Vinay Mohan Kwatra (IFS:1988), Joint Secretary in the PMO, may take over as India's ambassador to France in July. Ruchira Kamboj, currently India's representative in UNESCO, will go to South Africa as high commissioner. This is part of a new plan to appoint ambassadors. Under this, Gaitri Kumar, President Pranab Mukherjee's social secretary, will be going as ambassador to Brussels, while Venu Rajamony, highly visible press secretary to the Rashtrapati, will represent India at The Hague. Mukta Tomar has just taken over as ambassador to Germany, Manjeev Puri in Nepal and Taranjit Sandhu in Colombo. Pradeep Rawat, currently joint secretary, East Asia, will replace Nengcha Lhouvum in Indonesia. Santosh Jha, joint secretary policy planning, will take over as second-in-command in Washington DC, which is an ambassador-level post.