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Who has been appointed as the new Foreign Secretary in April 2022?

Who has been appointed as the new Foreign Secretary in April 2022? Correct Answer Vinay Mohan Kwatra

The correct answer is Vinay Mohan Kwatra.

Key Points

  • India’s envoy to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra has been appointed as the new Foreign Secretary, succeeding Harsh Vardhan Shringla who will retire at the end of April 2022.
  • Kwatra is a 1988-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and will take charge on 30 April'22.
  • Before his diplomatic posting to Nepal in 2020, he served as the Ambassador of India to France from August 2017 to February 2020.

Additional Information

  • Recent Appointments:
    • Microland, India's leading digital IT transformation company, announced on 01 April'22 the appointment of Gopal Sharma as its Chief Information Officer.
    • Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) appointed former English batter Graham Thorpe as the new head coach of the Afghanistan national men's team on 30 March 2022.
    • The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) appointed Neeraj Thakur as Director-General of Police Andaman & Nicobar on 29 March 2022.
    • The Tata Steel board on 29 March 2022 approved the appointment of Noel Naval Tata as the vice-chairman of the company.
    • Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has appointed Sanjay Sharma as the Director (Solar) on its board on 28 March 2022.
    • Kalyan Jewellers India Limited has announced board approval for Vinod Rai’s appointment as the chairman and independent non-executive director on the board of the company.
    • Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh has been appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to a new high-level advisory board on effective multilateralism.

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