Kenneth I. Juster, US Ambassador to India (Ret.)

Ken Juster has over forty years’ experience as a diplomat, business executive, and law partner. He served as the 25th US Ambassador to the Republic of India from 2017 to 2021. He is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Bhutan. For his service as ambassador, Ken received the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award, the Defense Department’s Distinguished Public Service Award, the Director of National Intelligence’s Exceptional Service Award, and the Energy Department’s Excellence Award. Ken holds a law degree from the Harvard Law School, a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government (Phi Beta Kappa) from Harvard College. He clerked for Judge James L. Oakes on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.