New Delhi: Vikram Kumar Doraiswami, Foreign Service officer of batch 1992, has been appointed India's next High Commissioner to Bangladesh, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced.
Doraiswami is currently serving as the Additional Secretary in the MEA.
The MEA, in a statement, said that Doraiswami is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
Doraiswami succeeds Riva Ganguly Das as the Indian envoy in Dhaka.
Prior to his current assignment, Doraiswami has earlier served as the Indian ambassador to the Republic of Korea and later was also posted in Uzbekistan.
He joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) — the top administrative services of the Indian government in 1992.
Before joining government service, he used to work as a journalist.
(with inputs from ANI)
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