Sudesh Dhankhar
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{{Short description|Second Lady of India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sudesh Dhankhar
| image = Dr. Sudesh Dhankhar, Second Lady of India.jpg
| caption = Dr. Sudesh Dhankhar in 2022
| office = Second Lady of India
| term_label = Assumed role
| vicepresident = Jagdeep Dhankhar
| predecessor = Usha Naidu
| term = 11 August 2022
|alma_mater = Banasthali Vidyapith
| spouse = {{marriage|Jagdeep Dhankhar|1979}}
| children = Kamna Dhankhar
| office1 = First Lady of West Bengal
| term_label1 = In role
| termend1 = 18 July 2022
| termstart1 = 30 July 2019
| governor1 = Jagdeep Dhankhar
| predecessor1 = Sudha Tripathi
| successor1 = Lakshmi Bose
|residence=Vice President's Enclave, New Delhi
}}
Sudesh Dhankhar is the current Second Lady of India.{{Cite web |title=Profile {{!}} Vice President of India {{!}} Government of India |url=https://vicepresidentofindia.nic.in/profile |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Vice President of India}} She was previously the First Lady of West Bengal.{{Cite web |title=First convocation ceremony of JIS University |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/education/first-convocation-ceremony-of-jis-university/cid/1813744 |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Telegraph India}}{{Cite news |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |last3= |last4= |first4= |title=West Bengal governor plants saplings to celebrate Mahatma's birth anniversary {{!}} Kolkata News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/west-bengal-governor-plants-saplings-to-celebrate-mahatmas-birth-anniversary/articleshow/71412594.cms |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=The Times of India |date= 2 October 2019|language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Sudesh Dhankhar, wife of the Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, awarded Ph.D for her work on ground water conservation in Jhunjhunu district {{!}} DD News |url=https://ddnews.gov.in/national/sudesh-dhankhar-wife-vice-president-jagdeep-dhankhar-awarded-phd-her-work-ground-water |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=ddnews.gov.in}}
Second Lady of India
= State visits =
As Second Lady of India, she accompanied her husband to the coronation of Charles III.{{Cite web |title=Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife attends King Charles' coronation |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/vice-president-jagdeep-dhankhar-and-his-wife-dr-sudesh-dhankhar-attends-king-charles-coronation/cid/1934831 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}
Personal life
She was born on 20 July 1956. She married Jagdeep Dhankhar, Vice President of India in the year 1979.{{Cite web |title=Profile of Chairmen of Rajya Sabha |url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/Home/Chairman |website=National Informatics Centre}} She has one daughter named Kamna who is married to Kartikeya Vajpayee son of late Shri Vijay Shankar Vajpayee, and Smt. Abha Vajpayee.{{Cite web |title=Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar sworn in as the 14th Vice President of India and Chairman of Rajya Sabha |url=https://pib.gov.in/pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1850852 |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Press Information Bureau}}{{Cite web |title=पांच किमी पैदल चल कर पढ़ने जाते थे पश्चिम बंगाल के राज्यपाल जगदीप धनकड़, सैनिक स्कूल में की है पढ़ाई |url=https://www.jansatta.com/lifestyle/west-bengal-governor-jagdeep-dhankar-bio-life-story-education-history-career-family/1589108/ |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=Jansatta |date=11 December 2020 |language=hi}}{{Cite web |title=All about Jagdeep Dhankar - likely next Vice-President Of India |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/all-about-jagdeep-dhankar-likely-next-vice-president-of-india-2486146.html |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Zee News |language=en}}
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