Former Indian Ambassador to the US Naresh Chandra died at a hospital in Goa. He was 82.He passed away around 10 PM due to multiple organ failure at Manipal Hospitals in Goa, a hospital official said.
His office confirmed that Chandra was admitted to the hospital on Friday.Chandra had served as the Cabinet Secretary from 1990 92 and was the Indian Ambassador to the US from 1996 to 2001.He was awarded India’s second highest civil awards, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2007.
Between 1965 and 1973, Chandra’s served under Central Government of India as ‘Deputy Secretary, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation’, ‘Deputy Secretary, Administrative Reforms Commission’, ‘Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs’ and ‘Director, Third Central Pay Commission’.
Between 1973 and 1977, he was appointed as the Secretary, Industry and Mines Department, Government of Rajasthan and the Chairman, Rajasthan Electricity Board. He was posted as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Government of India in 1977, the assignment he held till 1981. That year he was appointed in the Commonwealth Secretariat as Adviser on export Industrialization and Policy, Colombo, Sri Lanka, a post he held up to May, 1984. In July, 1984, he took over as Finance Secretary, Government of Rajasthan and in July 1985, Shri Naresh Chandra became Chief Secretary, Government of Rajasthan.