Kanwal Sibal

Kanwal Sibal
IFS (Retd.)
24th Foreign Secretary of India
In office
29 June 2002 – 19 November 2003
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byChokila Iyer
Succeeded byShashank
Chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University
Assumed office
26 September 2023
Preceded byV. K. Saraswat
Personal details
Born (1943-11-18) 18 November 1943
OccupationDiplomat
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Kanwal Sibal (born 18 November 1943) is a retired diplomat who served as Foreign Secretary of India from 2002 to 2003. The Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri award for his distinguished services in the field of Public Affairs in 2017. Post-retirement, he has been appointed as the Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University since 2023 by the President of India.