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| Mrs. Sujatha Singh |
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| HIGH COMMISSIONER |
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| Mrs. Sujatha Singh was born in July 1954 and joined the Indian Foreign Service in July 1976. Assumed charge as the High Commissioner of India in Australia in October 2007. |
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| Her overseas assignments have been as Second Secretary in Embassy of India, Bonn (1978-82), First Secretary, High Commission of India, Accra (1985-89), Counsellor, Embassy of India, Paris (1989-92), Deputy Chief of Mission and Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP at Embassy of India, Bangkok (1997-2000) and Consul General of India at Milan (2000-04). |
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| At Headquarters, she has been Under Secretary looking after Nepal (1982-85), Director, Economic Co-Ordination Unit (1992-95), attended the National Defence College at New Delhi (1995), Joint Secretary at the Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi (1996-97) and Joint Secretary/ Additional Secretary responsible for West Europe and the EU in the Ministry of External Affairs. |
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| Mrs. Singh completed her B.A. Honours in Economics in 1973 from Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi. She did her M.A. in Economics in 1975 from the Delhi School of Economics. |
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| Mrs. Singh is married to a fellow diplomat, Mr. Sanjay Singh, who is presently the Indian Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran. |
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| They have two daughters, aged 28 yrs. and 23 yrs. |
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