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| office = {{flag|India}}n [[Ambassador]] to {{flag|Armenia}}
| term_start = {{dts|format=dmy|2001|08|29}}
| term_end = {{dts|format=dmy|2005|07|26}}
| predecessor = Bal Anand
| successor = Reena Pandey

| office2 = {{flag|India}}n [[Ambassador]] to {{flag|Sudan}}
| term_start2 = {{dts|format=dmy|2005|07|26}}
| term_end2 = {{dts|format=dmy|2010|03|18}}
| predecessor2 = Ashok Kumar
| successor2 = Sanjay Kumar Verma

| office3 = {{flag|India}}n [[Ambassador]] to {{flag|Poland}}
| term_start3 = {{dts|format=dmy|2010|03|18}}
| term_end3 = {{dts|format=dmy|2011|11|}}
| predecessor3 = Rajesh Yaishnaw
| successor3 = [[Monika Kapil Mohta]]
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'''Deepak Vohra''' is an Indian diplomat.

==Education and early career==
Vohra graduated from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] and [[St.Columba's School, New Delhi|St. Columba's School]]. He has also been educated at [[National Defence College (India)]] and [[University of Paris]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jsia.edu.in/sites/default/files/events/%2812%20March%202013%29_Speaker%20%28Ambassador%20Deepak%20Vohra%29_JSIA.pdf |title=Deepak Vohra |date= |website= |publisher= |location=| accessdate= 3 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article29900|title = Juba Airport officers accused of harassing Indian Ambassador - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan}}</ref>

Prior to joining the IFS, he was an officer on special duty to the Technology Advisor to the Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/ex-diplomat-deepak-vohra-adviser-of-south-sudan-government-103084-2012-05-23 | title=Surprise role | date=23 May 2012 | publisher=India Today | accessdate=23 October 2018 }}</ref> Vohra has also previously worked with Sulabh International and has been a part of United Nations assignments in Africa.

==Indian Foreign Service==
Vohra has served in France, Tunisia, United States, Chad, Cameroon, [[Papua New Guinea]], Spain, Armenia, Sudan and Poland. In 1995 he was deputy high commissioner in [[Kuala Lumpur]]. He was Ambassador of [[India]] to [[Poland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/1126/Shri+Deepak+Vohra+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+Poland|title = Shri Deepak Vohra appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Poland|date = |accessdate = 3 January 2016|website = |publisher = Ministry of external affairs Government of India|last = |first = }}</ref>

===Fraud investigation===
Vohra was questioned and three premises of his and associates were subject to search by the [[Enforcement Directorate]] in 2016 in connection to "alleged violations of foreign exchange laws in the issuance of certain government grants by India to friendly countries". The law enforcement agency recovered documents and foreign currency from the search of Vohra's premises. Vohra had served as "Honorary CEO" of a subsidiary of Angelique International.<ref name="pti">{{cite news |title=Retired IFS officer, firms under ED scanner |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/retired-ifs-officer-firms-under-ed-scanner-548327-2016-02-02 |work=PTI |date=February 2, 2016}}</ref> The Enforcement Directorate probed Vohra's role in facilitating corruption between Angelique International in which African politicians would receive kickbacks for obtaining contracts under Indian government grants. A source told the ''[[Times of India]]'' that Vohra "allegedly functioned as intermediary for some Indian entities obtaining soft loans for financing projects in Africa."<ref name="times">{{cite news |title=ED raids former Indian diplomat on suspicion of 'line of credit' fraud |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ED-raids-former-Indian-diplomat-on-suspicion-of-line-of-credit-fraud/articleshow/50814006.cms |work=Times of India |date=February 2, 2016}}</ref> Angelique International had been very successful, getting 62 projects worth $1.1 billion out of the 510 projects awarded between 2004 and 2014 under the Indian government's [[Indian foreign aid|lines of credit program]].<ref name="angelique">{{cite news |title=India's Aid Diplomacy is Worth $24 Billion. But How Well is the Money Being Spent? |url=https://thewire.in/diplomacy/india-lines-of-credit-aid-diplomacy |work=The Wire |date=June 16, 2017}}</ref>

==Later career==
In 2012 he was Advisor to the Government of [[South Sudan]]. He was the news reader at Doordarshan in start of his career as a TV news presenter.<ref>http://greenworldrealtors.com/.hcc.thumbs/deepak-vohra-doordarshan{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>http://abhisays.com/doordarshan/revisiting-20-old-doordarshan-news-readers-and-anchors.html</ref> He inaugurated the Apati War Memorial at Kargil.<ref>http://www.reachladakh.com/ambassador-deepak-vohra-inaugurates-apati-war-memorial-at-kargil/2937.html</ref>

==References==
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