New envoys to Indonesia, Thailand, New Zealand appointed

NEW DELHI: Government today appointed new envoys to Indonesia, Thailand and New Zealand.

Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi, a 1983 batch IFS officer, has been appointed India's next Ambassador to Thailand, succeeding Harsh Vardhan Shringla.

Bishnoi is currently posted as Deputy Permanent Representative of India in the UN in New York.

1988 batch IFS officer Sanjiv Kohli, at present Joint Secretary in MEA, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of lndia to New Zealand.

Nengcha Lhouvum Mukhopadhaya, a 1980 batch IFS official, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of lndia to Indonesia. She will succeed Gurjit Singh.