Sudesh Dhankhar

Sudesh Dhankhar is the current Second Lady of India.[1] She was previously the First Lady of West Bengal.[2][3]

Sudesh Dhankhar
Dr. Sudesh Dhankhar in 2022
Second Lady of India
Assumed office
11 August 2022
Vice PresidentJagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded byUsha Naidu
First Lady of West Bengal
In office
30 July 2019 – 18 July 2022
GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded bySudha Tripathi
Succeeded byLakshmi Bose
Personal details
Spouse
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(m. 1979)​
ChildrenKamna Dhankhar
ResidenceVice President's Enclave, New Delhi
Alma materBanasthali Vidyapith

Education

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

State visits

As Second Lady of India, she accompanied her husband to the coronation of Charles III.[5]

Personal life

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
  1. "Profile | Vice President of India | Government of India". Vice President of India. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  2. "First convocation ceremony of JIS University". Telegraph India. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  3. "West Bengal governor plants saplings to celebrate Mahatma's birth anniversary | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  4. "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 2023-06-02.
  5. "Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife attends King Charles' coronation". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  6. "Profile of Chairmen of Rajya Sabha". National Informatics Centre.
  7. "Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar sworn in as the 14th Vice President of India and Chairman of Rajya Sabha". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  8. "पांच क‍िमी पैदल चल कर पढ़ने जाते थे पश्‍चिम बंगाल के राज्‍यपाल जगदीप धनकड़, सैन‍िक स्‍कूल में की है पढ़ाई". Jansatta (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  9. "All about Jagdeep Dhankar - likely next Vice-President Of India". Zee News. Retrieved 2023-06-14.


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