Ambassador Randhir Kumar Jaiswal named as Consul General of India in New York

Randhir Jaiswal to Succeed Sandeep Chakravorty as Consul General of India in New York

Ambassador Randhir Kumar Jaiswal, currently Joint Secretary cum Social Secretary to the President of India Ramnath Kovind has been named as Consul General of India in New York following the transfer of Sandeep Chakravorty to New Delhi. He is expected to assume office in about three weeks.

A 1998 Indian Foreign Service officer, Jaiswal heads the foreign affairs office of the Rashtrapati Bhavan and advises the President on India’s foreign policy. He had earlier served as Consul General of India in Johannesburg in South Africa.