Indian ambassador to Nepal Shyam Saran is set to leave for New Delhi next month to undertake his new job as foreign secretary. The Indian government appointed him to the post on Thursday, Indian TV reports said.
Saran who was appointed envoy to Nepal in October 2002 will assume office as Indian foreign secretary in the first week of August.
Shiv Mukharjee, the current Indian envoy to South Africa, who made the headlines as Saran’s possible successor a few months ago, is likely to substitute him, the reports added.