New Delhi, March 1: Manpreet Vohra, presently the Ambassador of India to Mexico, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner to Australia, the Ministry of External Affairs (EAM) informed on Monday.

Vohra is a 1988 batch Indian Foreign Service officer. Kashmiri Diaspora in US Expresses Concern Over Death Threat to Human Rights Activist Sushil Pandit.

"Manpreet Vohra (IFS:1988), presently Ambassador of India to Mexico, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Australia. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly," MEA said in a statement.

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