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India Gazette
15-05-2025
- Business
- India Gazette
Anurag Bhushan appointed as India's next Ambassador to Sweden
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Anurag Bhushan, presently serving as Additional Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed India's next Ambassador to Sweden, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. Bhushan is an Indian Foreign Service Officer of the 1995 batch. According to the MEA statement, he is expected to take up the assignment shortly. In a statement, MEA said, 'Shri Anurag Bhushan (IFS: 1995), presently Additional Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Sweden. 'He is expected to take up the assignment shortly,' it added. India and Sweden have longstanding close relations based on common values, strong business, investment, and R&D linkages, and similar approaches to meeting global challenges of peace, security, and development, according to the Indian Embassy in Sweden. Regular political engagement, intensifying business ties, cooperation on global challenges and multilateral issues define the strong partnership between India and Sweden. Innovation, Technology, Investment and R&D collaborations provide the bedrock of this modern relationship. The ties between India and Sweden have witnessed a sharp upswing in the high-level engagement since 2014, with 11 visits/ interactions at the Head of State/Head of Government level during this period. This includes eight interactions at Prime Ministerial level (September 2015 New York; February 2016 Make in India Mumbai; April 2018 Stockholm; April 2020 telephone conversation; March 2021 Virtual Summit; May 2021 India EU Summit; Nov 2021 on the sidelines of COP26 in Glasgow, May 2022 Copenhagen 2nd India-Nordic summit, Dec 2023 on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai, the visit of then-President Pranab Mukherjee to Sweden in May-June 2015 and the visit of King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf to India in December 2019 There have been 1 PM-level interaction and around 25 ministerial interactions in 2023-25, according to the Indian Embassy in Sweden. Prime Ministers of two nations met in three different formats during COP28, where they also jointly launched Leadit2.0. (ANI)
Hans India
15-05-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Anurag Bhushan appointed India's new Ambassador to Sweden
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday announced that Anurag Bhushan, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer from the batch of 1995, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Sweden. Bhushan is currently the Additional Secretary in the ministry and is expected to take up the assignment shortly. Last October, the MEA had announced that Neena Malhotra, an IFS officer from 1992 batch who was posted as an Officer on Special Duty in the ministry, will serve as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Sweden. However, the ministry stated that she could not join due to family constraints. Bhushan, an Additional Secretary in the Emigration Policy and Welfare (EP&W) division of the ministry, had co-chaired the India-Saudi Joint Committee Meeting on Labour Cooperation, last month. India and Sweden have long-standing close relations based on common values; strong business, investment, and Research and Development (R&D); and similar approaches to meet global challenges of peace and security, and development. Regular political engagement, intensifying business ties, cooperation on global challenges and multilateral issues define the strong India Sweden partnership. Innovation, technology, investment and R&D collaborations provide the bedrock of this modern relationship, the ministry states. The bilateral partnership has witnessed a sharp upswing in the high-level engagement since 2014, with 11 visits/interactions at Head of State/Head of Government level during this period. There has been one PM-level interaction and around 25 ministerial interactions between 2023-25, the MEA details. The Embassy of India supports the organisation of an annual India Sweden Innovation Day. It also supports other initiatives such as 'Engaging India' at Almedalen. Sweden hosts a Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week in India focusing on promoting business and academic linkages, among other initiatives. The Indian Diaspora in Sweden is estimated to be over 88,400 that includes around 66,400 Indian nationals. Most of them are professionals, predominantly in the IT sector. There are a large number of Indian researchers and students in Sweden. There are an estimated 2,500 Indian students in Sweden. So far, around 22,000 Swedish nationals have been issued OCI cards. There are a number of Indian Cultural Associations in Sweden based in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Lund, Malmo, Umea, Kiruna, Helsingborg, Vasteras among others. A wide range of Indian festivals are celebrated across Sweden.
