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Mrs. Sujatha Singh was born in July 1954 and joined the Indian Foreign Service in July 1976. Served as the High Commissioner of India in Australia from October 2007 to February 2012.

Her overseas assignments have been as Second Secretary in Embassy of India, Bonn (1978-82), First Secretary, High Commission of India, Accra (1985-89), Counsellor, Embassy of India, Paris (1989-92), Deputy Chief of Mission and Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP at Embassy of India, Bangkok (1997-2000) and Consul General of India at Milan (2000-04)

At Headquarters, she has been Under Secretary looking after Nepal (1982-85), Director, Economic Co-Ordination Unit (1992-95), attended the National Defence College at New Delhi (1995) and Joint Secretary at the Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi (1996-97). Her most recent assignment was as Additional Secretary responsible for West Europe and the EU in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.

Mrs. Singh completed her B.A. Honours in Economics in 1973 from Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi. She did her M.A. in Economics in 1975 from the Delhi School of Economics.

Mrs. Singh is married to a fellow diplomat, Mr. Sanjay Singh, who is presently Secretary (East) to the Government of India in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.

They have two daughters, aged 30 yrs. and 25 yrs.