New Delhi, July 1 (ANI): lndra Mani Pandey, an Indian Foreign Service officer of 1990 batch, has been appointed as the next Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Geneva.

Pandey is currently serving as an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.

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"lndra Mani Pandey (IFS: 1990), presently Additional Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva," the MEA said in a statement.

The ministry said Pandey is expected to take up the assignment shortly. (ANI)

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