India News | Neeta Bhushan Appointed India's New Envoy to New Zealand
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Senior IFS officer Neeta Bhushan was on Thursday named as the High Commissioner of India to New Zealand.
New Delhi, Sep 8 (PTI) Senior IFS officer Neeta Bhushan was on Thursday named as the High Commissioner of India to New Zealand.
Bhushan, a 1994 batch officer, is currently Additional Secretary in-charge of Central Europe in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
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Bhushan succeeds Muktesh Pardeshi, who was promoted to the rank of secretary in the External Affairs Ministry last month and is tasked with India's G-20 Secretariat.
A career diplomat, Bhushan's overseas assignments include Head of the Press, Culture and Information Wing in Indian High Commission in Dhaka (Bangladesh), and Head of the Economic and Commercial Wing in the Indian Embassy in Berlin (Germany).
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She also worked as director in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance and as joint secretary (parliament & coordination) in the MEA.
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