Question: Senior officer of Indian Foreign Service, Pooja Kapur, has been appointed India’s ambassador to which of the following countries?
(a) Republic of Bulgaria
(b) Germany
(c) Mongolia
(d) South Korea
Ans: (a)
- On May 08, 2017, senior IFS officer Ms. Pooja Kapur was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Bulgaria.
- She is Indian Foreign Service officer of 1996 batch and presently holds the office of Joint Secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs.
- She is expected to take up her assignment shortly.
- Ms. Kapur will succeed Rajesh Kumar Sachdeva on this post.