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Devyani Khobragade

Indian central civil servant

Devyani Khobragade is a central civil servant of Indian Foreign Service cadre. She was in the news after being charged with visa fraud when she was posted in the Indian Consul in New York City in the United States. She is currently serving as ambassador of India to Cambodia at Embassy of India, Phnom Penh.[2]

Early life

Khobragade was born May 25, 1974 in Tarapur, Maharashtra, in a Buddhist family from Gadchiroli, Maharashtra.[3][4] Khobragade's father, Uttam Khobragade, was an officer in the Indian Administrative Service.[3] He was also implicated in a number of corruption scandals.[5][6][7]

She attended Mount Carmel High School in Mumbai. She obtained a degree in medicine from King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College.[8]

Career

Khobragade joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1999. In 2012, she was posted to the Consulate General of India in New York where she worked as Deputy Consul General t

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Devyani case resolution complicated by marriage to US-born 'wine philosopher'

WASHINGTON: India and the United States could soon be clinking glasses and saying "cheers" over resolution of the l'affaire Devyani Khobragade — if they can get around the minor wrinkle arising from her marriage to a celebrated Indian-American oenophile – a wine expert.
The solution to the week-long spat is almost at hand with US agreeing to India shifting her to its Permanent UN Mission in New York (from the Indian Consulate where she is currently the deputy), which will give her full diplomatic immunity from prosecution as long as she is there.Although Washington has said the immunity will not be retroactive and charges against her will remain in the books, it is understood that she will not be prosecuted for the length of time she is accredited to UN.
Criminal jurisdiction will kick in the moment she is divested of this immunity.
Technically, the diplomat could be asked by India to serve at the UN till retirement, but obviously, the political solution to end the stand off involves
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Who is Devyani Khobragade?

NEW DELHI: The uproar surrounding the arrest of Devyani Khobragade, India’s deputy consul general in the Consulate General of India in New York has captured the active imagination of one and all. At this time, it becomes significant to understand who Devyani is and why her arrest has triggered such humongous response.
Devyani Khobragade is the daughter of retired IAS officer Uttam Khobragade. She was born and brought up in Mumbai and went to Mount Carmel School. After school, she pursued a MBBS degree from Seth GS medical college and KEM hospital in Mumbai. However, instead of following medicine as a profession, Devyani opted for foreign service. After clearing the prestigious civil services exam in 1999, Devyani was sent to various prestigious missions of India around the world including the ones in Pakistan, Italy and Germany and finally the Consulate General of India in New York. Devyani's uncle, Dr Ajay M Gondane is also an IFS officer of the 1985 batch.
On the personal front, Devyani is married to a professor of philosophy and has two d

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