Ashok B. Gokhale

Ashok Bhalchandra Gokhale is a retired Indian diplomat. He served for the Indian Foreign Service as Chargé d'affaires in Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.

He was born in Ranchi (Bihar) on 1930-10-28. He is Bachelor of Science, the son of Manorama and B. K. Gokhale, is married to Surekha, their sons are Jaideep and Pradeep.
 * From 1953 to 1954 he was Officer of the Imperial Bank of India.
 * 1955 he joined the Indian Foreign Service.
 * From 1957 to 1958 he served in Vienna.
 * From 1958 to 1962 he served in Bonn.
 * From 1962 to 1965 he served in the Ministry of External Affairs (India)
 * From 1965 to 1968 he was Chargé d'affaires in Amman.
 * From 1968 to 1971 he was Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission in Paris.
 * From 1972 to 1974 he was ambassador to Bhutan.
 * 1978 he was Chargé d'affaires in Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.
 * From 1980 to 1984 he was ambassador to Thailand.
 * On 1984-02-26 He succeeded Akbar Mirza Khaleeli as ambassador to Teheran.
 * From 1984-02-26 to 1987 he was ambassador to Iran.
 * From 1987 to 1988 he was Sec, Min of External Affairs.