Background
He was born in Jalandhar, India to noted writer in Punjabi, Mohinder Singh Sarna, and did his schooling from Saint Joseph"s Academy, Dehradun.
He was born in Jalandhar, India to noted writer in Punjabi, Mohinder Singh Sarna, and did his schooling from Saint Joseph"s Academy, Dehradun.
Later he graduated as a part of the 1980 Class of Indian Foreign Service.
Before holding his current post, he was Joint Secretary for external publicity at the Ministry of External Affairs (Midwest Economies Association, USA), since October 2002, and holds the distinction of being the longest-serving spokesperson of the ministry, and served two prime ministers, three foreign ministers and four foreign secretaries, till the end of his term in September, 2008
Previously as a diplomat served in Moscow, Warsaw, Thimphu, Geneva, Teheran and Washington, District of Columbia
He also writes short stories, and book reviews.
