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| name = Lalit Mansingh<br />
| image = Lalit Mansingh.jpg<br />
| imagesize = 130px<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|04|29|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Nandala, [[Puri district]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Civil Servant ([[Indian Foreign Service]])<br />
| parents = [[Mayadhar Mansingh]] (father)<br />
| spouse = Indira<br />
| children = Two<br />
| office = 22nd [[Indian Foreign Secretary| Foreign Secretary of India]]<br />
| term = 1 December 1999 – 2001<br />
| predecessor = [[K. Raghunath]]<br />
|successor = [[Chokila Iyer]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Lalit Mansingh''' (born 29 April 1941) is a former [[India]]n diplomat. He was the [[Indian Foreign Secretary|Foreign Secretary of India]] from 1999 to 2000, and [[Indian Ambassador to the United States]] from 2001 to 2004. Prior to this, he was Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1998 to 99.<ref>[http://www.indianembassy.org/archive/mansingh/mansingh.htm Ambassador Lalit Mansingh] Embassy of India, website.</ref> Lalit Mansingh is the son of [[Odia language|Odia]] poet and educationist [[Mayadhar Mansingh]].<ref name=lalit>{{cite web|last=Mansingh|first=Lalit|title=Lalit Mansingh: Mayadhar Mansingh, '''Mayadhar Mansingh and the Beginning of Modernity in Indian Literature, '|url=http://www.museindia.com/viewarticle.asp?myr=2006&issid=5&id=175|accessdate=14 May 2012|date=22–23 September 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801040253/http://www.museindia.com/viewarticle.asp?myr=2006&issid=5&id=175|archive-date=1 August 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Mansingh was born and brought up in [[Odisha]] as the middle son of Odia poet [[Mayadhar Mansingh]]. He was born at Nandala, in Puri district of Odisha. He graduated with a master's degree in Political Science, receiving a gold medal for being top of the class.<!-- No content <ref name=bon/> --> He was a Research scholar and Faculty for short period in American Studies Programme at the School of International Studies in [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], [[New Delhi]]. He was married to Odissi dancer [[Sonal Mansingh]].<ref name=indpress>{{cite news|title=The art of diplomacy|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/129791/|accessdate=29 May 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=31 Oct 1999}}</ref> The couple is now divorced.<br />
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==Career==<br />
[[File:Defense.gov News Photo 011002-A-7786P-032.jpg|thumb|290px|[[Jaswant Singh]], [[Donald Rumsfeld]] and Lalit Mansingh]]<br />
Lalit Mansingh has remained a lecturer in the Post-Graduate Department of Political Science, [[Utkal University]] in [[Bhubaneswar]], Odisha.<ref name=apco/> He joined [[Indian Foreign Service]] (IFS) officer, in June 1963 and was the topper of his batch.<ref name="indpress"/> He became High Commissioner to Nigeria (1993–95) and Ambassador to the [[United Arab Emirates]] (1980–83) and in Nigeria with concurrent accreditation to Benin, Chad and The Cameroons. Apart from that he also served in various diplomatic capacities in Geneva, Afghanistan and Belgium.<br />
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He was Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington, DC, 1989–92 and remained the Dean of [[Foreign Service Institute, India]], from 1995 to 1996.,<ref>[http://fsi.mea.gov.in/fsi/mystart.php?page=former.htm Deans of the Foreign Service Institute] [[Foreign Service Institute, India]] (FSI) website.</ref> apart from serving as Director-General of the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] (ICCR), Joint Secretary in the [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Ministry of Finance]] and Secretary (West) in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] .<br />
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Mansingh is a member of an international group called the Non Official Group of Friends (NGF) of Sri Lanka which aims at assisting that country in its post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation. He is part of a Track II dialogue between India and Pakistan focusing on confidence building measures between the two nuclear armed neighbors.<br />
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Other engagements - <br />
Overseas:<br />
Member, Board of Trustees, International Crisis Group, Brussels; Member, Asia Pacific Leadership Network, Canberra; Member, International Advisory Council, APCO Worldwide, Washington D.C.and International Advisory Council Member in [[APCO Worldwide]]<ref name=apco>[http://www.apcoworldwide.com/content/international_advisory_council/KeyStaff.aspx?ksid=a6da388f-d399-44eb-ac72-6fc7296fd4f4&name=LMansingh Lalit Mansingh] [[APCO Worldwide]].</ref><br />
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In India:<br />
Chairman World Cultural Forum India; President, India Strategic Forum, Vice President, Maha Bodhi Society of India; Chairman, Political Science Association, Ravenshaw University; Vice President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Prof Emeritus at the Foreign Service Institute of India; Member, Governing Body of Development Alternatives, New Delhi and Gram Vikas, Odisha.<br />
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He is also Diplomatic Advisor to the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Chairman, FICCI India-US Policy Group.<br />
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He was awarded the Kharavela Samman (Kharavela Award) by Odisha Governor in February 2009<ref>[http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowOriyaOrbit.asp?id=10534 Orissa Governor conferred Kharavela award to Lalit Mansingh] 2 February 2009. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725020044/http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowOriyaOrbit.asp?id=10534 |date=25 July 2011 }}</ref><br />
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==Speech and transcription==<br />
* [http://www.vifindia.org/transcriptions-paper/2011/09/6-7/Seminar-on-Tibet-in-the-Aftermath-of-Devolution-of-Political-Authority-valedictory-address Valedictory address delivered by Ambassador Lalit Mansingh, former Foreign Secretary in a seminar on Tibet in the Aftermath of Devolution of Political Authority at VIF India]<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* [http://www.indianembassy.org/archive/mansingh/amb_text.htm Selected Speeches, Remarks & Letters of Ambassador Lalit Mansingh]<br />
* [http://www.kavitachhibber.com/main/main.jsp?id=lalit_mansingh Lalit Singh Mansingh Interview]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Parikud]]<br />
* [[Syed Akbaruddin]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://meaindia.nic.in/index.htm Ministry of External Affairs, Official website]<br />
* [http://thinkexist.com/quotes/lalit_mansingh/ Lalit Mansingh Quotes]<br />
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1865499647.cms Lalit Mansingh: From us to US] [[The Times of India]]<br />
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