NEW DELHI: Randhir Jaiswal, India’s current consul general in New York will be the next spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs. He will succeed the current spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi.

Arindam Bagchi has been appointed India’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) to Geneva.

Jaiswal, an officer of the 1998 batch of the Indian Foreign Service, will succeed the current spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi, who has been appointed India’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva.

During his diplomatic career of more than two decades, Jaiswal has served in Portugal, Cuba, South Africa and at India’s permanent mission to the UN in New York.

Jaiswal has also served in the external affairs ministry as the deputy secretary, looking after relations with the US and as joint secretary managing ties with countries in western Europe.

In mid-2017, he was deputed to serve the President as the joint secretary responsible for international relations. He was appointed in his current position of consul general in New York in July 2020.