Seasoned diplomat Nagesh Singh was on Monday appointed as India's next High Commissioner to Australia, news agency PTI reported. A 1995-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Singh, is presently serving as India's Ambassador to Thailand.

He will succeed Gopal Baglay as the High Commissioner in Canberra, Australia. Before being appointed as the Ambassador to Thailand, Singh had already served as the Chief of Protocol in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) from July 2018 to October 2022.