Thursday, January 21, 2016

New envoys to Indonesia, Thailand, New Zealand appointed

Government appointed new envoys to Indonesia, Thailand and New Zealand.
  • Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi, a 1983 batch IFS officer, has been appointed India’s next Ambassador to Thailand, succeeding Harsh Vardhan Shringla.
  • Bishnoi is currently posted as Deputy Permanent Representative of India in the UN in New York.
  • 1988 batch IFS officer Sanjiv Kohli, at present Joint Secretary in MEA, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of lndiato New Zealand.
  • Nengcha Lhouvum Mukhopadhaya, a 1980 batch IFS official, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of lndia to Indonesia. She will succeed Gurjit Singh.

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