Arindam Bagchi to be new spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs
Senior diplomat Arindam Bagchi is ready to be the new spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), succeeding Anurag Srivastava, sources mentioned on Thursday.
A 1995-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Bagchi is at present serving because the joint secretary (north) on the MEA headquarters right here.
The sources mentioned Srivastava will assume cost because the joint secretary (north) in place of Bagchi.
Bagchi served as India’s ambassador to Croatia from November 2018 to June 2020.
He was India’s deputy excessive commissioner to Sri Lanka and likewise served on the Prime Minister’s Office as a director.
Srivastava, a 1999-batch IFS officer, took cost because the spokesperson of the MEA in April final yr.
He was serving as India’s Ambassador to Ethiopia earlier than changing into the MEA spokesperson.
