Ranjan Mathai assumes charge as new Foreign Secretary
Mr Ranjan Mathai, an Indian Foreign Service officer o the 1974 batch, assumed charge as India's new Foreign Secretary, saying that his priority would be to make the Ministry of External Affairs scrupulous and efficient managers of the country's foreign policies laid down by the Government.
Veteran diplomat Ranjan Mathai Monday assumed charge as new foreign secretary succeeding Nirupama Rao and said he would try and work to restore ``trust and confidence'' in Indo-Pak relations.