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Vikas Swarup to be new MEA spokesperson
New Delhi, March 26
Vikas Swarup is set to
take over as the next spokesperson of the Indian external affairs
ministry, replacing Syed Akbaruddin who is due for promotion to the rank
of additional secretary, sources said on Thursday.
Swarup, who
shot to fame with his book "Q&A" which was adapted into an
Oscar-winning Hollywood film "Slumdog Millionaire", is expected to take
charge in April after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's return from his
official visit to France, Germany and Canada.
The 1986 batch Indian Foreign Service officer is presently joint secretary, UN political division.
Akbaruddin,
a 1985 batch IFS officer, will work as chief coordinator for the India
Africa Forum Summit which is being seen as one of India's most
significant diplomatic events at home this year.