Ranjan Mathai is an Indian ambassador to France and will be the next Indian Foreign Secretary, joining office from August 1, 2011. He is a 1974 batch Indian Foreign Service Officer. His term of office will be for two years and will replace Nirupama Rao who will become India#39;s next ambassador to the US. She will succeed Meera Shankar in Washington, sources said. Mathai, who completed his post graduate studies in political science at the University of Poona, held the post of deputy high commis
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Ranjan Mathai: new foreign secretary
