Amb to US Harsh Vardhan Shringla is new Indian Foreign secretary |
According to a notification from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, India`s Ambassador to the United States Harsh Vardhan Shringla has been appointed as the next Foreign Secretary. Shringla will take over from current Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on January 29, for a two-year tenure. Shringla has worked closely with Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar when he was Foreign Secretary between 2015 to 2018, and Jaishankar is understood to have strongly endorsed his appointment to the top job in the Foreign Services. During various stints at the Ministry of External Affairs, Shringla has headed Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Maldives desks, and served as joint secretary (North) dealing with Nepal and Bhutan, as well as joint secretary (SAARC). Shringla was sent to Washington in January this year, which saw some significant highs and lows in Indo-U.S. ties in the recent past. Mr. Shringla planned and organized the “Howdy Modi” event that saw U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally together, and strengthened India-U.S. defense ties considerably during his short tenure.
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