The Modi government is appointing two seasoned hands as envoys to Dhaka and Kabul eyeing an effective neighbourhood outreach amid China’s increasing inroads in India’s periphery.
While Vikram Doraiswami, a 1992 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, will be India’s next High Commissioner to Bangladesh replacing incumbent Riva Ganguly Das, Rudendra Tandon, an old Af-Pak hand (1994 batch IFS) will lead India’s Kabul mission as Taliban seeks to get back to power. Das is being posted back at headquarters after a short stint in Dhaka. Read More…
