Country’s relations with others better: IFS officer

PATNA: India’s relations with foreign countries had improved considerably in recent years, said 2001-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and

Patna Science College

alumnus

Anshuman Gaur

on Thursday.


Addressing the students and faculty members of his alma mater, Gaur said, “The country’s recent efforts for improving its relations with Germany, France, Russia, China, Japan, England and the USA have led to some positive developments towards establishment of peace and economic stability. Besides, trade relations with central Asian countries like Uzbekistan (uranium), Turkmenistan (energy) and Tajikistan (hydroelectricity) have improved a lot in recent times,” he said.

The IFS officer, who studied geology (honours) at Patna Science College from 1992 to 1995, also presented a detailed account of the role of the United Nations, G20, World Trade Organization and BRICS in international polity and economy. He interacted with the students on issues of visa and change in Indo-Soviet relations after 1991.

The ministry of external affairs had recently asked all its officers on leave to travel to their alma maters in their home towns and tell schoolchildren and collegians about India’s foreign policy, its relations with other countries as well as its priorities.

College principal Radha Kant Prasad presided over the function. Nalanda Open University pro-vice-chancellor Kriteshwar Prasad, PU geology department head Ramesh Shukla, science college geology department head Atul Aditya Pandey and teachers Anil Kumar, Rabindra Kumar and Prahlad Kumar Arya also participated in the deliberations.