Sudesh Dhankhar

Sudesh Dhankhar
Dr. Sudesh Dhankhar in 2022
Second Lady of India
Assumed role 11 August 2022
Vice President	Jagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded by	Usha Naidu
First Lady of West Bengal
In role 30 July 2019 – 18 July 2022
Governor	Jagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded by	Sudha Tripathi
Succeeded by	Lakshmi Bose
Personal details
Spouse	Jagdeep Dhankhar ​ (m. 1979)​
Children	Kamna Dhankhar
Residence	Vice President's Enclave, New Delhi
Alma mater	Banasthali Vidyapith

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

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

Sudesh and Jagdeep Dhankar with King Charles III

State visits

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

Personal life

She was 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 17 September 2022.
2. "First convocation ceremony of JIS University". Telegraph India. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
3. "West Bengal governor plants saplings to celebrate Mahatma's birth anniversary | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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 2 June 2023.
5. "Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife attends King Charles' coronation". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
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 17 September 2022.
8. "पांच क‍िमी पैदल चल कर पढ़ने जाते थे पश्‍चिम बंगाल के राज्‍यपाल जगदीप धनकड़, सैन‍िक स्‍कूल में की है पढ़ाई". Jansatta (in Hindi). 11 December 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
9. "All about Jagdeep Dhankar - likely next Vice-President Of India". Zee News. Retrieved 14 June 2023.