Background
Bajpai, K. Shankar was born on March 30, 1928 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Bajpai, K. Shankar was born on March 30, 1928 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Bachelor with honors in Modern History, Oxford University. Postgraduate, Ecole des Etudes Universitaire, Geneva.
Joined Indian Foreign Service, 1952. Posted Indian Embassy, Ankara, Turkey, 1955-1957, Berne, Switzerland, 1957-1958, undersecretary for Arab affairs New Delhi, 1958, deputy secretary for United Nations affairs, 1959-1962, officer on special duty for disarmament and posted at Ministry External Affairs, %. 1st secretary High Commission of India, Karachi, Pakistan, 1962-1965.
Officer on special duty (Pakistan) and director (Americas) Ministry External Affairs, New Delhi, 1965-1967. Consul general of India San Francisco, 1967-1970. Political officer Sikkim, 1970-1974.
Ambassador to The Netherlands, The Hague, 1974-1976, Pakistan, Islamabad, 1976-1980, People's Republic of China, Beijing, 1980-1982. Secretary Ministry External Affairs, New Delhi, 1982-1984. Ambassador to the United States, Washington, since 1984.