Vikram K Doraiswami, an IFS officer of 1992 batch, currently serving as Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, has been appointed as India's new high commissioner to the United Kingdom, considered an important posting in view of growing strategic ties between the two countries.
"He is expected to take up the assignment shortly," the Ministry of External Affairs said. The overall ties between India and Bangladesh witnessed a major expansion during Doraiswami's tenure in Dhaka that began in October 2020. India's high commissioner to the UK Gaitri Issar Kumar retired from service on June 30.
Rohit Vadhwana takes charge as the acting high commissioner in Kenya
Virendra Kumar Paul, the 1991-batch IFS officer who was serving as the Indian high commissioner to Kenya has been appointed as India's Ambassador to Turkey. Before leaving for Ankara, he was given a sent off by high commission officials led by India's deputy high commissioner Rohit Wadhwana. Rohit Vadhwana will take charge as acting high commissioner to Kenya. Namgya C Khampa has been appointed as the new high commissioner of India to Kenya. She will be taking charge in mid-September.
Earlier, Rohit Vadhwana was the First Secretary (Economic and Commerce Wing) in the Indian high commission in the UK with the additional charge of the department of Press and Information. Recently, after his promotion, he has been appointed as the deputy high commissioner of India to the Republic of Kenya, India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Environment Agency and the UN-Habitat, organizations headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. With the Dr. Paul's departure, Rohit Vadhwana will make India proud as acting high commissioner.
