Background
CHHATWAL, H.E. Surbir Jit Singh was born on October 1, 1931 in Bannu. Son of Datar Singh Chhatwal and Rattan Kaur Chhatwal.
CHHATWAL, H.E. Surbir Jit Singh was born on October 1, 1931 in Bannu. Son of Datar Singh Chhatwal and Rattan Kaur Chhatwal.
Agra University.
Joined Foreign Service 1955. Ministry of External Affairs, including one year at Cambridge, United Kingdom 1955-1958. Third Secretary, Madrid 1958-1960.
Under-Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi 1960-1962. First Secretary, Havana, Cuba 1962-1964. Deputy Secretary (Co-ordinating), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi 1964-1966.
First Secretary and Acting High Commissioner, Ottawa, Canada 1966-1968. First Indian Consul-General, Seoul, S. Korea 1968-1971. Director Ministry of Foreign Trade.
New Delhi 1971-1973; Chief of Protocol, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi 1973-1975. High Commissioner in Malaysia 1975-1979, in Sri Lanka 1982-1985, in Canada since 1985. Ambassador to Kuwait 1979-1982.
Reading, golf.
Married Neelam Singh in 1962.