Shiv Shankar Menon, India's High Commissioner to Pakistan, on Thursday has been named India's new Foreign Secretary. Menon will replace incumbent Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran.
An officer of the Indian Foreign Services, Menon joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1972. Before taking up his assignment as High Commissioner to Pakistan, he served at the Indian embassies in Beijing, Vienna and Tokyo.
Menon has also been Advisor to the Atomic Energy Commission and Indian ambassador to Israel and High Commissioner to Sri Lanka.
Menon will take charge of his new assignment on October 1. He supersedes a number of Foreign Service officials. Contrary to speculation that he is being given a year's extension, Saran will relinquish office on September 30 after holding the key post for about two years. Saran would be a special envoy for negotiations on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
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