Background
Singh, Shildendra Kumar was born on January 24, 1932 in Agra, India. Son of Thakur Jaipal and Surendrawati (Singh) Singh.
Singh, Shildendra Kumar was born on January 24, 1932 in Agra, India. Son of Thakur Jaipal and Surendrawati (Singh) Singh.
Master of Arts in History, Agra University, India. Student, Cambridge University, England.
Third secretary and OSD Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, 1959-1962. First secretary Permanent Mission of India to United Nations, New York City, 1962-1967. Secretary, director Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, 1967-1968, director, joint secretary external publicity, official spokesman, 1969-1974.
Third secretary Embassy of India, Tehran, Iran, 1957-1959, ambassador to Lebanon Beirut, 1974-1977, ambassador to Afghanistan Kabul, 1977-1979, ambassador to Austria, 1982-1985, ambassador to Pakistan, since 1985. Additional secretary, member external affairs United Nations, New York City, 1979-1982. Former governor of board International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna.
History professor Agra University. Visiting professor Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Member of Gymkhana (New Delhi), Golf. Islamabad; Oxford & Cambridge University.
Married Manju Gupta; children: Shashank, Kanishka.