New Delhi, March 9 Delhi's newly appointed Lieutenant Governor, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, is scheduled to take oath on March 11 at Lok Niwas, officials said on Monday.
Sandhu, an experienced former diplomat, will be administered the oath as the 23rd LG of the national capital by the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.
The ceremony, scheduled for Wednesday at 1:30 pm, will be held at Lok Niwas.
His predecessor, Vinai Kumar Saxena, has been appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.
Preparations were underway for the oath ceremony at Lok Niwas (formerly Raj Niwas). Saxena is scheduled to take oath as the LG of Ladakh on Friday, officials said, adding that he was in the process of relocating.
Earlier in the day, the new LG visited Lok Niwas and met with Saxena, they said.
Sandhu, a 1988-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service, was one of the most experienced Indian diplomats dealing with the United States. He served in the Indian Mission in Washington DC multiple times.
He was India's ambassador to the United States from February 2020 to January 2024. Previously, he served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the embassy in Washington from July 2013 to January 2017, and as the First Secretary (Political) from 1997 to 2000, with the responsibility of liaising with the US Congress.
The 63-year-old former diplomat also served at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations from July 2005 to February 2009.
He unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha elections in 2024 on the BJP ticket from the Amritsar constituency in Punjab.