New Delhi, July 17 -- Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu, veteran diplomat of nearly four decades and former Indian envoy to Washington, has joined the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) as Advisor to the Board and Chairman of the USISPF Geopolitical Institute, according to an official release.

In this new role, Ambassador Sandhu will lend his diplomatic acumen to guide USISPF's strategic engagements on the India-Middle-East-Europe-Economic Corridor (IMEC), the Indo-Pacific Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), and the I2U2 (India, Israel, USA, and UAE) initiatives, as per the release.

Ambassador Sandhu had worked closely with USISPF during his four-year tenure in Washington before retiring from his 35-year diplomatic career ...