K. Raghunath

Krishnan Raghunath
Krishnan Raghunath
Indian; Ambassador; to East Germany
	In office; 23 April 1979 – 1982
Preceded by	es:Roy Axel Khan
Succeeded by	es:Prabhakar Menon
Indian; Ambassador; to Philippines
	In office; 1987 – 1990
Indian; High Commissioner; to Nigeria
	In office; 1990 – 1990
Preceded by	es:Deb Mukharji
Succeeded by	Lalit Mansingh
21st Foreign Secretary (India)
	In office; 1 July 1997 – 1 December 1999
Preceded by	Salman Haidar
Succeeded by	Lalit Mansingh
Indian; de:Liste der indischen Botschafter in der Sowjetunion und Russland; to Russia
	In office; 2001 – 2004
Preceded by	Satinder Kumar Lambah
Succeeded by	Kanwal Sibal
Personal details
Born	13 November 1939; Madras
Spouse(s)	Sunny
Education	La Martiniere College
Occupation	Politician

Krishnan Raghunath is an Indian diplomat who served as the Foreign Secretary of India in the late 1990s. He previously served as the Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh as well as Ambassador to Russia, Nigeria and the Philippines. ^[2]

Biography[edit]

He graduated from the prestigious Madras Christian College. K. Raghunath went to school at La Martiniere Boys' College^[3] in Lucknow, India.

He joined the Indian Foreign service in 1962.^[4] He married, Sunny, in 1975.

In June 1967, Chinese authorities expelled Krishnan Raghunath and Vijai Padmanab two Indian diplomats on charges of espionage. India retaliated by expelling two members of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi.
From 1978 to April 1979 he was counsellor in the Indian Embassy in Moscow.

He became Foreign Secretary on 1 July 1997 when he took over from Salman Haidar.^[1]

In 2001 he became the Indian ambassador to Russia, taking over from Mr S.K. Lambah.^[4]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Malhotra, Jyoti. 'The world in his briefcase'. "The Indian Express" (online edition) 1 June 1997 Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 2007
↑ Krishnan, Raghunath ; B.Sc (Hons) ; b 13 November 1939 Madras Edn Madras Christian Coll, Madras Univ ; Secy "Students' Service" for the Blind, 1959 ; Under-Officer and Battalion Cadet Quarter Master, N.C.C 1955-59 [1][2][3]
↑ The Old Martinians' website Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 New ambassador to Russia. The Tribune (online edition) 16 May 2001 accessed July 2007

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[iec-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Malhotra, Jyoti. 'The world in his briefcase'. "The Indian Express" (online edition) 1 June 1997 Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 2007

[2] Krishnan, Raghunath ; B.Sc (Hons) ; b 13 November 1939 Madras Edn Madras Christian Coll, Madras Univ ; Secy "Students' Service" for the Blind, 1959 ; Under-Officer and Battalion Cadet Quarter Master, N.C.C 1955-59 [1][2][3]

[om-3] The Old Martinians' website Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007

[tic-4] 4.0 ^4.1 New ambassador to Russia. The Tribune (online edition) 16 May 2001 accessed July 2007

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