New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Nagma Mohamed Mallick, a 1991-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Japan. Mallick is presently posted as Ambassador to the Republic of Poland.

"She is expected to take up the assignment shortly," the government said, announcing the new assignment.

Mallick joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1991. She holds a Bachelor's degree in English Literature and a Master's degree in Sociology. She speaks English, French, Hindi, Urdu and Malayalam, according to her profile on official websites.

Mallick began her diplomatic career in Paris, where she served in the Embassy to the French Republic and in the Indian Mission to UNESCO.

She has also served in New Delhi in vari...