Meera Shankar
Meera Shankar | |
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Meera Shankar at the U.S.-India People to People Conference in 2010 | |
| Born | Meera Yadav 9 October 1950 |
| Ambassador of India to the United States | |
| In office 2009–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Ronen Sen |
| Succeeded by | Nirupama Rao |
Meera Shankar (née Yadav) served as India's Ambassador to the United States of America from 26 April 2009 to 2011. She was India's second female ambassador to the United States of America, Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit being the first. She was succeeded by Nirupama Rao on 1 August 2011.
Shankar, an officer of the 1973 batch, was posted in Washington, D.C., from 1991 to 1995. She succeeded Ambassador Ronen Sen.