His Excellency
Manpreet Vohra, the High Commissioner of India, has served as Indian High Commissioner to Australia since 2021 and will be leaving his post in Canberra by January 2024.
He has been a great supporter of the Australia India Chamber of Commerce and we are delighted to farewell him and his wife at an intimate dinner on 26th December 2023 when he is in Melbourne for the cricket. We invite both members and non-members to join us in thanking His Excellency for his service.
Ambassador Vohra joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1988. He was Ambassador of India to Mexico and High Commissioner to Belize (2019-21), Ambassador to Afghanistan (2016-18) and Ambassador to Peru and Bolivia (2011-15). Earlier, he was Deputy High Commissioner in Pakistan (2007-09) and in Nairobi (2005-07) where he was also Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Environment Programme and UN-Habitat.
Prior to this, he served in various capacities at the Indian Missions in Hong Kong, China, Mongolia and United Kingdom. At the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, Ambassador Vohra was Additional Secretary (Administration; Consular, Passport, Visas; and Counter-Terrorism) during 2018-19, Joint Secretary (Development Partnership Administration-I) during 2015-16, and Deputy Secretary and Director (Disarmament & International Security Affairs) during 2000-02. From 2009-11, he was Joint Secretary & Officer on Special Duty in the Project Office to set up the South Asian University in New Delhi.
Ambassador Vohra was born in Amritsar on 28 December 1963. He has a BA in Economics and a Post-Graduate Diploma in International Trade from Panjab University, Chandigarh. He was a Chevening Scholar at Oxford University in 1999-2000 where he obtained a Certificate in Diplomatic Studies.
Dress code is business casual, and the event is open to members and non-members alike.
Members = $146.30 (includes GST and administration fees)
Non-Members = $180.93