The Handshake | Harsh Vardhan Shringla: The new foreign secretary of India

Dec 24, 2019, 5:27 PM IST

 

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about Harsh Vardhan Shringla who has been made the new Indian foreign secretary. Seasoned diplomat Harsh Vardhan Shringla was on Monday appointed as the new foreign secretary for a two-year fixed term, succeeding Vijay Gokhale. Shringla, a 1984 batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), is considered an expert on India's neighbourhood and is currently serving as envoy to the US.