Sudesh Dhankhar
Sudesh Dhankhar | |
|---|---|
 Dr. Sudesh Dhankhar in 2022 | |
| Second Lady of India | |
| Assumed role 11 August 2022 | |
| Vice President | Jagdeep Dhankhar |
| Preceded by | Usha Naidu |
| First Lady of West Bengal | |
| In role 30 July 2019 – 18 July 2022 | |
| Governor | Jagdeep Dhankhar |
| Preceded by | Sudha Tripathi |
| Succeeded by | Lakshmi Bose |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Kamna Dhankhar |
| Residence | Vice President's Enclave, New Delhi |
| Alma mater | Banasthali Vidyapith |
Sudesh Dhankhar is the current Second Lady of India.[1] She was previously the First Lady of West Bengal.[2][3]
Education
[edit]She completed her pre-university course, bachelor's and master's from Banasthali Vidyapith. Between 2013 and 2022, she pursued a PhD at Banasthali Vidyapith. She presented her thesis on groundwater conservation in Jhunjhunu district and was awarded the degree in 2022.[4]
Second Lady of India
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State visits
[edit]As Second Lady of India, she accompanied her husband to the coronation of Charles III.[5]
Personal life
[edit]She was born on 20 July 1956. She married Jagdeep Dhankhar, Vice President of India in the year 1979.[6] She has one daughter named Kamna who is married to Kartikeya Vajpayee son of late Shri Vijay Shankar Vajpayee, and Smt. Abha Vajpayee.[7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile | Vice President of India | Government of India". Vice President of India. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "First convocation ceremony of JIS University". Telegraph India. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "West Bengal governor plants saplings to celebrate Mahatma's birth anniversary | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Sudesh Dhankhar, wife of the Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, awarded Ph.D for her work on ground water conservation in Jhunjhunu district | DD News". ddnews.gov.in. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife attends King Charles' coronation". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Profile of Chairmen of Rajya Sabha". National Informatics Centre.
- ^ "Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar sworn in as the 14th Vice President of India and Chairman of Rajya Sabha". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "पांच किमी पैदल चल कर पढ़ने जाते थे पश्चिम बंगाल के राज्यपाल जगदीप धनकड़, सैनिक स्कूल में की है पढ़ाई". Jansatta (in Hindi). 11 December 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "All about Jagdeep Dhankar - likely next Vice-President Of India". Zee News. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
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