Current Context: Arindam Bagchi, who was an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva.
- He was due to take up an ambassadorial posting earlier following his promotion but was asked to stay on as spokesperson in view of the G20 Summit.
- He will replace Indra Mani Pandey, who has been appointed as the Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs.
- He is an Indian Foreign Service officer of the 1995 batch. He has a degree in management from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Question:
Q.1 Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva?
a. Indra Mani Pandey
b. Arindam Bagchi
a. Indra Mani Pandey
b. Arindam Bagchi
c. S. Jaishankar
d. Harsh Vardhan Shringla
d. Harsh Vardhan Shringla
