INDIAN AMBASSADOR TO SPEAK AT U.VA.

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 4 -- The Indian Ambassador to the
U.S., Naresh Chandra, will give a public address in the Dome Room of
the Rotunda at the University of Virginia at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 5.  He will speak on "Indo-United States Relations:  Entering a
New Era."
	Chandra's recent appointment caps a long career as a civil
servant who has held a series of important posts in the Indian
administrative service and federal government.  Chandra joined the
Indian administrative service in 1956 and served in numerous
capacities, including that of Chief Secretary in the state of
Rajasthan.  
	In December 1990 he became Cabinet Secretary, the top post
in the Indian civil service, from which position he retired in
1992.  Following his appointments as senior advisor to India's Prime
Minister and as the governor of the state of Gujarat, he assumed the
post of Ambassador of India to the United States in April 1996.
Chandra led the first official delegation to the U.S. to promote
U.S. investments in India.
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February 3, 1997
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