Venu Rajamony, a career diplomat, has been appointed as press secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee.
Rajamony is joint secretary in the Union Ministry of Finance dealing with international cooperation.
Rajamony is in-charge of multilateral institutions -- International Monetary Fund, World Bank, ADB -- in the Ministry of Finance. He was also Consul General in Dubai and has served nine years in Beijing and Hong Kong.
Rajamony was also director in the External Affairs Minister's office. Interestingly, before he joined the Indian Foreign