<p class="title">India's new ambassador to China Vikram Misri took charge of the post on Tuesday and met top Chinese officials during which they discussed Sino-India ties.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Misri presented a copy of his credentials to Hong Lei, Deputy Director General of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He met Wu Jianghao, Director General of Asian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and exchanged views on India-China bilateral relations, the Indian Embassy here tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 1989-batch India Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Misri 54, replaced Gautam Bambawale who retired in November last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Misri has taken the charge of the country's envoy at a time when India and China are trying to deepen their cooperation in various areas, leaving behind 2017 Doklam standoff which was the most serious military face-off in decades.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Before his appointment as India's ambassador to China, Misri served as Indian envoy in Myanmar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He has served in various capacities at the headquarters of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) as well as in the Prime Minister's Office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He has also served in various Indian Missions in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was born on November 7, 1964, in Srinagar. He did his schooling from the Scindia School in Gwalior and earned a Bachelor's degree in History from the Hindu College, University of Delhi. Misri is also an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur. </p>
<p class="title">India's new ambassador to China Vikram Misri took charge of the post on Tuesday and met top Chinese officials during which they discussed Sino-India ties.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Misri presented a copy of his credentials to Hong Lei, Deputy Director General of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He met Wu Jianghao, Director General of Asian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and exchanged views on India-China bilateral relations, the Indian Embassy here tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 1989-batch India Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Misri 54, replaced Gautam Bambawale who retired in November last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Misri has taken the charge of the country's envoy at a time when India and China are trying to deepen their cooperation in various areas, leaving behind 2017 Doklam standoff which was the most serious military face-off in decades.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Before his appointment as India's ambassador to China, Misri served as Indian envoy in Myanmar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He has served in various capacities at the headquarters of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) as well as in the Prime Minister's Office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He has also served in various Indian Missions in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was born on November 7, 1964, in Srinagar. He did his schooling from the Scindia School in Gwalior and earned a Bachelor's degree in History from the Hindu College, University of Delhi. Misri is also an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur. </p>