MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup appointed envoy to Canada
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup has been appointed as the High Commissioner of India to Canada. Swarup joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986 and had served in countries like Turkey, the US, Ethiopia, the UK, and South Africa. Swarup had also penned a novel, 'Q & A', which served as the inspiration for Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire.