New Delhi, May 15 -- : The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday announced that Anurag Bhushan, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer from the batch of 1995, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Sweden. Bhushan is currently the Additional Secretary in the ministry and is expected to take up the assignment shortly.

Last October, the MEA had announced that Neena Malhotra, an IFS officer from 1992 batch who was posted as an Officer on Special Duty in the ministry, will serve as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Sweden. However, the ministry stated that she could not join due to family constraints.

Bhushan, an Additional Secretary in the Emigration Policy and Welfare (EP&W) division of the ministry,...