Senior diplomat and former MEA spokesman Syed Akbaruddin is India’s new permanent representative to the UN, succeeding Asoke Mukerji.
Syed Akbaruddin
Senior diplomat and former MEA spokesman Syed Akbaruddin is India’s new permanent representative to the UN, succeeding Asoke Mukerji.
A 1985-batch IFS officer, Mr Akbaruddin is now an MEA additional secretary. He was chief coordinator of the recent India-Africa Summit, and is considered a West Asia expert.
As spokesman, he brought a whiff of fresh air into the external publicity division, using a mix of social and digital media. He was succeeded by Vikas Swarup, on whose novel Q&A the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire is based, as spokesman in April.
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