Seasoned diplomat Srivastava next envoy to Mauritius

Seasoned diplomat Anurag Srivastava has been appointed as India’s next High Commissioner to Mauritius.

Srivastava, a 1999-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) diplomat, is currently serving as a joint secretary, at the helm of the Nepal-Bhutan division at the headquarters of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He will succeed incumbent K Nandini Singla.

Srivastava is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the MEA said in a brief statement on Saturday. Prior to his appointment as joint secretary in the Nepal-Bhutan division in March 2021, he served as the spokesperson in the MEA for nearly a year.

Srivastava also served as India’s ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union from September 2016 to February 2020.