# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/navtej-sarna
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:01:06.293Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/navtej-sarna"
name: "Navtej Sarna"
slug: "navtej-sarna"
description: "Navtej Singh Sarna is an Indian author and retired diplomat of Indian Foreign Service who served as the Indian Ambassador to the United States. He previously served as the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, and the Ambassador to Israel. He has published three novels and many short stories and essays of literary criticism."
tagline: "Indian diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Navtej_Sarna_at_US_DOE_2017_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.435064
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1507005/"
    handle:    "nm1507005"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A4%D8%AA%D9%8A%DA%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "ناڤتيچ سارنا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navtej_Sarna"
    title: "Navtej Sarna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navtej_Sarna"
    title: "Navtej Sarna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%9C%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE"
    title: "ನವತೇಜ್ ಸರ್ನಾ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%9C_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE"
    title: "ਨਵਤੇਜ ਸਰਨਾ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6982575"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump