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India’s New Envoy Ambule Presents Credentials To Singapore President

Dr. Shilpak Ambule, India’s new High Commissioner to Singapore, submitted his credentials to President Halimah Yacob at The Istana (Presidential Palace) on Tuesday.

Ambule, 46, began serving her tenure as High Commissioner to Singapore on July 23. He took over for P Kumaran who left for Delhi earlier this week.

Ambule was born in Pune and graduated from BJ Medical College.

According to his profile on the High Commission website, he completed a Master’s degree program in Translation and Interpretation (T&I) in Chinese-English from MIIS, Monterey, California.

He entered the Indian Foreign Service in 2002 and spent eight years in Beijing at Indian Embassy working as Third Secretary, Second Secretary, and First Secretary in the Political Wing, as well as Chief of Staff to the Ambassador.

From January 2015 until August 2018, he worked at Headquarters as the Deputy Head of the East Asia Division and as the Chief of Staff of the Indian Foreign Secretary.

After serving as India’s Deputy High Commissioner in Colombo from August 2018t to July 2019, he returned to Delhi and worked as Joint Secretary in the External Affairs Minister’s office until June 2022, when he become Joint Secretary (East Asia) and held dual charge till July 22, 2023.

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Spriha Rai

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