Vinay Mohan Kwatra to be next Foreign Secretary: Govt

Vinay Mohan Kwatra, India's Ambassador to Nepal, will be the next Foreign Secretary, an official statement said on Monday. The 1988-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer will succeed Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who is set to retire at the end of April. From August 2017 to February 2020, Kwatra had served as the Indian Ambassador to France.