NEW DELHI: Vani Sarraju Rao has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Italy, the Ministry of External Affairs informed.
Rao, who is a 1994-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, is currently serving as an additional secretary in the MEA.
She succeeds Neena Malhotra.
She is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the MEA said. (ANI)