Deepak Vohra

Deepak Vohra
 Indian
Ambassador
to  Armenia
In office
29 August 2001 – 26 July 2005
Preceded byBal Anand
Succeeded byReena Pandey
 Indian
Ambassador
to  Sudan
In office
26 July 2005 – 18 March 2010
Preceded byAshok Kumar
Succeeded bySanjay Kumar Verma
 Indian
Ambassador
to  Poland
In office
18 March 2010 – November 2011
Preceded byRajesh Yaishnaw
Succeeded byMonika Kapil Mohta
Deepak Vohra
Personal details
BornNew Delhi
CitizenshipIndian
NationalityIndian
Alma materSt. Stephen's College, Delhi, National Defence College, India, Sorbonne University
ProfessionDiplomat

Deepak Vohra was an Indian diplomat.

Education and early career

Vohra graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and St. Columba's School. He has also been educated at National Defence College (India) and University of Paris.[1][2]

Prior to joining the IFS, he was an officer on special duty to the Technology Advisor to the Prime Minister.[3] Vohra has also previously worked with Sulabh International and has been a part of United Nations assignments in Africa.

Indian Foreign Service

Vohra has served in France, Tunisia, United States, Chad, Cameroon, Papua New Guinea, Spain, Armenia, Sudan and Poland. In 1995 he was deputy high commissioner in Kuala Lumpur. He was Ambassador of India to Poland.[4]

Fraud investigation

Vohra was questioned and three premises of his and associates were subject to search by the Enforcement Directorate in 2016 in connection to "alleged violations of foreign exchange laws in the issuance of certain government grants by India to friendly countries". The law enforcement agency recovered documents and foreign currency from the search of Vohra's premises. Vohra had served as "Honorary CEO" of a subsidiary of Angelique International.[5] The Enforcement Directorate probed Vohra's role in facilitating corruption between Angelique International in which African politicians would receive kickbacks for obtaining contracts under Indian government grants. A source told the Times of India that Vohra "allegedly functioned as intermediary for some Indian entities obtaining soft loans for financing projects in Africa."[6] Angelique International had been very successful, getting 62 projects worth $1.1 billion out of the 510 projects awarded between 2004 and 2014 under the Indian government's lines of credit program.[7]

Later career

In 2012 he was Advisor to the Government of South Sudan. He was the news reader at Doordarshan in start of his career as a TV news presenter.[8][9] He inaugurated the Apati War Memorial at Kargil.[10]

References
  1. "Deepak Vohra" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article29900
  3. "Surprise role". India Today. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  4. "Shri Deepak Vohra appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Poland". Ministry of external affairs Government of India. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  5. "Retired IFS officer, firms under ED scanner". PTI. 2 February 2016.
  6. "ED raids former Indian diplomat on suspicion of 'line of credit' fraud". Times of India. 2 February 2016.
  7. "India's Aid Diplomacy is Worth $24 Billion. But How Well is the Money Being Spent?". The Wire. 16 June 2017.
  8. http://greenworldrealtors.com/.hcc.thumbs/deepak-vohra-doordarshan%5B%5D
  9. http://abhisays.com/doordarshan/revisiting-20-old-doordarshan-news-readers-and-anchors.html
  10. http://www.reachladakh.com/ambassador-deepak-vohra-inaugurates-apati-war-memorial-at-kargil/2937.html
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