The Future of India's Foreign Policy

Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series
His Excellency Ronen Sen
Ambassador of India to the United States of America
Woodlands Ballroom A
Lobby Level
The Hilton Inn at Penn
3600 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

His Excellency Ronen Sen is India’s Ambassador to the United States. A career diplomat, Ambassador Sen joined the Indian Foreign Service in July 1966. From 1968 to 1984, he served in Indian Missions/Posts in Moscow, San Francisco, Dhaka, and the Ministry of External Affairs. From 1984 to 1985, Ambassador Sen was Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. He was subsequently Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister of India from January 1986 to July 1991, responsible for Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Science and Technology. He was Ambassador to Mexico from 1991 to 1992; Ambassador to the Russian Federation from October 1992 to October 1998; Ambassador to Germany from October 1998 to May 2002; and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from May 2002 to April 2004. In August 2004, he assumed charge as Ambassador of India to the United States. In this Washington, D.C., post, he also serves as a ex officio member of CASI’s International Advisory Board, a role designated to the ambassador of India to the U.S. since the Center’s founding in 1992.

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The Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series is an endowed public program of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI). Launched in the 2007-08 academic year, and made possible through the generous support of the Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation, the series brings renowned India specialists to the Penn community and serves as a critical forum for analyzing and understanding the complex economic, political, social, and cultural changes that the world’s largest democracy is experiencing, as well as the challenges that lie ahead.
The Saluja Global Fellows Program has been made possible by the generous gift from Vishal Saluja ENG’89 W’89. CASI was excited to launch the program during the 2022–23 academic year, coinciding with the Center’s 30th Anniversary. This new program enables CASI to invite eminent leaders and rising experts on contemporary India preferably from the fields of media, culture, law, and contemporary history to be in residence for one to two weeks at CASI.