Aashish Chandorkar appointed as Director at India’s WTO mission

The government has appointed a private person Aashish Chandorkar as ‘Counsellor’ in India’s Permanent Mission in the World Trade Organisation for three years.

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The appointment of a private person is a first at the Mission and comes ahead of a crucial ministerial conference of the WTO later this year.

Chandorkar is director of Bengaluru-based policy think tank Smahi Foundation of Policy and Research.

The WTO is a 164-member multi-lateral body, which deals with global trade. India is a member since 1995.