Smita Pant (IFS:2001), currently serving as the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), has been designated as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Uzbekistan, according to a press statement from the MEA on Tuesday. She is slated to assume her new role in the near future, succeeding Manish Prabhat (IFS:1996), who took charge as the Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan on September 24, 2020.
