Vikas Swarup to be India's new High Commissioner to Canada

NEW DEHI: Senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and noted novelist Vikas Swarup of Slumdog Millionaire-fame will be the India's High Commissioner to

Canada

, government said on Thursday.

Swarup, currently working as Spokesperson in the

Ministry of External Affairs

in New Delhi, will replace Arun Kumar Sahu who is currently working as acting Indian High Commissioner to Canada.

Interestingly, the Hollywood movie

Slumdog Millionaire

which won eight Oscar’s was based on Swarup’s successful debut novel “Q&A”.