♦ Sanjiv Ranjan Appointed as Secretary General of Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA). He is an Indian Foreign Service Officer of 1993 batch.

♦ The Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) is an inter-governmental organisation formed in 1997 to foster regional economic cooperation.

♦ IORA has evolved into the peak regional group spanning the Indian Ocean. The IORA Secretariat is based in Mauritius and is headed by a fixed-term Secretary-General.