KTWV06 Issue 16: Stephanians embroiled in Oil for Food Scandal

Natwar Singh , Shri K.
May 23, 2004 Appointed, External Affairs Minister
Nov 7, 2005 Resigned, , External Affairs Minister
Father's Name: Shri Govind Singhji
Mother's Name : Shrimati Prayag Kaur, elder sister of Punjab Chief Minister Amrinder Singh
Date of Birth : 16 May 1931
Place of Birth : Bharatpur (Rajasthan)
Marital Status : Married on 21 August 1967
Spouse's Name : Shrimati Heminder Kumari
Children : One son, Jagat Singh
Educational Qualifications : B. A.(Hons.) History Educated at St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, Delhi, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, U.K. and Peking University, Peking, China
Profession : Diplomat, Writer and Political Worker
Permanent Address : " Govind Niwas", Bharatpur, Rajasthan. 321001
Positions Held : 1971-73 Ambassador to Poland, 1973-77, Deputy High Commissioner to U.K.,1977-80 High Commissioner to Zambia, 1980-82 Ambassador to Pakistan, 1982-84 Director, Air India Board of Directors, 1984-89 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha, 1985-86 Union Minister of State, Department of Steel in the Ministry of Steel, Mines and Coal, Union Minister of State, Department of Fertilizers in the Ministry of Agriculture, Oct. 1986-Dec. 1989 Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs, March 1998-April 1999 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha, Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-I Member, Committee on Public Accounts, Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs, April 2002, Elected to Rajya Sabha, April 2002 – May 2004 Member, Committee on External Affairs

Refer this article Piecing together Natwar’s ties to see other connections to our college.

Andaleeb Sehgal, 35, paid kickbacks to Saddam Hussein, says Volcker Report. Sehgal, son of Delhi businessman Suman Sehgal, studied at Lawrence School, Sanawar, and St Stephen's College, Delhi. He married Suhani Kumari, daughter of Vijendra and Raymon Singh. Vijendra's mother was the princess of Patiala and is the aunt of Natwar Singh's wife. Vijendra has been a Congress MLA from Nalagarh. Raymon is the grand-daughter of Sir Soba Singh, author Khushwant Singh's father.

Andaleeb Sehgal, is Natwar Singh's son's (Jagat Singh) childhood friend.

I would like someone to get to the bottom of this. It is quite unlike Stephanians of any era to behave in this manner. We are taught better values than THIS.