Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha

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Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha
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Chief Information Commissioner of India
Assumed office
7 November 2020
Preceded byBimal Julka[1]
High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom
In office
7 December 2016[2] – October 2018[3][4]
Preceded byNavtej Sarna
Succeeded byRuchi Ghanashyam
High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka
In office
June 2013[5][6] – December 2016[5][6]
Preceded byAshok Kantha
Succeeded byTaranjit Singh Sandhu[7]
Indian Ambassador to Venezuela[5]
In office
January 2007[5] – August 2009[5]
Consul General of India, Dubai
In office
August 2003 – December 2006
Personal details
Born (1958-10-04) 4 October 1958 (age 65)[8]
NationalityIndian
Spouse(s)Girija Sinha[9]
Children2 sons
Alma materSt. Michael's High School, Patna; St. Stephen's College, Delhi & University of Delhi[5]
OccupationDiplomat IFS

Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha; born 4 October 1958[10] is an Indian diplomat who belongs to the Indian Foreign Service. He is the former[11] High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom. He was sworn in as Central Information Commissioner on January 1, 2019.

In October 2020, he has been selected to be the Chief Information Commissioner of India.[12]

Personal life[edit]

Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha hails from Bihar. Born in an eminent Kayastha family of Patna, he was schooled at Chesham and at the St. Michael's High School, Patna. He holds a B.A. (Honours) degree in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and a Master of Arts degree in History from the University of Delhi. He also has an advanced diploma in Arabic from the American University in Cairo.[5] He is married to Girija Sinha and they have two sons.[5] He is the son of Lieutenant General Srinivas Kumar Sinha, PVSM, who was former Vice Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army, former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Assam, and former Ambassador of India to Nepal.[13]

Career[edit]

Sinha is an Indian Foreign Service officer of the 1981 batch.[10] After retiring from foreign service, he was first appointed as Central Information Commissioner on 1 January, 2019 and was subsequently sworn in as the Chief Information Commissioner of India on 7 November, 2020..[14]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha takes oath as Chief Information Commissioner". The Hindu. 7 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "New Indian High Commissioner Y K Sinha takes charge in UK - The Indian Express". 3 September 2018. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Some distrust in Indo-UK relations, says envoy YK Sinha". 22 October 2018. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018.
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20181223003547/https://www.hcilondon.gov.in/pages?id=eyJpdiI6IlRvXC94OWRCR2tNQ0h2UzdlTzRqYU5nPT0iLCJ2YWx1ZSI6InZjUWVoM0FVQzR5d3Nid2JoZzRGa1E9PSIsIm1hYyI6ImM0MzhmMzE4YTk1MjExMzIyYzczYmYyODNjMWRjNjk3MmRjMDQxMWQ4OTJmNjJlZmM4MzQzM2VhZTAzNmIyNWQifQ==&subid=eyJpdiI6IlZTRnlPNDV6MWxtTW1GMmRyNE5RZFE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiRjFHVkZ4OVVTNkJNRWh2NnlQZDFcL0E9PSIsIm1hYyI6ImJlNDU4MmM0OTA3YmNjMGU5YjUyZGVmZjc0MTVjODIzZDExOWZmZWZlODJkNjljMmY1MmQ2ZmMxNmMwYzcwOWQifQ==
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "Welcome to High Commission of India, London, UK". 3 September 2018. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Welcome to High Commission of India, Colombo, Sri Lanka". 3 September 2018. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Seasoned Sri Lanka hand Taranjit Sandhu to be India's next envoy- The New Indian Express". 3 September 2018. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018.
  8. ↑ (PDF). 22 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2018. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ "Indian high commissioner to UK presents credentials to Queen - PTI feed News". 3 September 2018. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 (PDF). 22 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2018. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20181223003547/https://www.hcilondon.gov.in/pages?id=eyJpdiI6IlRvXC94OWRCR2tNQ0h2UzdlTzRqYU5nPT0iLCJ2YWx1ZSI6InZjUWVoM0FVQzR5d3Nid2JoZzRGa1E9PSIsIm1hYyI6ImM0MzhmMzE4YTk1MjExMzIyYzczYmYyODNjMWRjNjk3MmRjMDQxMWQ4OTJmNjJlZmM4MzQzM2VhZTAzNmIyNWQifQ==&subid=eyJpdiI6IlZTRnlPNDV6MWxtTW1GMmRyNE5RZFE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiRjFHVkZ4OVVTNkJNRWh2NnlQZDFcL0E9PSIsIm1hYyI6ImJlNDU4MmM0OTA3YmNjMGU5YjUyZGVmZjc0MTVjODIzZDExOWZmZWZlODJkNjljMmY1MmQ2ZmMxNmMwYzcwOWQifQ==
  12. ↑ Jeabraj, Priscilla; Phukan, Sandeep (29 October 2020). "Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha to be next Chief Information Commissioner". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  13. ↑ "J&K ex-Guv Lt Gen Sinha passes away".
  14. ↑ "Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha takes oath as Chief Information Commissioner". The Indian Express. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2021.


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