His Majesty the King granted an audience to the Economic Relations and Development Partnership Administration Secretary of India at the Tashichhodzong, today.
Sujata Mehta, is in the country to attend the Bhutan-India Development Cooperation Talks or the Plan Talks for the 11th Five Year Plan.
Sujata Mehta joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1980 after earning a Master of Philosophy in Political Science. She has served in Indian Missions in Moscow, Dhaka and at the United Nations in New York.
Sujata Mehta has also served as Under Secretary and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs and as Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office.
She was appointed as the Economic Relations Secretary in February this year.