New Delhi, Aug 24 (PTI) Senior diplomat Harish Parvathaneni has been appointed as India's Ambassador to Germany, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.

Parvathaneni, a 1990-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is presently serving as an additional secretary in the MEA's headquarters in Delhi.

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"He is expected to take up the assignment shortly," the MEA said.

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