?Vijay Keshav Gokhale to be new foreign secretary

Vijay Keshav Gokhale has been appointed as the new foreign secretary.He will be replacing S Jaishankar who will complete his tenure on January 28, 2018.

Gokhale has been appointed for a two-year fixed term. Currently, he is the secretary (economic relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs.

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A 1981batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Gokhale has beenIndia's envoy to China.