New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the United States of America.
She is expected to take up her assignment shortly, a Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) release said.
The 1973-batch IFS officer assumed the office of the Foreign Secretary on August 1, 2009, becoming the second woman to head the Indian Foreign Secretary after Chokila Iyer.
She was to retire in December last year at the age of 60, but was given an extension till July-end when the Government fixed a two-year term for the post of Foreign Secretary.
Nirupama Rao had been India's envoy to various countries, including China and Sri Lanka. She was also the Spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry. (ANI)
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