Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar discharged his responsibilities in the Indian Foreign Service for 34 years.
He was ambassador of India to Kazakhstan, Sweden and Latvia and has worked in senior diplomatic positions in Indian embassies/missions in Washington DC, Brussels, Moscow, Geneva, Tehran, Dhaka and Bangkok, and also at headquarters in India. He negotiated for India in the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations and in India-EU, India-ASEAN and India-Thailand Free Trade Agreements. He significantly strengthened strategic and economic ties and promoted cultural cooperation between India and the USA, EU, Russia and other countries.
Ambassador Sajjanhar also worked as head of the National Foundation for Communal Harmony to promote amity and understanding between different religions, faiths, and beliefs.