21 IFS Empanelled for Promotion, MEA

Indian Bureaucracy, New Delhi, February 20, 2025 | The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the empanelment of officers from the 2008 batch and superseded officers of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) for promotion to Grade-III in Level 14 of the Pay Matrix. The promotion will be effective from the date of assumption of charge and will continue until further orders.

The following officers have been empanelled for promotion:

1. Dr K M Praphullachandra Sharma IFS, presently Director – Establishment Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi.
2. Shri Madan Kumar Ghildiyal IFS, presently Commercial Representative, Consulate General of India, Atlanta, USA.
3. Shri Anoop Dhingra IFS, presently Counsellor, Embassy of India, Berne, Switzerland.
4. Shri Madan Lal Raigar IFS, presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Congo, Embassy of India, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
5. Shri Baisnab Charan Pradhan IFS, presently High Commissioner of India, High Commission of India, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
6. Smt T Angeline Premalatha IFS, presently Counsellor and Permanent Representative to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Embassy of India, Beijing, China.
7. Smt Nabanita Chakrabarti IFS, presently Director – Bangladesh, Myanmar Division, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.
8. Shri Mahesh Kumar IFS, presently Consul General of India, Consulate General of India, Johannesburg, South Africa.
9. Smt Mallarapu Ashwini Naidu IFS, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi.
10. Smt Aparna Ray Pal IFS, presently Counsellor, Permanent Mission of India to the UN, Geneva.
11. Dr Emmadi Vishnu Vardhan Reddy IFS, presently Special Secretary – Investment Promotion & NRI Affairs, Government of Telangana.
12. Smt Subhashini Narayanan IFS, presently Deputy High Commissioner & Appellate Authority for RTI, High Commission of India, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
13. Shri Gaurav Gandhi IFS, presently Director – Central Europe Division, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.
14. Shri Shambhu Lingappa Hakki IFS, presently Consul General, Consulate General of India, Guangzhou, China.
15. Smt Manisha Swami IFS, presently Consul General of India, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
16. Shri Amararam Gurjar IFS, presently Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Rome, Italy.
17. Smt Shweta Singh IFS, presently Director, Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
18. Smt R Anitha Nandhini IFS, presently Director, Department of Space.
19. Smt Kajari Biswas IFS, presently Director, Policy Planning & Research (PP & R Division), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.
20. Shri Naorem Jogendrajit Singh IFS.
21. Dr Satyanjal Pandey IFS, presently Deputy High Commissioner, High Commission of India, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

IndianBureaucracy.com wishes all the officers the very best.