy">A. Narayanaswamy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ramdas_Athawale" title="Ramdas Athawale">Ramdas Athawale</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pratima_Bhoumik" title="Pratima Bhoumik">Pratima Bhoumik</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Steel_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Steel (India)">Steel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Faggan_Singh_Kulaste" title="Faggan Singh Kulaste">Faggan Singh Kulaste</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Skill_Development_and_Entrepreneurship" title="Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship">Skill Development and <br /> Entrepreneurship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kumar_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Raj Kumar Singh">Raj Kumar Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Space" title="Department of Space">Space</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Singh_(BJP_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jitendra Singh (BJP politician)">Jitendra Singh</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tribal_Affairs_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Tribal Affairs (India)">Tribal Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Bharati_Pawar" title="Bharati Pawar">Bharati Pawar</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Women_and_Child_Development" title="Ministry of Women and Child Development">Women and Child Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Munjapara" title="Mahendra Munjapara">Mahendra Munjapara</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Foreign_ministers_of_the_G20" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:G20-Foreign" title="Template:G20-Foreign"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:G20-Foreign" title="Template talk:G20-Foreign"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:G20-Foreign" title="Special:EditPage/Template:G20-Foreign"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Foreign_ministers_of_the_G20" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign minister">Foreign ministers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/G20" title="G20">G20</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/African_Union" title="African Union"><img alt="African Union" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_the_African_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_African_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_the_African_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_African_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_the_African_Union.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_African_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <i>TBA</i></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gerardo_Werthein" title="Gerardo Werthein">Werthein</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Penny_Wong" title="Penny Wong">Wong</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mauro_Vieira" title="Mauro Vieira">Vieira</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9lanie_Joly" title="Mélanie Joly">Joly</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wang_Yi_(politician)" title="Wang Yi (politician)">Wang</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Josep_Borrell" title="Josep Borrell">Borrell</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jean-No%C3%ABl_Barrot" title="Jean-Noël Barrot">Barrot</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Annalena_Baerbock" title="Annalena Baerbock">Baerbock</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jaishankar</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia"><img alt="Indonesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sugiono" title="Sugiono">Sugiono</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Tajani" title="Antonio Tajani">Tajani</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Takeshi_Iwaya" title="Takeshi Iwaya">Iwaya</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Juan_Ram%C3%B3n_de_la_Fuente" title="Juan Ramón de la Fuente">De la Fuente</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov" title="Sergey Lavrov">Lavrov</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia"><img alt="Saudi Arabia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Faisal_bin_Farhan_Al_Saud" title="Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud">Faisal</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Lamola" title="Ronald Lamola">Lamola</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cho_Tae-yul" title="Cho Tae-yul">Cho</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hakan_Fidan" title="Hakan Fidan">Fidan</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/David_Lammy" title="David Lammy">Lammy</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken">Blinken</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Foreign_ministers_of_the_BRICS" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:BRICS-Foreign" title="Template:BRICS-Foreign"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:BRICS-Foreign" title="Template talk:BRICS-Foreign"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:BRICS-Foreign" title="Special:EditPage/Template:BRICS-Foreign"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Foreign_ministers_of_the_BRICS" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign minister">Foreign ministers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/BRICS" title="BRICS">BRICS</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mauro_Vieira" title="Mauro Vieira">Vieira</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wang_Yi_(politician)" title="Wang Yi (politician)">Wang</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jaishankar</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov" title="Sergey Lavrov">Lavrov</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Lamola" title="Ronald Lamola">Lamola</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"><img alt="Egypt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sameh_Shoukry" title="Sameh Shoukry">Shoukry</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia"><img alt="Ethiopia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Taye_Atske_Selassie" title="Taye Atske Selassie">Selassie</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"><img alt="Iran" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ali_Bagheri" title="Ali Bagheri">Bagheri</a> (acting)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates"><img alt="United Arab Emirates" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_bin_Zayed_Al_Nahyan" title="Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan">Al Nahyan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Foreign_ministers_of_the_G4" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:G4-Foreign" title="Template:G4-Foreign"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:G4-Foreign" title="Template talk:G4-Foreign"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:G4-Foreign" title="Special:EditPage/Template:G4-Foreign"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Foreign_ministers_of_the_G4" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign minister">Foreign ministers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/G4_nations" title="G4 nations">G4</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mauro_Vieira" title="Mauro Vieira">Vieira</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Annalena_Baerbock" title="Annalena Baerbock">Baerbock</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jaishankar</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Takeshi_Iwaya" title="Takeshi Iwaya">Iwaya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16186720#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16186720#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16186720#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/5816161634384610850000">VIAF</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d-nb.info/gnd/1215290152">Germany</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n2021241329">United States</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.ndl.go.jp/auth/ndlna/032562539">Japan</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://olduli.nli.org.il/F/?func=find-b&local_base=NLX10&find_code=UID&request=987012377355305171">Israel</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Academics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ci.nii.ac.jp/author/DB00032707?l=en">CiNii</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.idref.fr/276151488">IdRef</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&oldid=1260170452">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&oldid=1260170452</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1955_births" title="Category:1955 births">1955 births</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Indian_Foreign_Secretaries" title="Category:Indian Foreign Secretaries">Indian Foreign Secretaries</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Living_people" title="Category:Living people">Living people</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:St._Stephen%27s_College,_Delhi_alumni" title="Category:St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni">St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Jawaharlal_Nehru_University_alumni" title="Category:Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni">Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Delhi" title="Category:People from Delhi">People from Delhi</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:High_commissioners_of_India_to_Singapore" title="Category:High commissioners of India to Singapore">High commissioners of India to Singapore</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ambassadors_of_India_to_the_United_States" title="Category:Ambassadors of India to the United States">Ambassadors of India to the United States</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ambassadors_of_India_to_China" title="Category:Ambassadors of India to China">Ambassadors of India to China</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ambassadors_of_India_to_the_Czech_Republic" title="Category:Ambassadors of India to the Czech Republic">Ambassadors of India to the Czech Republic</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Indian_Foreign_Service_officers" title="Category:Indian Foreign Service officers">Indian Foreign Service officers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Narendra_Modi_ministry" title="Category:Narendra Modi ministry">Narendra Modi ministry</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Members_of_the_Cabinet_of_India" title="Category:Members of the Cabinet of India">Members of the Cabinet of India</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ministers_for_external_affairs_of_India" title="Category:Ministers for external affairs of India">Ministers for external affairs of India</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Gujarat" title="Category:Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat">Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Recipients_of_the_Padma_Shri_in_civil_service" title="Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in civil service">Recipients of the Padma Shri in civil service</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rajya_Sabha_members_from_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Category:Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party">Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_Indian_English_from_November_2024" title="Category:Use Indian English from November 2024">Use Indian English from November 2024</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_Wikipedia_articles_written_in_Indian_English" title="Category:All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English">All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_November_2024" title="Category:Use dmy dates from November 2024">Use dmy dates from November 2024</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commons_category_link_is_on_Wikidata" title="Category:Commons category link is on Wikidata">Commons category link is on Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 29 November 2024, at 07:19<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S._Jaishankar&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-5c59558b9d-5dsld","wgBackendResponseTime":130,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"1.456","walltime":"1.743","ppvisitednodes":{"value":23728,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":605205,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":21654,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":22,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":8,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":360665,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 1443.726 1 -total"," 30.31% 437.627 1 Template:Infobox_officeholder"," 24.53% 354.146 1 Template:Reflist"," 12.14% 175.214 4 Template:Navbox"," 10.66% 153.961 39 Template:Cite_news"," 8.68% 125.281 17 Template:Infobox_officeholder/office"," 8.31% 119.962 34 Template:Flagicon"," 6.49% 93.690 25 Template:Cite_web"," 6.43% 92.802 1 Template:G20-Foreign"," 5.60% 80.877 3 Template:Cite_book"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.772","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":12042060,"limit":52428800},"limitreport-logs":"table#1 {\n}\n\"\"\ntable#1 {\n}\n\"\"\n"},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-5c59558b9d-7d9xm","timestamp":"20241129071958","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"S. Jaishankar","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S._Jaishankar","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q16186720","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q16186720","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2013-09-03T09:52:09Z","dateModified":"2024-11-29T07:19:51Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/7b\/The_official_portrait_of_External_Minister_Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar.jpg","headline":"External Affairs Minister of India"}</script> </body> </html>