India's high commissioner to UK, Navtej Sarna, is likely to take over from Arun Singh as India's ambassador to the US. Singh is scheduled to retire at the end of the month.
Sarna who has only recently been sent to London as the Indian high commissioner would keep an informal tradition alive by reportedly becoming the third former ambassador to Israel to take up the post of deputy head or ambassador in Washington DC.
In Washington, Sarna is likely to be joined by Santosh Jha who is currently joint secretary (policy planning) in MEA, tasked by foreign secretary S Jaishankar with the job of completely revamping this division. Jha is likely to be the next deputy ambassador there.
Yash Sinha, who has finished three years in Sri Lanka, may be the one to come to London as the new high commissioner. Dinesh Patnaik has joined as the deputy high commissioner in London, after just completing a stint as India's ambassador to Morocco. He has replaced Dr Virander Paul, who has moved to Geneva as India's Deputy Permanent Representative to UN, after his 3 successful years in the UK.
