Daijiworld Media Network
Mangalore, May 20: Nagma Fareed Malik, a 1992 batch IFS officer has been appointed as the new ambassador to Tunisia. She is expected to take charge of her new post shortly.
In fact, Nagma has a strong Mangalore connection. She is the niece of (brother’s daughter) noted Kannada writer our own Sara Abubaker, who has made a name in Kannada literary field. Mohammed (government servant and his wife Zoola are Kerala-based couple settled in Delhi and Nagma had her education in Delhi.
It is commendable to note that all the three children of Mohammed and Zola have excelled in academics in different fields. While Nagma has cleared the highly competitive IAS exams, the couple’s eldest son is an Engineer in USA after successfully completing his IIT. Their third son is serving in Indian Airforce as Wing Commander.
Nagma had served in the Paris office of Indian Foreign Affairs Ministry as representative of United Nations and also in the Embassies of Nepal and Sri Lanka. She was serving in India’s embassy office at Bangkok in Thailand before being appointed as the Ambassador to Tunisia.