Senior diplomats Jaideep Mazumdar (IFS:1989) and Pavan Kapoor (IFS:1990) have been appointed as Secretary (East) and Secretary (West) respectively in the Ministry of External Affairs, according to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Saturday.
Jaideep Mazumdar, currently serving as the Ambassador at the Embassy of India in Vienna, is appointed as Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs, succeeding Saurabh Kumar (IFS:1989).
Pavan Kapoor, the current Ambassador of India in Moscow, has been appointed as Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, succeeding Sanjay Verma (IFS:1990). Verma has been appointed as a member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
