Ex-foreign secy Saran elected India International Centre's new prez

June 22, 2022 23:55

Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran has been unanimously elected as the new president of the India International Centre, the organisation said on Wednesday.

He succeeds NN Vohra and will take charge on June 23, the India International Centre said in a statement.

"The president of the India International Centre is elected once in five years from among the life trustees following the time-honoured principle of rotation of the presidency. NN Vohra completed his five-year presidential tenure on June 22. Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, who is next in line in the inter se seniority of life trustees, has been unanimously elected by the Board as the new president," it said.

Saran has also served as prime minister's special envoy for nuclear affairs and climate change, the IIC said.

After leaving government service in 2010, he has headed the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, a prestigious think-tank focusing on economic issues (2011-2017) and was chairman of the national security advisory board under the National Security Council (2013-15), it added. -- PTI

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