NEW DELHI: Secretary in the external affairs ministry, T S Tirumurti, will be India’s next ambassador to the UN, taking over from Syed Akbaruddin who will retire soon. India’s envoy to Brussels and European Union, Gaitri Kumar , will take over from Ruchi Ghanshyam as high commissioner to the UK. Ghanshyam is expected to retire from service later this summer.Akbaruddin has had a stellar stint at the UN, particularly presiding over the effort to proscribe Masood Azhar and push back against Chinese efforts to bring the Kashmir issue to the UNSC. India will become a non-permanent member at the UNSC for a two-year term in 2021-22.Santosh Jha, currently India’s ambassador to Uzbekistan will be India’s new ambassador to the EU in Brussels. The India-EU relationship has received fresh energy with Modi 2.0 devoting a lot of diplomatic attention to the continent.Raveesh Kumar, former spokesperson of MEA, is headed to Finland as ambassador, taking over from Vani Rao Jaideep Mazumdar, who is India’s ambassador to the Philippines, will go to Austria as ambassador. He will represent India at the UN in Vienna as well as be India’s representative at the IAEA.Later in the year, Indramani Pandey , currently additional secretary (D&ISA) in South Block , is likely to take over as India’s permanent representative in the UN in Geneva. He will replace Rajeev Chander, who is expected to retire.