Indian diplomat Gaitri Kumar has been appointed as India’s new High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and will be succeeding Her Excellency Mrs Ruchi Ghanshyam.
The 1986-batch Indian Foreign Service Officer is currently serving as Indian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union. In a career of over 30 years, she has served in Indian missions in Paris, Kathmandu, Lisbon and Geneva as well as been Joint Secretary in the Americas division at the Ministry of External Affairs headquarters in Delhi.
Her appointment to the high-profile post comes at a time India is looking at further expanding ties with the UK after it came out of the powerful European Union
