Indian Foreign Service officer Vikas Swarup has been appointed as the as Secretary, (Consular, Passport, Visa and Overseas Indian affairs) in the External Affairs Ministry.
Swarup is the author of award-winning book “Q&A”, which inspired the Oscar winning movie Slumdog Millionaire.
The book bagged South Africa’s Boeke Prize 2006 and the Paris Book Fair’s Reader’s Prize.