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Neelam Deo

Diplomat; Former Consul General of India

Ambassador Neelam Deo is the Former Consul General of India in New York. She has a Masters degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and has taught in Kamala Nehru College, Delhi University. Ambassador Deo is a career diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), with over three decades in the Indian Diplomatic Corps. She has been India's Ambassador to Denmark and Ivory Coast, with concurrent accreditation to Sierra Leone, Niger & Guinea. Prior to her assignment in New York, she led the Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar Division in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, dealing with India's overall relations with these countries. Ambassador Deo has also worked in India's Diplomatic Missions in Washington DC, Bangkok and Rome. She is married to Dr. Pramod Deo, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service who is currently the Chairman of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission in Mumbai, and they have one daughter.

India on the Rise

India’s capacity to assimilate outside influences is a great asset Neelam Deo comments.

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Is Thomas Friedman Right?

Neelam Deo answers whether the world is flat.

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U.S.-India Relations

Neelam Deo sees warm relations across the board.

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India’s International Diplomacy

Neelam Deo says India is no danger of entering into international conflict.

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Investing in India

Neelam Deo emphasizes infrastructure as a big growth area.

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Education in India

Harvard, Yale, Berkeley and Stanford are engaging in educational partnership with India, Neelam Deo notes.

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Indian Women in Business

The technology sector has provided women with immense opportunities, Neelam Deo notes.

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Defining Indian Capitalism

Despite reforms and deregulation, the Indian government could still loosen their control in several sectors.

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Stories from the Diplomatic Corps

Neelam Deo remembers tumultuous times in West Africa.

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Religion in India

Neelam Deo draws a line between practicing yoga and wearing the bindi.

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What Americans Should Know About India

Neelam Deo points us to the great Indian epics, especially the Baghavat Gita.

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How To Enter Foreign Service

Neelam Deo applauds a career where you can reinvent yourself every three years.

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The Future of India

Neelam Deo on a nation that lives in all ages at once.

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Neelam Deo on the Problem With Bollywood

Neelam Deo deconstructs Indian cinema.

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India and the Environment

Neelam Deo cites a country ahead of the environmental curve and producing more than enough food.

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