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	'''Ashok Kantha''' or '''Ashok K. Kantha''' is an Indian diplomat and was formerly the Indian Ambassador to the [[China]].<ref name="Embassy of India">{{cite web \| url=http://indianembassy.org.cn/DynamicContent.aspx?MenuId=33&SubMenuId=0 \| title=Embassy Of India, Beijing \| date=20 January 2014 \| accessdate=January 30, 2014 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116160023/http://www.indianembassy.org.cn/DynamicContent.aspx?MenuId=33&SubMenuId=0 \| archive-date=16 January 2010 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a 1977 batch [[Indian Foreign Service]] officer. He had previously served as Secretary to the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)\|Ministry of External Affairs]] [[Government of India]] (2013–2014), High Commissioner of India in [[Sri Lanka]] (2009–2013) and as India's High Commissioner to [[Malaysia]] (2007–2009).<ref name="mea India">{{cite web \| url=http://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/22193/Shri+Ashok+K+Kantha+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+the+Peoples+Republic+of+China \| title=MEA India \| date=12 September 2013 \| accessdate=January 4, 2015}}</ref> He is currently the Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.icsin.org/faculty/show/278\|title=ICS- Institute of Chinese Studies : Ashok K. Kantha\|website=www.icsin.org\|access-date=2017-05-06\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407223125/http://www.icsin.org/faculty/show/278\|archive-date=7 April 2017\|url-status=dead}}</ref> ~~He is also a Distinguished Fellow at Vivekananda International Foundation, a New Delhi-based think-tank.~~		'''Ashok Kantha''' or '''Ashok K. Kantha''' is an Indian diplomat and was formerly the Indian Ambassador to the [[China]].<ref name="Embassy of India">{{cite web \| url=http://indianembassy.org.cn/DynamicContent.aspx?MenuId=33&SubMenuId=0 \| title=Embassy Of India, Beijing \| date=20 January 2014 \| accessdate=January 30, 2014 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116160023/http://www.indianembassy.org.cn/DynamicContent.aspx?MenuId=33&SubMenuId=0 \| archive-date=16 January 2010 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a 1977 batch [[Indian Foreign Service]] officer. He had previously served as Secretary to the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)\|Ministry of External Affairs]] [[Government of India]] (2013–2014), High Commissioner of India in [[Sri Lanka]] (2009–2013) and as India's High Commissioner to [[Malaysia]] (2007–2009).<ref name="mea India">{{cite web \| url=http://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/22193/Shri+Ashok+K+Kantha+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+the+Peoples+Republic+of+China \| title=MEA India \| date=12 September 2013 \| accessdate=January 4, 2015}}</ref> He is currently the Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.icsin.org/faculty/show/278\|title=ICS- Institute of Chinese Studies : Ashok K. Kantha\|website=www.icsin.org\|access-date=2017-05-06\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407223125/http://www.icsin.org/faculty/show/278\|archive-date=7 April 2017\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Early life and background==		==Early life and background==
	Kantha was born on 14 May 1955. After graduating in History from [[Patna University]] in 1975, he briefly worked as an executive with the State Bank of India. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in July 1977 and studied Chinese Language at [[Nanyang University]], Singapore.<ref name="Embassy of India"/>		Kantha was born on 14 May 1955.{{Citation needed\|date= July 2022}} After graduating in History from [[Patna University]] in 1975, he briefly worked as an executive with the State Bank of India. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in July 1977 and studied Chinese Language at [[Nanyang University]], Singapore.<ref name="Embassy of India"/>

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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ashok Kantha
|office = Former Indian Ambassador to [[China]]
| order =
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|predecessor = [[Subrahmanyam Jaishankar]]
|successor = [[Vijay Keshav Gokhale]]
| termend = January 2016
| termstart =
|office2 = Indian High Commissioner to [[Malaysia]]
|predecessor2 =
|office1 = Indian High Commissioner to [[Sri Lanka]]
|predecessor1 =
|successor1 = Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha
| termstart1 =
|term1 = 2009–13
|term2 = 2007–2009
|successor2 =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|5|14|df=y}}
|birth_place =
|occupation = Career Diplomat
|term_start = 6 January 2014
}}

'''Ashok Kantha''' or '''Ashok K. Kantha''' is an Indian diplomat and was formerly the Indian Ambassador to the [[China]].<ref name="Embassy of India">{{cite web | url=http://indianembassy.org.cn/DynamicContent.aspx?MenuId=33&SubMenuId=0 | title=Embassy Of India, Beijing | date=20 January 2014 | accessdate=January 30, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116160023/http://www.indianembassy.org.cn/DynamicContent.aspx?MenuId=33&SubMenuId=0 | archive-date=16 January 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a 1977 batch [[Indian Foreign Service]] officer. He had previously served as Secretary to the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] [[Government of India]] (2013–2014), High Commissioner of India in [[Sri Lanka]] (2009–2013) and as India's High Commissioner to [[Malaysia]] (2007–2009).<ref name="mea India">{{cite web | url=http://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/22193/Shri+Ashok+K+Kantha+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+the+Peoples+Republic+of+China | title=MEA India | date=12 September 2013 | accessdate=January 4, 2015}}</ref> He is currently the Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icsin.org/faculty/show/278|title=ICS- Institute of Chinese Studies : Ashok K. Kantha|website=www.icsin.org|access-date=2017-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407223125/http://www.icsin.org/faculty/show/278|archive-date=7 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is also a Distinguished Fellow at Vivekananda International Foundation, a New Delhi-based think-tank.

==Early life and background==
Kantha was born on 14 May 1955. After graduating in History from [[Patna University]] in 1975, he briefly worked as an executive with the State Bank of India. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in July 1977 and studied Chinese Language at [[Nanyang University]], Singapore.<ref name="Embassy of India"/>

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